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Add mean, median, and standard deviation functions to math.js #20
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Told about 4 other pull requests in progress: #14, #12, #10, #5.
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You are a coding agent working in the git repository checked out in the current directory, on pull request #20 of this repository.
Issue #17: Add mean, median, and standard deviation functions to math.js
Implement three new statistics functions in math.js:
mean(numbers): returns the average of an array of numbers. ThrowsTypeErrorif array is empty.median(numbers): returns the middle value (or average of two middle values for even-length arrays) of a sorted array. ThrowsTypeErrorif array is empty.standard_deviation(numbers): returns the standard deviation of an array of numbers. ThrowsTypeErrorif array is empty.
Add all three to the
module.exportsobject alongsideadd,multiply, andpower.All three functions must throw
TypeError(notRangeError) specifically when the input array is empty.Definition of done
- math.js exports mean, median, standard_deviation
- Each function throws TypeError when called with an empty array
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- #14 Add a modulo function to math.js (for issue #13), by g1t: changes math.js, test.js
- #12 Add a divide function to math.js (for issue #11), by g1t: changes math.js, test.js
- #10 Note in the README that the network is filtered (for issue #9), by g1t: changes README.md
- #5 Add subtract to math.js (for issue #4), by g1t: changes math.js, test.js
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Read/work/repo/math.js
/work/repo/math.jsresult→ 1 // Small helpers for numbers.
1 // Small helpers for numbers. 2 /** Returns the sum of a and b. */ 3 function add(a, b) { 4 return a + b; 5 } 6 7 /** Returns the product of a and b. */ 8 function 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. */ 13 function 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 module.exports = { add, multiply, power }; 25Bashls && cat test.js | head -30 && ls .g1t/workflows && cat .g1t/workflows/*
ls && cat test.js | head -30 && ls .g1t/workflows && cat .g1t/workflows/*result→ README.md
README.md math.js public src test.js wrangler.jsonc const assert = require("node:assert"); const math = require("./math"); assert.strictEqual(math.add(2, 3), 5); assert.strictEqual(math.multiply(4, 5), 20); assert.strictEqual(math.power(2, 10), 1024); assert.strictEqual(math.power(5, 0), 1); assert.throws(() => math.power(2, -1), RangeError); console.log("all tests passed"); after-build.yml build.yml caller.yml checks.yml ci.yml reusable-greet.yml rust.yml name: After build on: workflow_run: workflows: [Build] types: [completed] jobs: report: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "Build ${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_number }} finished with ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }} on ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}" name: Build on: push: branches: [main] workflow_dispatch: jobs: build: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v7 - name: Restore the cache id: cache uses: actions/cache@v6 with: path: .deps key: deps-${{ hashFiles('math.js') }} restore-keys: deps- - name: Fill the cache on a miss if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' run: mkdir -p .deps && date > .deps/made-at && echo "cache was cold" - run: echo "cache hit=${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit }}; deps made at $(cat .deps/made-at)" - run: mkdir -p dist && cp math.js dist/ && echo "built $(date)" > dist/BUILD - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7 with: name: dist path: dist/ verify: needs: build runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8 with: name: dist path: out - run: ls -la out && cat out/BUILD && node -e "console.log(require('./out/math.js').add(2, 2))" name: Caller on: workflow_dispatch: jobs: greet: uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-greet.yml with: who: g1t loud: true report: needs: greet runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "reusable said ${{ needs.greet.outputs.message }} (${{ needs.greet.result }})" name: Checks on: pull_request: merge_group: push: branches: [main] jobs: test: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v7 - name: Unit tests run: node test.js - name: House style run: | # Every exported function is documented with a JSDoc block. for fn in $(grep -oE '^function [a-zA-Z]+' math.js | cut -d' ' -f2); do if ! grep -B1 "^function $fn" math.js | grep -q '^ \*/\|^\*/\|\*/$'; then echo "::error file=math.js,title=House style::$fn needs a /** JSDoc */ comment right above it" exit 1 fi done echo "house style ok" name: CI on: push: branches: [main] workflow_dispatch: inputs: greeting: description: What to say default: hi env: WORKFLOW_LEVEL: from-the-workflow jobs: setup: runs-on: ubuntu-latest outputs: version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }} matrix: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.json }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v7 - id: version run: echo "value=1.2.$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" - id: matrix run: echo 'json={"node":[24,26]}' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" - name: Show the context run: | echo "::group::Context" echo "repo=${{ github.repository }} ref=${{ github.ref_name }} sha=${{ github.sha }}" echo "event=${{ github.event_name }} actor=${{ github.actor }}" echo "var=${{ vars.GREETING }} secret=${{ secrets.DEMO_SECRET }}" echo "workflow env=$WORKFLOW_LEVEL" echo "::endgroup::" echo "::notice title=Version::Building ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}" ls -la test: needs: setup runs-on: ${{ matrix.os || 'ubuntu-latest' }} strategy: matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.matrix) }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v7 - uses: actions/setup-node@v7 with: node-version: ${{ matrix.node }} - run: node --version - name: Pass state between steps run: echo "FROM_EARLIER=set by step one" >> "$GITHUB_ENV" - run: echo "Reading it back -> $FROM_EARLIER (version ${{ needs.setup.outputs.version }})" - name: Allowed to fail continue-on-error: true run: exit 3 - name: Only on Node 22 if: matrix.node == 24 run: echo "hash=${{ hashFiles('**/*.yml') }}" report: needs: [setup, test] if: always() runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "test result was ${{ needs.test.result }}" - shell: python run: | import os print("python says", os.environ["GITHUB_REPOSITORY"]) name: Greet (reusable) on: workflow_call: inputs: who: type: string required: true loud: type: boolean default: false outputs: message: description: What was said value: ${{ jobs.say.outputs.said }} jobs: say: runs-on: ubuntu-latest outputs: said: ${{ steps.greet.outputs.said }} steps: - id: greet run: | msg="hello, ${{ inputs.who }}" if [ "${{ inputs.loud }}" = "true" ]; then msg="${msg^^}!"; fi echo "$msg" echo "said=$msg" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" after: needs: say runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "the greeting was ${{ needs.say.outputs.said }}" name: Rust toolchain on: workflow_dispatch: jobs: check: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable with: components: rustfmt, clippy - uses: actions/cache@v6 with: path: | ~/.cargo/registry ~/.cargo/git key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-demo - run: | cargo new --quiet /tmp/demo cd /tmp/demo cargo fmt --check cargo clippy --quiet -- -D warnings cargo test --quiet rustc --versionEdit/work/repo/math.js
/work/repo/math.jsresult→ The file /work/repo/math.js has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
The file /work/repo/math.js has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)Edit/work/repo/test.js
/work/repo/test.jsresult→ The file /work/repo/test.js has been updated successfully.
The file /work/repo/test.js has been updated successfully.Bashnode test.js && git commit -qam "Add mean, median, and standard_deviation to math.js
node test.js && git commit -qam "Add mean, median, and standard_deviation to math.js Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>" && echo okresult→ all tests passed
all tests passed okg1t
I added
mean,medianandstandard_deviationtomath.jsand exported them next toadd,multiplyandpower. Each throwsTypeErroron an empty array.node test.jspasses. I did not run the "House style" check from.g1t/workflows/checks.yml; I only wrote each function with a one-line JSDoc comment directly above it, which is what that check looks for.- Median: it sorts a copy of the input, so the caller's array is not changed.
- Standard deviation: it is the population standard deviation (it divides by n, not n−1). The issue didn't say which one, so that was my choice.
- Tests: I added tests to
test.jsfor each function, including the empty-arrayTypeErrorcase. - Merge conflicts: the
module.exportsline and the end oftest.jsare also edited by #5, #12 and #14, so those three may conflict with this change when they merge.
[{"kind":"convention","scope":"project","text":"Every top-level function in math.js needs a JSDoc comment ending in */ on the line directly above it, or the House style CI check fails.","evidence":".g1t/workflows/checks.yml House style step"},{"kind":"fact","scope":"project","text":"Tests are plain node assert statements in test.js, run with
node test.js.","evidence":"test.js and checks.yml Unit tests step"}] {"confidence":"high","uncertain_about":["population vs sample standard deviation was a guess"]}Note
This run cost $0.1297 over 6 turns.
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Pushed 9812c463d8d0.