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1// Small helpers for numbers.
2/** Returns the sum of a and b. */
3function add(a, b) {
4 return a + b;
5}
6
7/** Returns the product of a and b. */
8function multiply(a, b) {
9 return a * b;
10}
11
12/** Returns base raised to the whole-number exponent; throws a RangeError if exponent is negative. */
13function power(base, exponent) {
14 if (exponent < 0) {
15 throw new RangeError("exponent must not be negative");
16 }
17 let result = 1;
18 for (let i = 0; i < exponent; i++) {
19 result *= base;
20 }
21 return result;
22}
23
24/** Returns the average of numbers; throws a TypeError if the array is empty. */
25function mean(numbers) {
26 if (numbers.length === 0) {
27 throw new TypeError("numbers must not be empty");
28 }
29 return numbers.reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0) / numbers.length;
30}
31
32/** Returns the middle value of numbers (the average of the two middle values when the length is even); throws a TypeError if the array is empty. */
33function median(numbers) {
34 if (numbers.length === 0) {
35 throw new TypeError("numbers must not be empty");
36 }
37 const sorted = [...numbers].sort((a, b) => a - b);
38 const mid = Math.floor(sorted.length / 2);
39 return sorted.length % 2 === 0 ? (sorted[mid - 1] + sorted[mid]) / 2 : sorted[mid];
40}
41
42/** Returns the population standard deviation of numbers; throws a TypeError if the array is empty. */
43function standard_deviation(numbers) {
44 const avg = mean(numbers);
45 const variance = numbers.reduce((sum, n) => sum + (n - avg) ** 2, 0) / numbers.length;
46 return Math.sqrt(variance);
47}
48
49module.exports = { add, multiply, power, mean, median, standard_deviation };