## Copyright (C) 1995-2011 Kurt Hornik
## Copyright (C) 2009 Jaroslav Hajek
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} meansq (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} meansq (@var{x}, @var{dim})
## Compute the mean square of the elements of the vector @var{x}.
## @tex
## $$
## {\rm meansq} (x) = {\sum_{i=1}^N {x_i}^2 \over N}
## $$
## where $\bar{x}$ is the mean value of $x$.
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
##
## @example
## @group
## std (x) = 1/N SUM_i x(i)^2
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @end ifnottex
## For matrix arguments, return a row vector containing the mean square
## of each column.
##
## If the optional argument @var{dim} is given, operate along this dimension.
## @seealso{var, std, moment}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: Compute mean square

function y = meansq (x, dim)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isnumeric (x))
    error ("mean: X must be a numeric vector or matrix");
  endif

  nd = ndims (x);
  sz = size (x);
  if (nargin < 2)
    ## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
    dim = find (sz > 1, 1);
    if (isempty (dim))
      dim = 1;
    endif
  endif

  if (!(isscalar (dim) && dim == fix (dim))
      || !(1 <= dim && dim <= nd))
    error ("mean: DIM must be an integer and a valid dimension");
  endif

  y = sumsq (x, dim) / size (x, dim);

endfunction


%!assert(meansq (1:5), 11)
%!assert(meansq (magic (4)), [94.5, 92.5, 92.5, 94.5])

%% Test input validation
%!error meansq ()
%!error meansq (1, 2, 3)
%!error kurtosis ([true true])
%!error meansq (1, ones(2,2))
%!error meansq (1, 1.5)
%!error meansq (1, 0)
%!error meansq (1, 3)

