Averages/Mean angle
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
When calculating the average or mean of an angle one has to take into account how angles wrap around so that any angle in degrees plus any integer multiple of 360 degrees is a measure of the same angle.
If one wanted an average direction of the wind over two readings where the first reading was of 350 degrees and the second was of 10 degrees then the average of the numbers is 180 degrees, whereas if you can note that 350 degrees is equivalent to -10 degrees and so you have two readings at 10 degrees either side of zero degrees leading to a more fitting mean angle of zero degrees.
To calculate the mean angle of several angles:
- Assume all angles are on the unit circle and convert them to complex numbers expressed in real and imaginary form.
- Compute the mean of the complex numbers.
- Convert the complex mean to polar coordinates whereupon the phase of the complex mean is the required angular mean.
(Note that, since the mean is the sum divided by the number of numbers, and division by a positive real number does not affect the angle, you can also simply compute the sum for step 2.)
You can alternatively use this formula:
- Given the angles the mean is computed by
- Task
- write a function/method/subroutine/... that given a list of angles in degrees returns their mean angle.
(You should use a built-in function if you have one that does this for degrees or radians). - Use the function to compute the means of these lists of angles (in degrees):
- [350, 10]
- [90, 180, 270, 360]
- [10, 20, 30]
- Show your output here.
See also
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11l
F mean_angle(angles)
V x = sum(angles.map(a -> cos(radians(a)))) / angles.len
V y = sum(angles.map(a -> sin(radians(a)))) / angles.len
R degrees(atan2(y, x))
print(mean_angle([350, 10]))
print(mean_angle([90, 180, 270, 360]))
print(mean_angle([10, 20, 30]))- Output:
-1.61481e-15 -90 20
Ada
An implementation based on the formula using the "Arctan" (atan2) function, thus avoiding complex numbers:
with Ada.Text_IO, Ada.Numerics.Generic_Elementary_Functions;
procedure Mean_Angles is
type X_Real is digits 4; -- or more digits for improved precision
subtype Real is X_Real range 0.0 .. 360.0; -- the range of interest
type Angles is array(Positive range <>) of Real;
procedure Put(R: Real) is
package IO is new Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO(Real);
begin
IO.Put(R, Fore => 3, Aft => 2, Exp => 0);
end Put;
function Mean_Angle(A: Angles) return Real is
Sin_Sum, Cos_Sum: X_Real := 0.0; -- X_Real since sums might exceed 360.0
package Math is new Ada.Numerics.Generic_Elementary_Functions(Real);
use Math;
begin
for I in A'Range loop
Sin_Sum := Sin_Sum + Sin(A(I), Cycle => 360.0);
Cos_Sum := Cos_Sum + Cos(A(I), Cycle => 360.0);
end loop;
return Arctan(Sin_Sum / X_Real(A'Length), Cos_Sum / X_Real(A'Length),
Cycle => 360.0);
-- may raise Ada.Numerics.Argument_Error if inputs are
-- numerically instable, e.g., when Cos_Sum is 0.0
end Mean_Angle;
begin
Put(Mean_Angle((10.0, 20.0, 30.0))); Ada.Text_IO.New_Line; -- 20.00
Put(Mean_Angle((10.0, 350.0))); Ada.Text_IO.New_Line; -- 0.00
Put(Mean_Angle((90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0))); -- Ada.Numerics.Argument_Error!
end Mean_Angles;
- Output:
20.00 0.00 raised ADA.NUMERICS.ARGUMENT_ERROR : a-ngelfu.adb:427 instantiated at mean_angles.adb:17
Aime
real
mean(list l)
{
integer i;
real x, y;
x = y = 0;
i = 0;
while (i < l_length(l)) {
x += Gcos(l[i]);
y += Gsin(l[i]);
i += 1;
}
return Gatan2(y / l_length(l), x / l_length(l));
}
integer
main(void)
{
o_form("mean of 1st set: /d6/\n", mean(l_effect(350, 10)));
o_form("mean of 2nd set: /d6/\n", mean(l_effect(90, 180, 270, 360)));
o_form("mean of 3rd set: /d6/\n", mean(l_effect(10, 20, 30)));
return 0;
}- Output:
mean of 1st set: -.000000 mean of 2nd set: -90 mean of 3rd set: 19.999999
ALGOL 68
File: Averages_Mean_angle.a68
#!/usr/bin/a68g --script #
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #
PROC mean angle = ([]#LONG# REAL angles)#LONG# REAL:
(
INT size = UPB angles - LWB angles + 1;
#LONG# REAL y part := 0, x part := 0;
FOR i FROM LWB angles TO UPB angles DO
x part +:= #long# cos (angles[i] * #long# pi / 180);
y part +:= #long# sin (angles[i] * #long# pi / 180)
OD;
#long# arc tan2 (y part / size, x part / size) * 180 / #long# pi
);
main:
(
[]#LONG# REAL angle set 1 = ( 350, 10 );
[]#LONG# REAL angle set 2 = ( 90, 180, 270, 360);
[]#LONG# REAL angle set 3 = ( 10, 20, 30);
FORMAT summary fmt=$"Mean angle for "g" set :"-zd.ddddd" degrees"l$;
printf ((summary fmt,"1st", mean angle (angle set 1)));
printf ((summary fmt,"2nd", mean angle (angle set 2)));
printf ((summary fmt,"3rd", mean angle (angle set 3)))
)- Output:
Mean angle for 1st set : -0.00000 degrees Mean angle for 2nd set :-90.00000 degrees Mean angle for 3rd set : 20.00000 degrees
AutoHotkey
Angles := [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]]
MsgBox, % MeanAngle(Angles[1]) "`n"
. MeanAngle(Angles[2]) "`n"
. MeanAngle(Angles[3])
MeanAngle(a, x=0, y=0) {
static c := ATan(1) / 45
for k, v in a {
x += Cos(v * c) / a.MaxIndex()
y += Sin(v * c) / a.MaxIndex()
}
return atan2(x, y) / c
}
atan2(x, y) {
return dllcall("msvcrt\atan2", "Double",y, "Double",x, "CDECL Double")
}
Output:
-0.000000 -90.000000 20.000000
AWK
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
{
PI = atan2(0,-1);
x=0.0; y=0.0;
for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
p = $i*PI/180.0;
x += sin(p);
y += cos(p);
}
p = atan2(x,y)*180.0/PI;
if (p<0) p += 360;
print p;
}
echo 350 10 | ./mean_angle.awk 360 echo 10 20 30 | ./mean_angle.awk 20 echo 90 180 270 360 | ./mean_angle.awk 270
BASIC
BBC BASIC
*FLOAT 64
DIM angles(3)
angles() = 350,10
PRINT FNmeanangle(angles(), 2)
angles() = 90,180,270,360
PRINT FNmeanangle(angles(), 4)
angles() = 10,20,30
PRINT FNmeanangle(angles(), 3)
END
DEF FNmeanangle(angles(), N%)
LOCAL I%, sumsin, sumcos
FOR I% = 0 TO N%-1
sumsin += SINRADangles(I%)
sumcos += COSRADangles(I%)
NEXT
= DEGFNatan2(sumsin, sumcos)
DEF FNatan2(y,x) : ON ERROR LOCAL = SGN(y)*PI/2
IF x>0 THEN = ATN(y/x) ELSE IF y>0 THEN = ATN(y/x)+PI ELSE = ATN(y/x)-PI
- Output:
-1.61480993E-15
-90
20
QBasic
DECLARE FUNCTION Atan2# (y AS DOUBLE, x AS DOUBLE)
DECLARE FUNCTION MeanAngle# (angles#())
CONST PI# = 3.141592653589793#
REDIM angles1#(1 TO 2)
angles1#(1) = 350
angles1#(2) = 10
REDIM angles2#(1 TO 4)
angles2#(1) = 90
angles2#(2) = 180
angles2#(3) = 270
angles2#(4) = 360
REDIM angles3#(1 TO 3)
angles3#(1) = 10
angles3#(2) = 20
angles3#(3) = 30
PRINT USING "Mean for angles 1 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles1#())
PRINT USING "Mean for angles 2 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles2#())
PRINT USING "Mean for angles 3 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles3#())
FUNCTION Atan2# (y AS DOUBLE, x AS DOUBLE)
IF x > 0 THEN
Atan2# = ATN(y / x)
ELSEIF x < 0 THEN
IF y >= 0 THEN
Atan2# = ATN(y / x) + PI#
ELSE
Atan2# = ATN(y / x) - PI#
END IF
ELSE ' x = 0
IF y > 0 THEN
Atan2# = PI# / 2
ELSEIF y < 0 THEN
Atan2# = -PI# / 2
ELSE ' y = 0
Atan2# = 0
END IF
END IF
END FUNCTION
FUNCTION MeanAngle# (angles#())
length# = UBOUND(angles#) - LBOUND(angles#) + 1
sinSum# = 0!
cosSum# = 0!
FOR i% = LBOUND(angles#) TO UBOUND(angles#)
sinSum# = sinSum# + SIN(angles#(i%) * PI# / 180!)
cosSum# = cosSum# + COS(angles#(i%) * PI# / 180!)
NEXT i%
MeanAngle# = Atan2#(sinSum# / length#, cosSum# / length#) * 180! / PI#
END FUNCTION
- Output:
Same as FreeBASIC entry.
QB64
Const PI# = 3.1415926535897932
ReDim angles1#(1 To 2)
angles1#(1) = 350
angles1#(2) = 10
ReDim angles2#(1 To 4)
angles2#(1) = 90
angles2#(2) = 180
angles2#(3) = 270
angles2#(4) = 360
ReDim angles3#(1 To 3)
angles3#(1) = 10
angles3#(2) = 20
angles3#(3) = 30
Print Using "Mean for angles 1 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles1#())
Print Using "Mean for angles 2 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles2#())
Print Using "Mean for angles 3 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle#(angles3#())
End
Function MeanAngle# (angles#())
length# = UBound(angles#) - LBound(angles#) + 1
sinSum# = 0.0
cosSum# = 0.0
For i% = LBound(angles#) To UBound(angles#)
sinSum# = sinSum# + Sin(angles#(i%) * PI# / 180.0)
cosSum# = cosSum# + Cos(angles#(i%) * PI# / 180.0)
Next i%
MeanAngle# = _Atan2(sinSum# / length#, cosSum# / length#) * 180.0 / PI#
End Function
- Output:
Same as FreeBASIC entry.
Yabasic
dim angles1(2)
angles1(1) = 350
angles1(2) = 10
dim angles2(4)
angles2(1) = 90
angles2(2) = 180
angles2(3) = 270
angles2(4) = 360
dim angles3(3)
angles3(1) = 10
angles3(2) = 20
angles3(3) = 30
print "Mean for angles 1 is : ", MeanAngle(angles1()) using ("####.##"), " degrees"
print "Mean for angles 2 is : ", MeanAngle(angles2()) using ("####.##"), " degrees"
print "Mean for angles 3 is : ", MeanAngle(angles3()) using ("####.##"), " degrees"
end
sub MeanAngle(angles())
length = arraysize(angles(), 1) + 1
sinSum = 0.0
cosSum = 0.0
for i = 1 to arraysize(angles(), 1)
sinSum = sinSum + sin(angles(i) * PI / 180.0)
cosSum = cosSum + cos(angles(i) * PI / 180.0)
next
return atan(sinSum / length, cosSum / length) * 180.0 / PI
end sub- Output:
Same as FreeBASIC entry.
C
#include<math.h>
#include<stdio.h>
double
meanAngle (double *angles, int size)
{
double y_part = 0, x_part = 0;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
x_part += cos (angles[i] * M_PI / 180);
y_part += sin (angles[i] * M_PI / 180);
}
return atan2 (y_part / size, x_part / size) * 180 / M_PI;
}
int
main ()
{
double angleSet1[] = { 350, 10 };
double angleSet2[] = { 90, 180, 270, 360};
double angleSet3[] = { 10, 20, 30};
printf ("\nMean Angle for 1st set : %lf degrees", meanAngle (angleSet1, 2));
printf ("\nMean Angle for 2nd set : %lf degrees", meanAngle (angleSet2, 4));
printf ("\nMean Angle for 3rd set : %lf degrees\n", meanAngle (angleSet3, 3));
return 0;
}
- Output:
Mean Angle for 1st set : -0.000000 degrees Mean Angle for 2nd set : -90.000000 degrees Mean Angle for 3rd set : 20.000000 degrees
C#
using System;
using System.Linq;
using static System.Math;
class Program
{
static double MeanAngle(double[] angles)
{
var x = angles.Sum(a => Cos(a * PI / 180)) / angles.Length;
var y = angles.Sum(a => Sin(a * PI / 180)) / angles.Length;
return Atan2(y, x) * 180 / PI;
}
static void Main()
{
Action<double[]> printMean = x => Console.WriteLine("{0:0.###}", MeanAngle(x));
printMean(new double[] { 350, 10 });
printMean(new double[] { 90, 180, 270, 360 });
printMean(new double[] { 10, 20, 30 });
}
}
- Output:
0 -90 20
C++
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#include <math.h>
template<typename C>
double meanAngle(const C& c) {
auto it = std::cbegin(c);
auto end = std::cend(c);
double x = 0.0;
double y = 0.0;
double len = 0.0;
while (it != end) {
x += cos(*it * M_PI / 180);
y += sin(*it * M_PI / 180);
len++;
it = std::next(it);
}
return atan2(y, x) * 180 / M_PI;
}
void printMean(std::initializer_list<double> init) {
std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << meanAngle(init) << '\n';
}
int main() {
printMean({ 350, 10 });
printMean({ 90, 180, 270, 360 });
printMean({ 10, 20, 30 });
return 0;
}
- Output:
-0.000 -90.000 20.000
Clojure
(defn mean-fn
[k coll]
(let [n (count coll)
trig (get {:sin #(Math/sin %) :cos #(Math/cos %)} k)]
(* (/ 1 n) (reduce + (map trig coll)))))
(defn mean-angle
[degrees]
(let [radians (map #(Math/toRadians %) degrees)
a (mean-fn :sin radians)
b (mean-fn :cos radians)]
(Math/toDegrees (Math/atan2 a b))))
Example:
(mean-angle [350 10])
;=> -1.614809932057922E-15
(mean-angle [90 180 270 360])
;=> -90.0
(mean-angle [10 20 30])
;=> 19.999999999999996
Common Lisp
(defun average (list)
(/ (reduce #'+ list) (length list)))
(defun radians (angle)
(* pi 1/180 angle))
(defun degrees (angle)
(* (/ 180 pi) angle))
(defun mean-angle (angles)
(let* ((angles (map 'list #'radians angles))
(cosines (map 'list #'cos angles))
(sines (map 'list #'sin angles)))
(degrees (atan (average sines) (average cosines)))))
(loop for angles in '((350 10) (90 180 270 360) (10 20 30))
do (format t "~&The mean angle of ~a is ~$°." angles (mean-angle angles)))
;; or using complex numbers (cis and phase)
(defun mean-angle-2 (angles)
(degrees (phase (reduce #'+ angles :key (lambda (deg) (cis (radians deg)))))))
- Output:
The mean angle of (350 10) is -0.00°. The mean angle of (90 180 270 360) is -90.00°. The mean angle of (10 20 30) is 20.00°.
D
import std.stdio, std.algorithm, std.complex;
import std.math: PI;
auto radians(T)(in T d) pure nothrow @nogc { return d * PI / 180; }
auto degrees(T)(in T r) pure nothrow @nogc { return r * 180 / PI; }
real meanAngle(T)(in T[] D) pure nothrow @nogc {
immutable t = reduce!((a, d) => a + d.radians.expi)(0.complex, D);
return (t / D.length).arg.degrees;
}
void main() {
foreach (angles; [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]])
writefln("The mean angle of %s is: %.2f degrees",
angles, angles.meanAngle);
}
- Output:
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: -0.00 degrees The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: 90.00 degrees The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 20.00 degrees
Delphi
See #Pascal.
DuckDB
This entry uses the atan2 method.
# Mean of given list of angles in degrees, to 7 decimal places
create or replace function mean_angle(lst) as (
with angles as (select unnest(lst) as angle),
radians as (select (angle * pi() / 180) as alpha from angles),
trig as (select sin(alpha) as s, cos(alpha) as c from radians)
select round(atan2( sum(s) / length(lst), sum(c) / length(lst) ) * 180 / pi(), 7) from trig
);
select angles, mean_angle(angles) as mean from values
([350, 10]),
([90,180,270,360]),
([10, 20, 30]) t(angles);
- Output:
┌─────────────────────┬────────┐ │ angles │ mean │ │ int32[] │ double │ ├─────────────────────┼────────┤ │ [350, 10] │ -0.0 │ │ [90, 180, 270, 360] │ -90.0 │ │ [10, 20, 30] │ 20.0 │ └─────────────────────┴────────┘
EasyLang
func mean ang[] .
for ang in ang[]
x += cos ang
y += sin ang
.
return atan2 (y / len ang[]) (x / len ang[])
.
print mean [ 350 10 ]
print mean [ 90 180 270 360 ]
print mean [ 10 20 30 ]EchoLisp
(define-syntax-rule (deg->radian deg) (* deg 1/180 PI))
(define-syntax-rule (radian->deg rad) (* 180 (/ PI) rad))
(define (mean-angles angles)
(radian->deg
(angle
(for/sum ((a angles)) (make-polar 1 (deg->radian a))))))
(mean-angles '( 350 10))
→ -0
(mean-angles '[90 180 270 360])
→ -90
(mean-angles '[10 20 30])
→ 20
Elixir
defmodule MeanAngle do
def mean_angle(angles) do
rad_angles = Enum.map(angles, °_to_rad/1)
sines = rad_angles |> Enum.map(&:math.sin/1) |> Enum.sum
cosines = rad_angles |> Enum.map(&:math.cos/1) |> Enum.sum
rad_to_deg(:math.atan2(sines, cosines))
end
defp deg_to_rad(a) do
(:math.pi/180) * a
end
defp rad_to_deg(a) do
(180/:math.pi) * a
end
end
IO.inspect MeanAngle.mean_angle([10, 350])
IO.inspect MeanAngle.mean_angle([90, 180, 270, 360])
IO.inspect MeanAngle.mean_angle([10, 20, 30])
- Output:
-1.614809932057922e-15 -90.0 19.999999999999996
Erlang
The function from_degrees/1 is used to solve Averages/Mean_time_of_day. Please keep backwards compatibility when editing. Or update the other module, too.
-module( mean_angle ).
-export( [from_degrees/1, task/0] ).
from_degrees( Angles ) ->
Radians = [radians(X) || X <- Angles],
Sines = [math:sin(X) || X <- Radians],
Coses = [math:cos(X) || X <- Radians],
degrees( math:atan2( average(Sines), average(Coses) ) ).
task() ->
Angles = [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]],
[io:fwrite( "Mean angle of ~p is: ~p~n", [X, erlang:round(from_degrees(X))] ) || X <- Angles].
average( List ) -> lists:sum( List ) / erlang:length( List ).
degrees( Radians ) -> Radians * 180 / math:pi().
radians( Degrees ) -> Degrees * math:pi() / 180.
- Output:
16> mean_angle:task(). Mean angle of [350,10] is: 0 Mean angle of [90,180,270,360] is: -90 Mean angle of [10,20,30] is: 20
Euler Math Toolbox
>function meanangle (a) ...
$ z=sum(exp(rad(a)*I));
$ if z~=0 then error("Not meaningful");
$ else return deg(arg(z))
$ endfunction
>meanangle([350,10])
0
>meanangle([90,180,270,360])
Error : Not meaningful
Error generated by error() command
Error in function meanangle in line
if z~=0 then error("Not meaningful");
>meanangle([10,20,30])
20Euphoria
include std/console.e
include std/mathcons.e
sequence AngleList = {{350,10},{90,180,270,360},{10,20,30}}
function atan2(atom y, atom x)
return 2*arctan((sqrt(power(x,2)+power(y,2)) - x)/y)
end function
function MeanAngle(sequence angles)
atom x = 0, y = 0
integer l = length(angles)
for i = 1 to length(angles) do
x += cos(angles[i] * PI / 180)
y += sin(angles[i] * PI / 180)
end for
return atan2(y / l, x / l) * 180 / PI
end function
for i = 1 to length(AngleList) do
printf(1,"Mean Angle for set %d: %3.5f\n",{i,MeanAngle(AngleList[i])})
end for
if getc(0) then end if- Output:
Mean Angle for set 1: 0.00000 Mean Angle for set 2: -90.00000 Mean Angle for set 3: 20.00000
F#
open System
open System.Numerics
let deg2rad d = d * Math.PI / 180.
let rad2deg r = r * 180. / Math.PI
[<EntryPoint>]
let main argv =
let makeComplex = fun r -> Complex.FromPolarCoordinates(1., r)
argv
|> Seq.map (Double.Parse >> deg2rad >> makeComplex)
|> Seq.fold (fun x y -> Complex.Add(x,y)) Complex.Zero
|> fun c -> c.Phase |> rad2deg
|> printfn "Mean angle for [%s]: %g°" (String.Join("; ",argv))
0
- Output:
>RosettaCode 350 10 Mean angle for [350; 10]: -2.74518e-14° >RosettaCode 10 20 30 Mean angle for [10; 20; 30]: 20° >RosettaCode 90 180 270 360 Mean angle for [90; 180; 270; 360]: -90°
Factor
USING: formatting kernel math math.functions math.libm math.trig
sequences ;
: mean-angle ( seq -- x )
[ deg>rad ] map [ [ sin ] map-sum ] [ [ cos ] map-sum ]
[ length ] tri recip [ * ] curry bi@ fatan2 rad>deg ;
: show ( seq -- )
dup mean-angle "The mean angle of %u is: %f°\n" printf ;
{ { 350 10 } { 90 180 270 360 } { 10 20 30 } } [ show ] each
- Output:
The mean angle of { 350 10 } is: -0.000000°
The mean angle of { 90 180 270 360 } is: -90.000000°
The mean angle of { 10 20 30 } is: 20.000000°
Fortran
Please find the example output along with the build instructions in the comments at the start of the FORTRAN 2008 source. Compiler: gfortran from the GNU compiler collection. Command interpreter: bash.
!-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "/tmp/" -*-
!Compilation started at Mon Jun 3 18:07:59
!
!a=./f && make $a && OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 $a
!gfortran -std=f2008 -Wall -fopenmp -ffree-form -fall-intrinsics -fimplicit-none f.f08 -o f
! -7.80250048E-06 350 10
! 90.0000000 90 180 270 360
! 19.9999962 10 20 30
!
!Compilation finished at Mon Jun 3 18:07:59
program average_angles
!real(kind=8), parameter :: TAU = 6.283185307179586232 ! http://tauday.com/
!integer, dimension(13), parameter :: test_data = (/2,350,10, 4,90,180,270,360, 3,10,20,30, 0/)
!integer :: i, j, n
!complex(kind=16) :: some
!real(kind=8) :: angle
real, parameter :: TAU = 6.283185307179586232 ! http://tauday.com/
integer, dimension(13), parameter :: test_data = (/2,350,10, 4,90,180,270,360, 3,10,20,30, 0/)
integer :: i, j, n
complex :: some
real :: angle
i = 1
n = int(test_data(i))
do while (0 .lt. n)
some = 0
do j = 1, n
angle = (TAU/360)*test_data(i+j)
some = some + cmplx(cos(angle), sin(angle))
end do
some = some / n
write(6,*)(360/TAU)*atan2(aimag(some), real(some)),test_data(i+1:i+n)
i = i + n + 1
n = int(test_data(i))
end do
end program average_angles
FreeBASIC
' FB 1.05.0 Win64
Const PI As Double = 3.1415926535897932
Function MeanAngle(angles() As Double) As Double
Dim As Integer length = Ubound(angles) - Lbound(angles) + 1
Dim As Double sinSum = 0.0
Dim As Double cosSum = 0.0
For i As Integer = LBound(angles) To UBound(angles)
sinSum += Sin(angles(i) * PI / 180.0)
cosSum += Cos(angles(i) * PI / 180.0)
Next
Return Atan2(sinSum / length, cosSum / length) * 180.0 / PI
End Function
Dim As Double angles1(1 To 2) = {350, 10}
Dim As Double angles2(1 To 4) = {90, 180, 270, 360}
Dim As Double angles3(1 To 3) = {10, 20, 30}
Print Using "Mean for angles 1 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle(angles1())
Print Using "Mean for angles 2 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle(angles2())
Print Using "Mean for angles 3 is : ####.## degrees"; MeanAngle(angles3())
Print
Print "Press any key to quit the program"
Sleep
- Output:
Mean for angles 1 is : -0.00 degrees Mean for angles 2 is : -90.00 degrees Mean for angles 3 is : 20.00 degrees
FutureBasic
double local fn MeanAngle( angles as CFArrayRef )
long count = len(angles)
double sinSum = 0.0, cosSum = 0.0
for long i = 0 to count - 1
sinSum += sin(dblval(angles[i]) * M_PI / 180.0)
cosSum += cos(dblval(angles[i]) * M_PI / 180.0)
next
end fn = fn atan2(sinSum / count, cosSum / count) * 180.0 / M_PI
print @"Mean angle of [350,10] = ";fn MeanAngle( @[@350,@10] )
print @"Mean angle of [90,180,270,360] = ";fn MeanAngle( @[@90,@180,@270,@360] )
print @"Mean angle of [10,20,30] = ";fn MeanAngle( @[@10,@20,@30] )
HandleEvents- Output:
�Mean angle of [350,10] = -2.745176884498468e-14 Mean angle of [90,180,270,360] = -90 Mean angle of [10,20,30] = 20
Go
Complex
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math"
"math/cmplx"
)
func deg2rad(d float64) float64 { return d * math.Pi / 180 }
func rad2deg(r float64) float64 { return r * 180 / math.Pi }
func mean_angle(deg []float64) float64 {
sum := 0i
for _, x := range deg {
sum += cmplx.Rect(1, deg2rad(x))
}
return rad2deg(cmplx.Phase(sum))
}
func main() {
for _, angles := range [][]float64{
{350, 10},
{90, 180, 270, 360},
{10, 20, 30},
} {
fmt.Printf("The mean angle of %v is: %f degrees\n", angles, mean_angle(angles))
}
}
- Output:
The mean angle of [350 10] is: -0.000000 degrees The mean angle of [90 180 270 360] is: -90.000000 degrees The mean angle of [10 20 30] is: 20.000000 degrees
Atan2
A mean_angle function that could be substituted above. Functions deg2rad and rad2deg are not used here but there is no runtime advantage either way to using them or not. Inlining should result in eqivalent code being generated. Also the Go Atan2 library function has no limits on the arguments so there is no need to divide by the number of elements.
func mean_angle(deg []float64) float64 {
var ss, sc float64
for _, x := range deg {
s, c := math.Sincos(x * math.Pi / 180)
ss += s
sc += c
}
return math.Atan2(ss, sc) * 180 / math.Pi
}
Groovy
import static java.lang.Math.*
def meanAngle = {
atan2( it.sum { sin(it * PI / 180) } / it.size(), it.sum { cos(it * PI / 180) } / it.size()) * 180 / PI
}
Test:
def verifyAngle = { angles ->
def ma = meanAngle(angles)
printf("Mean Angle for $angles: %5.2f%n", ma)
round(ma * 100) / 100.0
}
assert verifyAngle([350, 10]) == -0
assert verifyAngle([90, 180, 270, 360]) == -90
assert verifyAngle([10, 20, 30]) == 20
- Output:
Mean Angle for [350, 10]: -0.00 Mean Angle for [90, 180, 270, 360]: -90.00 Mean Angle for [10, 20, 30]: 20.00
Haskell
import Data.Complex (cis, phase)
meanAngle
:: RealFloat c
=> [c] -> c
meanAngle = (/ pi) . (* 180) . phase . sum . map (cis . (/ 180) . (* pi))
main :: IO ()
main =
mapM_
(\angles ->
putStrLn $
"The mean angle of " ++
show angles ++ " is: " ++ show (meanAngle angles) ++ " degrees")
[[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]]
- Output:
The mean angle of [350.0,10.0] is: -2.745176884498468e-14 degrees The mean angle of [90.0,180.0,270.0,360.0] is: -90.0 degrees The mean angle of [10.0,20.0,30.0] is: 19.999999999999996 degrees
Alternative Solution: This solution gives an insight about using factoring, many small functions like Forth and using function composition.
-- file: trigdeg.fs
deg2rad deg = deg*pi/180.0
rad2deg rad = rad*180.0/pi
sind = sin . deg2rad
cosd = cos . deg2rad
tand = tan . deg2rad
atand = rad2deg . atan
atan2d y x = rad2deg (atan2 y x )
avg_angle angles = atan2d y x
where
y = mean (map sind angles)
x = mean (map cosd angles)
-- End of trigdeg.fs --------
- Output:
-- GHCI shell $ ghci Prelude> :load trigdeg.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( trigdeg.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> *Main> avg_angle [350.0, 10.0] -2.745176884498468e-14 *Main> *Main> avg_angle [90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0 ] -90.0 *Main> mean [10.0, 20.0, 30.0] 20.0 *Main>
Icon and Unicon
procedure main(A)
write("Mean angle is ",meanAngle(A))
end
procedure meanAngle(A)
every (sumSines := 0.0) +:= sin(dtor(!A))
every (sumCosines := 0.0) +:= cos(dtor(!A))
return rtod(atan(sumSines/*A,sumCosines/*A))
end
Sample runs:
->ama 10 350 Mean angle is -2.745176884498468e-14 ->ama 90 180 270 360 Mean angle is -90.0 ->ama 10 20 30 Mean angle is 20.0
IDL
function mean_angle, phi
z = total(exp(complex(0,phi*!dtor)))
return, atan(imaginary(z),real_part(z))*!radeg
end
- Output:
IDL> print, mean_angle([350, 10])
-7.80250e-06
IDL> print, mean_angle([90, 180, 270, 360])
90.0000
IDL> print, mean_angle([10, 20, 30])
20.0000
J
avgAngleD=: 360|(_1 { [: (**|)&.+.@(+/ % #)&.(*.inv) 1,.])&.(1r180p1&*)
This verb can be represented as simpler component verbs, for example:
rfd=: 1r180p1&* NB. convert angle to radians from degrees
toComplex=: *.inv NB. maps integer pairs as length, complex angle (in radians)
mean=: +/ % # NB. calculate arithmetic mean
roundComplex=: (* * |)&.+. NB. discard an extraneous least significant bit of precision from a complex value whose magnitude is in the vicinity of 1
avgAngleR=: _1 { [: roundComplex@mean&.toComplex 1 ,. ] NB. calculate average angle in radians
avgAngleD=: 360|avgAngleR&.rfd NB. calculate average angle in degrees
Example use:
avgAngleD 10 350
0
avgAngleD 90 180 270 360 NB. result not meaningful
0
avgAngleD 10 20 30
20
avgAngleD 20 350
5
avgAngleD 10 340
355
Notes:
(**|)&.+. is an expression to discard an extraneous least significant bit of precision from a complex value whose magnitude is in the vicinity of 1.
(+/ % #) finds the (Pythagorean) mean
verb&.(*.inv) maps integer pairs as length,complex angle (in radians) and uses the verb in the domain of complex numbers, and then maps the result back to length,angle.
(1,.]) prefixes every value in a list with 1 (forming a two column table)
(_1 { verb) takes the last item from the result of the verb (and note that after we average our complex values and convert them back to length/angle format, we will be working with a list of two elements: length and angle -- and we do not care about length, which will usually be less than 1).
verb&.(1r180p1&*) converts its argument from degrees to radians, uses the verb in the radian domain, then converts the result of that argument back to degrees.
360|verb ensures that the result is not negative and is also less than 360
Java
import java.util.Arrays;
public class AverageMeanAngle {
public static void main(String[] args) {
printAverageAngle(350.0, 10.0);
printAverageAngle(90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0);
printAverageAngle(10.0, 20.0, 30.0);
printAverageAngle(370.0);
printAverageAngle(180.0);
}
private static void printAverageAngle(double... sample) {
double meanAngle = getMeanAngle(sample);
System.out.printf("The mean angle of %s is %s%n", Arrays.toString(sample), meanAngle);
}
public static double getMeanAngle(double... anglesDeg) {
double x = 0.0;
double y = 0.0;
for (double angleD : anglesDeg) {
double angleR = Math.toRadians(angleD);
x += Math.cos(angleR);
y += Math.sin(angleR);
}
double avgR = Math.atan2(y / anglesDeg.length, x / anglesDeg.length);
return Math.toDegrees(avgR);
}
}
- Output:
The mean angle of [350.0, 10.0] is -1.614809932057922E-15 The mean angle of [90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0] is -90.0 The mean angle of [10.0, 20.0, 30.0] is 19.999999999999996 The mean angle of [370.0] is 9.999999999999977 The mean angle of [180.0] is 180.0
JavaScript
atan2
function sum(a) {
var s = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) s += a[i];
return s;
}
function degToRad(a) {
return Math.PI / 180 * a;
}
function meanAngleDeg(a) {
return 180 / Math.PI * Math.atan2(
sum(a.map(degToRad).map(Math.sin)) / a.length,
sum(a.map(degToRad).map(Math.cos)) / a.length
);
}
var a = [350, 10], b = [90, 180, 270, 360], c = [10, 20, 30];
console.log(meanAngleDeg(a));
console.log(meanAngleDeg(b));
console.log(meanAngleDeg(c));
- Output:
-1.614809932057922e-15 -90 19.999999999999996
jq
To avoid anomalies, the following is designed to assign the null value as the mean angle in cases such as [0, 180].
Generic Infrastructure
def pi: 4 * (1|atan);
def deg2rad: . * pi / 180;
def rad2deg: if . == null then null else . * 180 / pi end;
# Input: [x,y] (special handling of x==0)
# Output: [r, theta] where theta may be null
def to_polar:
if .[0] == 0
then [1, if .[1] > 5e-14 then pi/2 elif .[1] < -5e-14 then -pi/2 else null end]
else [1, ((.[1]/.[0]) | atan)]
end;
def from_polar: .[1] | [ cos, sin];
def abs: if . < 0 then - . else . end;
def summation(f): map(f) | add;Mean Angle
# input: degrees
def mean_angle:
def round:
if . == null then null
elif . < 0 then -1 * ((- .) | round) | if . == -0 then 0 else . end
else ((. + 3e-14) | floor) as $x
| if ($x - .) | abs < 3e-14 then $x else . end
end;
map( [1, deg2rad] | from_polar)
| [ summation(.[0]), summation(.[1]) ]
| to_polar
| .[1]
| rad2deg
| round;Examples
([350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30])
| "The mean angle of \(.) is: \(mean_angle)"- Output:
jq -r -n -f Mean_angle.jq
The mean angle of [350,10] is: 0
The mean angle of [90,180,270,360] is: null
The mean angle of [10,20,30] is: 20
Julia
Julia has built-in functions sind and cosd to compute the sine and cosine of angles specified in degrees accurately (avoiding the roundoff errors incurred in conversion to radians), and a built-in function to convert radians to degrees (or vice versa). Using these:
using Statistics
meandegrees(degrees) = rad2deg(atan(mean(sind.(degrees)), mean(cosd.(degrees))))
The output is:
julia> meandegrees([350, 10])
0.0
julia> meandegrees([90, 180, 270, 360])
0.0
julia> meandegrees([10, 20, 30])
19.999999999999996
(Note that the mean of 90°, 180°, 270°, and 360° gives zero because of the lack of roundoff errors in the sind function, since the standard-library atan2(0,0) value is zero. Many of the other languages report an average of 90° or –90° in this case due to rounding errors.)
Kotlin
// version 1.0.5-2
fun meanAngle(angles: DoubleArray): Double {
val sinSum = angles.sumByDouble { Math.sin(it * Math.PI / 180.0) }
val cosSum = angles.sumByDouble { Math.cos(it * Math.PI / 180.0) }
return Math.atan2(sinSum / angles.size, cosSum / angles.size) * 180.0 / Math.PI
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val angles1 = doubleArrayOf(350.0, 10.0)
val angles2 = doubleArrayOf(90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0)
val angles3 = doubleArrayOf(10.0, 20.0, 30.0)
val fmt = "%.2f degrees" // format results to 2 decimal places
println("Mean for angles 1 is ${fmt.format(meanAngle(angles1))}")
println("Mean for angles 2 is ${fmt.format(meanAngle(angles2))}")
println("Mean for angles 3 is ${fmt.format(meanAngle(angles3))}")
}
- Output:
Mean for angles 1 is -0.00 degrees Mean for angles 2 is -90.00 degrees Mean for angles 3 is 20.00 degrees
Liberty BASIC
global Pi
Pi =3.1415926535
print "Mean Angle( "; chr$( 34); "350,10"; chr$( 34); ") = "; using( "###.#", meanAngle( "350,10")); " degrees." ' 0
print "Mean Angle( "; chr$( 34); "90,180,270,360"; chr$( 34); ") = "; using( "###.#", meanAngle( "90,180,270,360")); " degrees." ' -90
print "Mean Angle( "; chr$( 34); "10,20,30"; chr$( 34); ") = "; using( "###.#", meanAngle( "10,20,30")); " degrees." ' 20
end
function meanAngle( angles$)
term =1
while word$( angles$, term, ",") <>""
angle =val( word$( angles$, term, ","))
sumSin = sumSin +sin( degRad( angle))
sumCos = sumCos +cos( degRad( angle))
term =term +1
wend
meanAngle= radDeg( atan2( sumSin, sumCos))
if abs( sumSin) +abs( sumCos) <0.001 then notice "Not Available." +_
chr$( 13) +"(" +angles$ +")" +_
chr$( 13) +"Result nearly equals zero vector." +_
chr$( 13) +"Displaying '666'.": meanAngle =666
end function
function degRad( theta)
degRad =theta *Pi /180
end function
function radDeg( theta)
radDeg =theta *180 /Pi
end function
function atan2( y, x)
if x >0 then at =atn( y /x)
if y >=0 and x <0 then at =atn( y /x) +pi
if y <0 and x <0 then at =atn( y /x) -pi
if y >0 and x =0 then at = pi /2
if y <0 and x =0 then at = 0 -pi /2
if y =0 and x =0 then notice "undefined": end
atan2 =at
end function- Output:
Mean Angle( "350,10") = 0.0 degrees. Mean Angle( "90,180,270,360") = 666.0 degrees. Mean Angle( "10,20,30") = 20.0 degrees.
Logo
to mean_angle :angles
local "avgsin
make "avgsin quotient apply "sum map "sin :angles count :angles
local "avgcos
make "avgcos quotient apply "sum map "cos :angles count :angles
output (arctan :avgcos :avgsin)
end
foreach [[350 10] [90 180 270 360] [10 20 30]] [
print (sentence [The average of \(] ? [\) is] (mean_angle ?))
]
bye- Output:
The average of ( 350 10 ) is 0 The average of ( 90 180 270 360 ) is 0 The average of ( 10 20 30 ) is 20
Lua
function meanAngle (angleList)
local sumSin, sumCos = 0, 0
for i, angle in pairs(angleList) do
sumSin = sumSin + math.sin(math.rad(angle))
sumCos = sumCos + math.cos(math.rad(angle))
end
local result = math.deg(math.atan2(sumSin, sumCos))
return string.format("%.2f", result)
end
print(meanAngle({350, 10}))
print(meanAngle({90, 180, 270, 360}))
print(meanAngle({10, 20, 30}))
- Output:
-0.00 -90.00 20.00
M2000 Interpreter
module Mean_angle (useDif as boolean) {
meanangle= lambda useDif->{
if useDif then
sin1=lambda ->{
data round(sin(number)-0.00000001,8)
}
cos1=lambda ->{
data round(cos(number)-0.00000001, 8)
}
else
sin1=lambda ->{
data round(sin(number),8)
}
cos1=lambda ->{
data round(cos(number), 8)
}
end if
= lambda sin1, cos1 ->{
' [] is a stack object with all parameters
' array([]) put the parameters in an array
a=array([])
s=a#map(sin1)#sum()/len(a)
c=a#map(cos1)#sum()/len(a)
if s>0 and c>0 then
=round(atn(s/c), 1)
else.if c<0 then
=round(atn(s/c)+180, 1)
else.if s<0 and c>0 then
=round(atn(s/c)+360, 1)
else
=0
end if
}
}() ' execute lambda now, so meanangle has the inner lambda
? meanangle(350, 10)=360 ' false with useDif=false
? meanangle(90, 180, 270, 360)=225 ' false with useDif=false
? meanangle(-270, -180, -90, 0)=225' false with useDif=false
? meanangle(355, 5, 15)=5
? meanangle(335, 345, 355)=345
? meanangle(40, 60)=50
? meanangle(-60, -40)=310
? meanangle(350, 20)=5
? meanangle(340, 10)=355
? meanangle(10, 20, 30)=20
? meanangle(355, 10, 20, 30, 45)=20
? meanangle(370)=10
? meanangle(180)=180
? meanangle(180, 270)=225
}
Mean_angle true
Mean_angle false
- Output:
All print are True from Mean_angle True. From Mean_angle alse: the first 3 are False, the other True.
Maple
The following procedure takes a list of numeric degrees (with attached units) such as
> [ 350, 10 ] *~ Unit(arcdeg);
[350 [arcdeg], 10 [arcdeg]]as input. (We could use "degree" instead of "arcdeg", since "degree" is taken, by default, to mean angle measure, but it seems best to avoid the ambiguity.)
MeanAngle := proc( L )
uses Units:-Standard; # for unit-awareness
local u;
evalf( convert( argument( add( u, u = exp~( I *~ L ) ) ), 'units', 'radian', 'degree' ) )
end proc:Applying this to the given data sets, we obtain:
> MeanAngle( [ 350, 10 ] *~ Unit(arcdeg) );
0.
> MeanAngle( [ 90, 180, 270, 360 ] *~ Unit(arcdeg) );
0.
> MeanAngle( [ 10, 20, 30 ] *~ Unit(arcdeg) );
20.00000000Mathematica / Wolfram Language
meanAngle[data_List] := N@Arg[Mean[Exp[I data Degree]]]/Degree
- Output:
meanAngle /@ {{350, 10}, {90, 180, 270, 360}, {10, 20, 30}}
{0., Interval[{-180., 180.}], 20.}
MATLAB / Octave
function u = mean_angle(phi)
u = angle(mean(exp(i*pi*phi/180)))*180/pi;
end
mean_angle([350, 10]) ans = -2.7452e-14 mean_angle([90, 180, 270, 360]) ans = -90 mean_angle([10, 20, 30]) ans = 20.000
MiniScript
atan2 = function(y, x)
return 2 * atan((sqrt(x^2 + y^2) - x) / y)
end function
deg2rad = function(x); return x * pi / 180; end function
rad2deg = function(x); return x * 180 / pi; end function
meanAngle = function(angles)
xsum = 0; ysum = 0
for angle in angles
xsum += cos(deg2rad(angle))
ysum += sin(deg2rad(angle))
end for
return rad2deg(atan2(ysum / angles.len, xsum / angles.len))
end function
manyAngledOnes = [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]]
for angles in manyAngledOnes
mean = meanAngle(angles)
print ["Mean of", angles, "is", mean].join(" ")
end for
- Output:
Mean of [350, 10] is 0 Mean of [90, 180, 270, 360] is -90 Mean of [10, 20, 30] is 20.0
NetRexx
/* NetRexx */
options replace format comments java crossref symbols nobinary
numeric digits 80
runSample(arg)
return
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
method getMeanAngle(angles) private static binary
x_component = double 0.0
y_component = double 0.0
aK = int angles.words()
loop a_ = 1 to aK
angle_d = double angles.word(a_)
angle_r = double Math.toRadians(angle_d)
x_component = x_component + Math.cos(angle_r)
y_component = y_component + Math.sin(angle_r)
end a_
x_component = x_component / aK
y_component = y_component / aK
avg_r = Math.atan2(y_component, x_component)
avg_d = Math.toDegrees(avg_r)
return avg_d
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
method runSample(arg) private static
angleSet = [ '350 10', '90 180 270 360', '10 20 30', '370', '180' ]
loop angles over angleSet
say 'The mean angle of' angles.space(1, ',') 'is:'
say ' 'getMeanAngle(angles).format(6, 6)
say
end angles
return
- Output:
The mean angle of 350,10 is:
0.000000
The mean angle of 90,180,270,360 is:
-90.000000
The mean angle of 10,20,30 is:
20.000000
The mean angle of 370 is:
10.000000
The mean angle of 180 is:
180.000000
Nim
import math, complex
proc meanAngle(deg: openArray[float]): float =
var c: Complex[float]
for d in deg:
c += rect(1.0, degToRad(d))
radToDeg(phase(c / float(deg.len)))
echo "The 1st mean angle is: ", meanAngle([350.0, 10.0]), " degrees"
echo "The 2nd mean angle is: ", meanAngle([90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0]), " degrees"
echo "The 3rd mean angle is: ", meanAngle([10.0, 20.0, 30.0]), " degrees"
Output:
The 1st mean angle is: -1.614809932057922e-15 degrees The 2nd mean angle is: -90.0 degrees The 3rd mean angle is: 20.0 degrees
Oberon-2
MODULE MeanAngle;
IMPORT
M := LRealMath,
Out;
CONST
toRads = M.pi / 180;
toDegs = 180 / M.pi;
VAR
grades: ARRAY 64 OF LONGREAL;
PROCEDURE Mean(g: ARRAY OF LONGREAL): LONGREAL;
VAR
i: INTEGER;
sumSin, sumCos: LONGREAL;
BEGIN
i := 0;sumSin := 0.0;sumCos := 0.0;
WHILE g[i] # 0.0 DO
sumSin := sumSin + M.sin(g[i] * toRads);
sumCos := sumCos + M.cos(g[i] * toRads);
INC(i)
END;
RETURN M.arctan2(sumSin / i,sumCos / i);
END Mean;
BEGIN
grades[0] := 350.0;grades[1] := 10.0;
Out.LongRealFix(Mean(grades) * toDegs,15,9);Out.Ln;
grades[0] := 90.0;grades[1] := 180.0;grades[2] := 270.0;grades[3] := 360.0;
Out.LongRealFix(Mean(grades) * toDegs,15,9);Out.Ln;
grades[0] := 10.0;grades[1] := 20.0;grades[2] := 30.0;grades[3] := 0.0;
Out.LongRealFix(Mean(grades) * toDegs,15,9);Out.Ln;
END MeanAngle.
- Output:
-0.000000000 -90.000000000 20.000000000
OCaml
let pi = 3.14159_26535_89793_23846_2643
let deg2rad d =
d *. pi /. 180.0
let rad2deg r =
r *. 180.0 /. pi
let mean_angle angles =
let rad_angles = List.map deg2rad angles in
let sum_sin = List.fold_left (fun sum a -> sum +. sin a) 0.0 rad_angles
and sum_cos = List.fold_left (fun sum a -> sum +. cos a) 0.0 rad_angles
in
rad2deg (atan2 sum_sin sum_cos)
let test angles =
Printf.printf "The mean angle of [%s] is: %g degrees\n"
(String.concat "; " (List.map (Printf.sprintf "%g") angles))
(mean_angle angles)
let () =
test [350.0; 10.0];
test [90.0; 180.0; 270.0; 360.0];
test [10.0; 20.0; 30.0];
;;
or using the Complex module:
open Complex
let mean_angle angles =
let sum =
List.fold_left (fun sum a -> add sum (polar 1.0 (deg2rad a))) zero angles
in
rad2deg (arg sum)
- Output:
The mean angle of [350; 10] is: -2.74518e-14 degrees The mean angle of [90; 180; 270; 360] is: -90 degrees The mean angle of [10; 20; 30] is: 20 degrees
ooRexx
/*REXX program computes the mean angle (angles expressed in degrees). */
numeric digits 50 /*use fifty digits of precision, */
showDig=10 /*··· but only display 10 digits.*/
xl = 350 10 ; say showit(xl, meanAngleD(xl) )
xl = 90 180 270 360 ; say showit(xl, meanAngleD(xl) )
xl = 10 20 30 ; say showit(xl, meanAngleD(xl) )
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/
/*----------------------------------MEANANGD subroutine-----------------*/
meanAngleD: procedure; parse arg xl; numeric digits digits()+digits()%4
sum.=0
n=words(xl)
do j=1 to n
sum.0sin+=rxCalcSin(word(xl,j))
sum.0cos+=rxCalcCos(word(xl,j))
End
If sum.0cos=0 Then
Return sign(sum.0sin/n)*90
Else
Return rxCalcArcTan((sum.0sin/n)/(sum.0cos/n))
showit: procedure expose showDig; numeric digits showDig; parse arg a,mA
return left('angles='a,30) 'mean angle=' format(mA,,showDig,0)/1
::requires rxMath library;
- Output:
angles=350 10 mean angle= 0 angles=90 180 270 360 mean angle= 0 angles=10 20 30 mean angle= 20
PARI/GP
meanAngle(v)=atan(sum(i=1,#v,sin(v[i]))/sum(i=1,#v,cos(v[i])))%(2*Pi)
meanDegrees(v)=meanAngle(v*Pi/180)*180/Pi
apply(meanDegrees,[[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]])- Output:
[360.000000, 296.565051, 20.0000000]
Pascal
uses library math for sincos, a function of FPU80x87, atan2 and DegToRad. Tested with free pascal. Try to catch very small cos values and set to 0.0 degrees " Error : Not meaningful" as http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Averages/Mean_angle#Euler_Math_Toolbox complains.
program MeanAngle;
{$IFDEF DELPHI}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
{$ENDIF}
uses
math;// sincos and atan2
type
tAngles = array of double;
function MeanAngle(const a:tAngles;cnt:longInt):double;
// calculates mean angle.
// returns 0.0 if direction is not sure.
const
eps = 1e-10;
var
i : LongInt;
s,c,
Sumsin,SumCos : extended;
begin
IF cnt = 0 then
Begin
MeanAngle := 0.0;
EXIT;
end;
SumSin:= 0;
SumCos:= 0;
For i := Cnt-1 downto 0 do
Begin
sincos(DegToRad(a[i]),s,c);
Sumsin := sumSin+s;
SumCos := sumCos+c;
end;
s := SumSin/cnt;
c := sumCos/cnt;
IF c > eps then
MeanAngle := RadToDeg(arctan2(s,c))
else
// Not meaningful
MeanAngle := 0.0;
end;
Procedure OutMeanAngle(const a:tAngles;cnt:longInt);
var
i : longInt;
Begin
IF cnt > 0 then
Begin
write('The mean angle of [');
For i := 0 to Cnt-2 do
write(a[i]:0:2,',');
write(a[Cnt-1]:0:2,'] => ');
writeln(MeanAngle(a,cnt):0:16);
end;
end;
var
a:tAngles;
Begin
setlength(a,4);
a[0] := 350;a[1] := 10;
OutMeanAngle(a,2);
a[0] := 90;a[1] := 180;a[2] := 270;a[3] := 360;
OutMeanAngle(a,4);
a[0] := 10;a[1] := 20;a[2] := 30;
OutMeanAngle(a,3);
setlength(a,0);
end.
- output
The mean angle of [350.00,10.00] => 0.0000000000000000 The mean angle of [90.00,180.00,270.00,360.00] => 0.0000000000000000 The mean angle of [10.00,20.00,30.00] => 20.0000000000000000
PascalABC.NET
##
function meanAngle(deg: array of real): real;
begin
var c: Complex := 0;
foreach var d in deg do
c += CplxFromPolar(1.0, DegToRad(d));
result := RadToDeg((c / deg.length).phase);
end;
meanAngle(Arr(350.0, 10.0)).println;
meanAngle(Arr(90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0)).println;
meanAngle(Arr(10.0, 20.0, 30.0)).println
- Output:
-2.74517688449847E-14 -90 20
Perl
sub Pi () { 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028842 }
sub meanangle {
my($x, $y) = (0,0);
($x,$y) = ($x + sin($_), $y + cos($_)) for @_;
my $atan = atan2($x,$y);
$atan += 2*Pi while $atan < 0; # Ghetto fmod
$atan -= 2*Pi while $atan > 2*Pi;
$atan;
}
sub meandegrees {
meanangle( map { $_ * Pi/180 } @_ ) * 180/Pi;
}
print "The mean angle of [@$_] is: ", meandegrees(@$_), " degrees\n"
for ([350,10], [90,180,270,360], [10,20,30]);
- Output:
The mean angle of [350 10] is: 360 degrees The mean angle of [90 180 270 360] is: 270 degrees The mean angle of [10 20 30] is: 20 degrees
Phix
Copied from Euphoria, and slightly improved
with javascript_semantics function MeanAngle(sequence angles) atom x = 0, y = 0 for i=1 to length(angles) do atom ai_rad = angles[i]*PI/180 x += cos(ai_rad) y += sin(ai_rad) end for if abs(x)<1e-16 then return "not meaningful" end if return sprintf("%g",round(atan2(y,x)*180/PI,1e10)) end function constant AngleLists = {{350,10},{90,180,270,360},{10,20,30},{180},{0,180}} for i=1 to length(AngleLists) do sequence ai = AngleLists[i] printf(1,"%16V: Mean Angle is %s\n",{ai,MeanAngle(ai)}) end for
- Output:
{350,10}: Mean Angle is 0
{90,180,270,360}: Mean Angle is not meaningful
{10,20,30}: Mean Angle is 20
{180}: Mean Angle is 180
{0,180}: Mean Angle is not meaningful
PHP
<?php
$samples = array(
'1st' => array(350, 10),
'2nd' => array(90, 180, 270, 360),
'3rd' => array(10, 20, 30)
);
foreach($samples as $key => $sample){
echo 'Mean angle for ' . $key . ' sample: ' . meanAngle($sample) . ' degrees.' . PHP_EOL;
}
function meanAngle ($angles){
$y_part = $x_part = 0;
$size = count($angles);
for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++){
$x_part += cos(deg2rad($angles[$i]));
$y_part += sin(deg2rad($angles[$i]));
}
$x_part /= $size;
$y_part /= $size;
return rad2deg(atan2($y_part, $x_part));
}
?>
- Output:
Mean angle for 1st sample: -1.6148099320579E-15 degrees. Mean angle for 2nd sample: -90 degrees. Mean angle for 3rd sample: 20 degrees.
PicoLisp
(load "@lib/math.l")
(de meanAngle (Lst)
(*/
(atan2
(sum '((A) (sin (*/ A pi 180.0))) Lst)
(sum '((A) (cos (*/ A pi 180.0))) Lst) )
180.0 pi ) )
(for L '((350.0 10.0) (90.0 180.0 270.0 360.0) (10.0 20.0 30.0))
(prinl
"The mean angle of ["
(glue ", " (mapcar round L '(0 .)))
"] is: " (round (meanAngle L))) )- Output:
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: 0.000 The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: 90.000 The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 20.000
PL/I
averages: procedure options (main); /* 31 August 2012 */
declare b1(2) fixed initial (350, 10);
declare b2(4) fixed initial (90, 180, 270, 360);
declare b3(3) fixed initial (10, 20, 30);
put edit ( b1) (f(7));
put edit ( ' mean=', mean(b1) ) (a, f(7) );
put skip edit ( b3) (f(7));
put edit ( ' mean=', mean(b3) ) (a, f(7) );
put skip edit ( b2) (f(7));
put edit ( ' mean=', mean(b2) ) (a, f(7) );
mean: procedure (a) returns (fixed);
declare a(*) float (18);
return ( atand(sum(sind(a))/hbound(a), sum(cosd(a))/hbound(a) ) );
end mean;
end averages;Results (the final one brings up an error in inverse tangent):
350 10 mean= 0
10 20 30 mean= 20
90 180 270 360 mean=
IBM0683I ONCODE=1521 X or Y in ATAN(X,Y) or ATAND(X,Y) was invalid.
At offset +000009CC in procedure with entry AVERAGES
PowerShell
function Get-MeanAngle ([double[]]$Angles)
{
$x = ($Angles | ForEach-Object {[Math]::Cos($_ * [Math]::PI / 180)} | Measure-Object -Average).Average
$y = ($Angles | ForEach-Object {[Math]::Sin($_ * [Math]::PI / 180)} | Measure-Object -Average).Average
[Math]::Atan2($y, $x) * 180 / [Math]::PI
}
@(350, 10), @(90, 180, 270, 360), @(10, 20, 30) | ForEach-Object {Get-MeanAngle $_}
- Output:
-2.74517688449847E-14 -90 20
Processing
void setup() {
println(meanAngle(350, 10));
println(meanAngle(90, 180, 270, 360));
println(meanAngle(10, 20, 30));
}
float meanAngle(float... angles) {
float sum1 = 0, sum2 = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < angles.length; i++) {
sum1 += sin(radians(angles[i])) / angles.length;
sum2 += cos(radians(angles[i])) / angles.length;
}
return degrees(atan2(sum1, sum2));
}- Output:
-7.8025005E-6 90.0 20.0
PureBasic
NewList angle.d()
Macro AE(x)
AddElement(angle()) : angle()=x
EndMacro
Procedure.d atan3(y.d,x.d)
If x<=0.0 : ProcedureReturn Sign(y)*#PI/2 : EndIf
If x>0.0 : ProcedureReturn ATan(y/x) : EndIf
If y>0.0 : ProcedureReturn ATan(y/x)+#PI : EndIf
ProcedureReturn ATan(y/x)-#PI
EndProcedure
Procedure.d mAngle(List angle.d())
Define.d sumS,sumC
ForEach angle()
sumS+Sin(Radian(angle())) : sumC+Cos(Radian(angle()))
Next
ProcedureReturn Degree(atan3(sumS,sumC))
EndProcedure
AE(350.0) : AE(10.0)
Debug StrD(mAngle(angle()),6) : ClearList(angle())
AE(90.0) : AE(180.0) : AE(270.0) : AE(360.0)
Debug StrD(mAngle(angle()),6) : ClearList(angle())
AE(10.0) : AE(20.0) : AE(30.0)
Debug StrD(mAngle(angle()),6) : ClearList(angle())
- Output:
-0.000000 -90.000000 20.000000
Python
>>> from cmath import rect, phase
>>> from math import radians, degrees
>>> def mean_angle(deg):
... return degrees(phase(sum(rect(1, radians(d)) for d in deg)/len(deg)))
...
>>> for angles in [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]]:
... print('The mean angle of', angles, 'is:', round(mean_angle(angles), 12), 'degrees')
...
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: -0.0 degrees
The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: -90.0 degrees
The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 20.0 degrees
>>>
R
deg2rad <- function(x) {
x * pi/180
}
rad2deg <- function(x) {
x * 180/pi
}
deg2vec <- function(x) {
c(sin(deg2rad(x)), cos(deg2rad(x)))
}
vec2deg <- function(x) {
res <- rad2deg(atan2(x[1], x[2]))
if (res < 0) {
360 + res
} else {
res
}
}
mean_vec <- function(x) {
y <- lapply(x, deg2vec)
Reduce(`+`, y)/length(y)
}
mean_deg <- function(x) {
vec2deg(mean_vec(x))
}
mean_deg(c(350, 10))
mean_deg(c(90, 180, 270, 360))
mean_deg(c(10, 20, 30))
- Output:
360 270 20
Racket
The formula given above can be straightforwardly transcribed into a program:
#lang racket
(define (mean-angle αs)
(radians->degrees
(mean-angle/radians
(map degrees->radians αs))))
(define (mean-angle/radians αs)
(define n (length αs))
(atan (* (/ 1 n) (for/sum ([α_j αs]) (sin α_j)))
(* (/ 1 n) (for/sum ([α_j αs]) (cos α_j)))))
(mean-angle '(350 0 10))
(mean-angle '(90 180 270 360))
(mean-angle '(10 20 30))
- Output:
-1.0710324872062297e-15 -90.0 19.999999999999996
Raku
(formerly Perl 6)
This solution refuses to return an answer when the angles cancel out to a tiny magnitude.
# Of course, you can still use pi and 180.
sub deg2rad { $^d * tau / 360 }
sub rad2deg { $^r * 360 / tau }
sub phase ($c) {
my ($mag,$ang) = $c.polar;
return NaN if $mag < 1e-16;
$ang;
}
sub meanAngle { rad2deg phase [+] map { cis deg2rad $_ }, @^angles }
say meanAngle($_).fmt("%.2f\tis the mean angle of "), $_ for
[350, 10],
[90, 180, 270, 360],
[10, 20, 30];
- Output:
-0.00 is the mean angle of 350 10 NaN is the mean angle of 90 180 270 360 20.00 is the mean angle of 10 20 30
REXX
This REXX version uses an ATAN2 solution.
The REXX language doesn't have most of the higher mathematical functions
(like sqrt), and
none of the trigonometric
functions, so all of them have to be included as
RYO (Roll-Your-Own).
Note that the second set of angles: 90 180 270 360
is the same as: 90 180 -90 0
and: -270 -180 -90 -360
and other combinations.
All the trigonometric functions use normalization (converting the
angle to a unit circle) before computation, and most
of them use shortcuts for some exact values, so there is a minimum of
errors due to rounding for near values for some
common values.
The consequence is the trig functions may return exact values such as 0 (zero) for sin(-2) instead of -8.154E-61.
This very small difference (almost inconsequential) makes a significant difference
when that value is used for a parameter
for the ATAN2 function; in
particular, the sign of the value.
There isn't much difference between:
-8.154e-61 and
+8.154e-61
in magnitude, but the ATAN2 function treats those two numbers
very differently as the angle will be in different quadrants,
thereby yielding a different value.
Usually this just results in an angle of -90º instead of +270º (both angles are equivalent).
Also note that the REXX subroutines are largely not commented as they provide a
support structure that's normally present
in other computer programming languages as
BIFs (Built-In-Functions); to add comments and expand the
REXX statements
into single lines would increase the program's bulk and detract from the main program.
/*REXX program computes the mean angle for a group of angles (expressed in degrees). */
call pi /*define the value of pi to some accuracy.*/
numeric digits length(pi) - 1; /*use PI width decimal digits of precision,*/
showDig= 10 /*only display ten decimal digits. */
#= 350 10 ; say show(#, meanAngleD(#)) /*display mean angle (in degrees), 1st case.*/
#= 90 180 270 360 ; say show(#, meanAngleD(#)) /* " " " " " 2nd " */
#= 10 20 30 ; say show(#, meanAngleD(#)) /* " " " " " 3rd " */
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done with it*/
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
.sinCos: arg z,_,i; x=x*x; do k=2 by 2 until p=z; p=z; _=-_*x/(k*(k+i)); z=z+_; end; return z
$fuzz: return min(arg(1), max(1, digits() - arg(2) ) )
Acos: procedure; parse arg x; return pi() * .5 - Asin(x)
Atan: parse arg x; if abs(x)=1 then return pi()*.25 * sign(x); return Asin(x/sqrt(1 + x*x))
d2d: return arg(1) // 360
d2r: return r2r(d2d(arg(1)) / 180 * pi() )
r2d: return d2d((r2r(arg(1)) / pi()) * 180)
r2r: return arg(1) // (pi() * 2)
pi: pi=3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862;return pi
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
Asin: procedure; parse arg x 1 z 1 o 1 p; a= abs(x); aa= a * a
if a>1 then call AsinErr x /*argument X is out of range.*/
if a >= sqrt(2) * .5 then return sign(x) * acos( sqrt(1 - aa), '-ASIN')
do j=2 by 2 until p=z; p= z; o= o * aa * (j-1) / j; z= z +o / (j+1); end
return z /* [↑] compute until no noise*/
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
Atan2: procedure; parse arg y,x; call pi; s= sign(y)
select
when x=0 then z= s * pi * .5
when x<0 then if y=0 then z= pi; else z= s * (pi - abs( Atan(y/x) ) )
otherwise z= s * Atan(y / x)
end /*select*/; return z
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
cos: procedure; parse arg x; x= r2r(x); numeric fuzz $fuzz(6, 3)
a= abs(x); if a=0 then return 1; if a=pi then return -1
if a=pi*.5 | a= pi*1.5 then return 0; if a=pi/3 then return .5
if a= pi*2/3 then return -.5; return .sinCos(1, 1, -1)
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
meanAngleD: procedure; parse arg x; numeric digits digits() + digits() % 4
n= words(x); _sin= 0; _cos= 0
do j=1 for n; != d2r( word(x, j)); _sin= _sin + sin(!); _cos= _cos + cos(!)
end /*j*/
return r2d( Atan2( _sin/n, _cos/n) )
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
show: parse arg a,mA; _= format(ma, , showDig, 0) / 1
return left('angles='a, 30) "mean angle=" right(_, max(4, length(_) ) )
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
sin: procedure; parse arg x; x= r2r(x); numeric fuzz $fuzz(5, 3)
if x=pi * .5 then return 1; if x==pi * 1.5 then return -1
if abs(x)=pi | x=0 then return 0; return .sinCos(x, x, +1)
/*───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
sqrt: procedure; parse arg x; if x=0 then return 0; d=digits(); m.=9; numeric form; h= d+6
numeric digits; parse value format(x,2,1,,0) 'E0' with g "E" _ .; g= g * .5'e'_ % 2
do j=0 while h>9; m.j= h; h= h % 2 + 1; end /*j*/
do k=j+5 to 0 by -1; numeric digits m.k; g= (g + x/g) * .5; end /*k*/
return g
- output when using the default internal inputs:
angles=350 10 mean angle= 0 angles=90 180 270 360 mean angle= -90 angles=10 20 30 mean angle= 20
Note that with the increase in decimal digit precision, the 2nd mean angle changed dramatically from an earlier result.
Ring
# Project : Averages/Mean angle
load "stdlib.ring"
decimals(6)
pi = 3.1415926535897
angles = [350,10]
see meanangle(angles, len(angles)) + nl
angles = [90,180,270,360]
see meanangle(angles, len(angles)) + nl
angles = [10,20,30]
see meanangle(angles, len(angles)) + nl
func meanangle(angles, n)
sumsin = 0
sumcos = 0
for i = 1 to n
sumsin = sumsin + sin(angles[i]*pi/180)
sumcos = sumcos + cos(angles[i]*pi/180)
next
return 180/pi*atan3(sumsin, sumcos)
func atan3(y,x)
if x <= 0
return sign(y)*pi/2
ok
if x>0
return atan(y/x)
else
if y>0
return atan(y/x)+pi
else
return atan(y/x)-pi
ok
okOutput:
-0.000000 -90 20.000000
RPL
≪ DEG → angles
≪ 0 1 angles SIZE FOR j
1 angles j GET R→C P→R + NEXT
angles SIZE / ARG
≫ ≫ 'MEANG' STO
- Input:
{ 350 10 } MEANG
{ 90 180 270 360 } MEANG
{ 10 20 30 } MEANG
- Output:
3: 0 2: -90 1: 20
Ruby
require 'complex' # Superfluous in Ruby >= 2.0; complex is added to core.
def deg2rad(d)
d * Math::PI / 180
end
def rad2deg(r)
r * 180 / Math::PI
end
def mean_angle(deg)
rad2deg((deg.inject(0) {|z, d| z + Complex.polar(1, deg2rad(d))} / deg.length).arg)
end
[[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]].each {|angles|
puts "The mean angle of %p is: %f degrees" % [angles, mean_angle(angles)]
}
- Output:
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: -0.000000 degrees The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: -90.000000 degrees The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 20.000000 degrees
Rust
use std::f64;
// the macro is from
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30856285/assert-eq-with-floating-
// point-numbers-and-delta
fn mean_angle(angles: &[f64]) -> f64 {
let length: f64 = angles.len() as f64;
let cos_mean: f64 = angles.iter().fold(0.0, |sum, i| sum + i.to_radians().cos()) / length;
let sin_mean: f64 = angles.iter().fold(0.0, |sum, i| sum + i.to_radians().sin()) / length;
(sin_mean).atan2(cos_mean).to_degrees()
}
fn main() {
let angles1 = [350.0_f64, 10.0];
let angles2 = [90.0_f64, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0];
let angles3 = [10.0_f64, 20.0, 30.0];
println!("Mean Angle for {:?} is {:.5} degrees",
&angles1,
mean_angle(&angles1));
println!("Mean Angle for {:?} is {:.5} degrees",
&angles2,
mean_angle(&angles2));
println!("Mean Angle for {:?} is {:.5} degrees",
&angles3,
mean_angle(&angles3));
}
macro_rules! assert_diff{
($x: expr,$y : expr, $diff :expr)=>{
if ( $x - $y ).abs() > $diff {
panic!("floating point difference is to big {}", $x - $y );
}
}
}
#[test]
fn calculate() {
let angles1 = [350.0_f64, 10.0];
let angles2 = [90.0_f64, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0];
let angles3 = [10.0_f64, 20.0, 30.0];
assert_diff!(0.0, mean_angle(&angles1), 0.001);
assert_diff!(-90.0, mean_angle(&angles2), 0.001);
assert_diff!(20.0, mean_angle(&angles3), 0.001);
}
Scala
trait MeanAnglesComputation {
import scala.math.{Pi, atan2, cos, sin}
def meanAngle(angles: List[Double], convFactor: Double = 180.0 / Pi) = {
val sums = angles.foldLeft((.0, .0))((r, c) => {
val rads = c / convFactor
(r._1 + sin(rads), r._2 + cos(rads))
})
val result = atan2(sums._1, sums._2)
(result + (if (result.signum == -1) 2 * Pi else 0.0)) * convFactor
}
}
object MeanAngles extends App with MeanAnglesComputation {
assert(meanAngle(List(350, 10), 180.0 / math.Pi).round == 360, "Unexpected result with 350, 10")
assert(meanAngle(List(90, 180, 270, 360)).round == 270, "Unexpected result with 90, 180, 270, 360")
assert(meanAngle(List(10, 20, 30)).round == 20, "Unexpected result with 10, 20, 30")
println("Successfully completed without errors.")
}
Scheme
(import (srfi 1 lists)) ;; use 'fold' from library
(define (average l)
(/ (fold + 0 l) (length l)))
(define pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097)
(define (radians a)
(* pi 1/180 a))
(define (degrees a)
(* 180 (/ 1 pi) a))
(define (mean-angle angles)
(let* ((angles (map radians angles))
(cosines (map cos angles))
(sines (map sin angles)))
(degrees (atan (average sines) (average cosines)))))
(for-each (lambda (angles)
(display "The mean angle of ") (display angles)
(display " is ") (display (mean-angle angles)) (newline))
'((350 10) (90 180 270 360) (10 20 30)))
The mean angle of (350 10) is -1.614809932057922E-15 The mean angle of (90 180 270 360) is -90.0 The mean angle of (10 20 30) is 19.999999999999996
Seed7
$ include "seed7_05.s7i";
include "float.s7i";
include "math.s7i";
include "complex.s7i";
const func float: deg2rad (in float: degree) is
return degree * PI / 180.0;
const func float: rad2deg (in float: rad) is
return rad * 180.0 / PI;
const func float: meanAngle (in array float: degrees) is func
result
var float: mean is 0.0;
local
var float: degree is 0.0;
var complex: sum is complex.value;
begin
for degree range degrees do
sum +:= polar(1.0, deg2rad(degree));
end for;
mean := rad2deg(arg(sum / complex conv length(degrees)));
end func;
const proc: main is func
begin
writeln(meanAngle([] (350.0, 10.0)) digits 4);
writeln(meanAngle([] (90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0)) digits 4);
writeln(meanAngle([] (10.0, 20.0, 30.0)) digits 4);
end func;- Output:
0.0000 90.0000 20.0000
Sidef
func mean_angle(angles) {
atan2(
Math.avg(angles.map{ .deg2rad.sin }...),
Math.avg(angles.map{ .deg2rad.cos }...),
) -> rad2deg
}
[[350,10], [90,180,270,360], [10,20,30]].each { |angles|
say "The mean angle of #{angles.dump} is: #{ '%.2f' % mean_angle(angles)} degrees"
}
- Output:
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: 0.00 degrees The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: -90.00 degrees The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 20.00 degrees
Standard ML
(* some helper functions *)
val sum = List.foldl (op +) 0.0
val tau = 2.0 * Math.pi
fun deg2rad x = (x / 360.0) * tau
fun rad2deg x = (x / tau) * 360.0
fun printList' [] = print "\b\b]"
| printList' (x::xs) = (print (Int.toString x); print ", "; printList' xs)
fun printList [] = print "[]"
| printList xs = (print "["; printList' xs)
(* the main function *)
fun meanAngle xs =
let
val realLen = Real.fromInt (length xs)
in
Math.atan2((sum (map Math.sin xs))/realLen, (sum (map Math.cos xs))/realLen)
end
(* try it out *)
val angless = [[350, 10], [90, 180, 270, 360], [10, 20, 30]]
fun doAngleMeans [] = ()
| doAngleMeans (angles::rest) =
let
val rads = map (deg2rad o Real.fromInt) angles
val _ = print "Mean angle of: "
val _ = printList angles
val _ = print " = "
val _ = print (Int.toString (Real.round (rad2deg (meanAngle rads))))
val _ = print "\n"
in
doAngleMeans rest
end
- Output:
> doAngleMeans angless; Mean angle of: [350, 10] = 0 Mean angle of: [90, 180, 270, 360] = ~90 Mean angle of: [10, 20, 30] = 20
Stata
mata
function meanangle(a) {
return(arg(sum(exp(C(0,a)))))
}
deg=pi()/180
meanangle((350,10)*deg)/deg
-1.61481e-15
meanangle((90,180,270,360)*deg)/deg
0
meanangle((10,20,30)*deg)/deg
20
end
Swift
import Foundation
@inlinable public func d2r<T: FloatingPoint>(_ f: T) -> T { f * .pi / 180 }
@inlinable public func r2d<T: FloatingPoint>(_ f: T) -> T { f * 180 / .pi }
public func meanOfAngles(_ angles: [Double]) -> Double {
let cInv = 1 / Double(angles.count)
let (s, c) =
angles.lazy
.map(d2r)
.map({ (sin($0), cos($0)) })
.reduce(into: (0.0, 0.0), { $0.0 += $1.0; $0.1 += $1.1 })
return r2d(atan2(cInv * s, cInv * c))
}
let fmt = { String(format: "%lf", $0) }
print("Mean of angles (350, 10) => \(fmt(meanOfAngles([350, 10])))")
print("Mean of angles (90, 180, 270, 360) => \(fmt(meanOfAngles([90, 180, 270, 360])))")
print("Mean of angles (10, 20, 30) => \(fmt(meanOfAngles([10, 20, 30])))")
- Output:
Mean of angles (350, 10) => -0.000000 Mean of angles (90, 180, 270, 360) => -90.000000 Mean of angles (10, 20, 30) => 20.000000
Tcl
proc meanAngle {angles} {
set toRadians [expr {atan2(0,-1) / 180}]
set sumSin [set sumCos 0.0]
foreach a $angles {
set sumSin [expr {$sumSin + sin($a * $toRadians)}]
set sumCos [expr {$sumCos + cos($a * $toRadians)}]
}
# Don't need to divide by counts; atan2() cancels that out
return [expr {atan2($sumSin, $sumCos) / $toRadians}]
}
Demonstration code:
# A little pretty-printer
proc printMeanAngle {angles} {
puts [format "mean angle of \[%s\] = %.2f" \
[join $angles ", "] [meanAngle $angles]]
}
printMeanAngle {350 10}
printMeanAngle {90 180 270 360}
printMeanAngle {10 20 30}
- Output:
mean angle of [350, 10] = -0.00 mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] = -90.00 mean angle of [10, 20, 30] = 20.00
Vala
double meanAngle(double[] angles) {
double y_part = 0.0;
double x_part = 0.0;
for (int i = 0; i < angles.length; i++) {
x_part += Math.cos(angles[i] * Math.PI / 180.0);
y_part += Math.sin(angles[i] * Math.PI / 180.0);
}
return Math.atan2(y_part / angles.length, x_part / angles.length) * 180 / Math.PI;
}
void main() {
double[] angleSet1 = {350.0, 10.0};
double[] angleSet2 = {90.0, 180.0, 270.0, 360.0};
double[] angleSet3 = {10.0, 20.0, 30.0};
print("\nMean Angle for 1st set : %lf degrees", meanAngle(angleSet1));
print("\nMean Angle for 2nd set : %lf degrees", meanAngle(angleSet2));
print("\nMean Angle for 3rd set : %lf degrees\n", meanAngle(angleSet3));
}
- Output:
Mean Angle for 1st set : -0.000000 degrees Mean Angle for 2nd set : -90.000000 degrees Mean Angle for 3rd set : 20.000000 degrees
VBA
Option Base 1
Private Function mean_angle(angles As Variant) As Double
Dim sins() As Double, coss() As Double
ReDim sins(UBound(angles))
ReDim coss(UBound(angles))
For i = LBound(angles) To UBound(angles)
sins(i) = Sin(WorksheetFunction.Radians(angles(i)))
coss(i) = Cos(WorksheetFunction.Radians(angles(i)))
Next i
mean_angle = WorksheetFunction.Degrees( _
WorksheetFunction.Atan2( _
WorksheetFunction.sum(coss), _
WorksheetFunction.sum(sins)))
End Function
Public Sub main()
Debug.Print Format(mean_angle([{350,10}]), "##0")
Debug.Print Format(mean_angle([{90, 180, 270, 360}]), "##0")
Debug.Print Format(mean_angle([{10, 20, 30}]), "##0")
End Sub
- Output:
0 -90 20
Visual Basic .NET
Imports System.Math
Module Module1
Function MeanAngle(angles As Double()) As Double
Dim x = angles.Sum(Function(a) Cos(a * PI / 180)) / angles.Length
Dim y = angles.Sum(Function(a) Sin(a * PI / 180)) / angles.Length
Return Atan2(y, x) * 180 / PI
End Function
Sub Main()
Dim printMean = Sub(x As Double()) Console.WriteLine("{0:0.###}", MeanAngle(x))
printMean({350, 10})
printMean({90, 180, 270, 360})
printMean({10, 20, 30})
End Sub
End Module
- Output:
0 -90 20
V (Vlang)
import math
fn mean_angle(deg []f64) f64 {
mut ss, mut sc := f64(0), f64(0)
for x in deg {
s, c := math.sincos(x * math.pi / 180)
ss += s
sc += c
}
return math.atan2(ss, sc) * 180 / math.pi
}
fn main() {
for angles in [
[f64(350), 10],
[f64(90), 180, 270, 360],
[f64(10), 20, 30],
] {
println("The mean angle of $angles is: ${mean_angle(angles)} degrees")
}
}- Output:
The mean angle of [350, 10] is: -2.6644363878955713e-14 degrees The mean angle of [90, 180, 270, 360] is: -90 degrees The mean angle of [10, 20, 30] is: 19.999999999999996 degree
Wren
import "./fmt" for Fmt
var meanAngle = Fn.new { |angles|
var n = angles.count
var sinSum = 0
var cosSum = 0
for (angle in angles) {
sinSum = sinSum + (angle * Num.pi / 180).sin
cosSum = cosSum + (angle * Num.pi / 180).cos
}
return (sinSum/n).atan(cosSum/n) * 180 / Num.pi
}
var angles1 = [350, 10]
var angles2 = [90, 180, 270, 360]
var angles3 = [10, 20, 30]
var i = 1
for (angles in [angles1, angles2, angles3]) {
System.print("Mean for angles %(i) is : %(Fmt.f(6, meanAngle.call(angles), 2))")
i = i + 1
}
- Output:
Mean for angles 1 is : -0.00 Mean for angles 2 is : -90.00 Mean for angles 3 is : 20.00
XPL0
include c:\cxpl\codes;
def Pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
def D2R = Pi/180.0; \coefficient to convert degrees to radians
func real MeanAng(A); \Return the mean of the given list of angles
int A;
real X, Y;
int I;
[X:= 0.0; Y:= 0.0;
for I:= 1 to A(0) do
[X:= X + Cos(D2R*float(A(I)));
Y:= Y + Sin(D2R*float(A(I)));
];
return ATan2(Y,X)/D2R;
];
[Format(5, 15);
RlOut(0, MeanAng([2, 350, 10])); CrLf(0);
RlOut(0, MeanAng([4, 90, 180, 270, 360])); CrLf(0);
RlOut(0, MeanAng([3, 10, 20, 30])); CrLf(0);
]- Output:
-0.000000000000003 -90.000000000000000 20.000000000000000
The second example is interesting because it computes ATan2(0.,0.), which is undefined in mathematics (like division by zero), but the floating point processor in IBM-PC-type computers defines it as zero. The reason -90 gets displayed instead is due to small rounding errors (and another extra-mathematical concept, -0). In fact almost any angle can result because of slight rounding errors as Y and X both approach zero.
zkl
fcn meanA(a1,a2,etc){
as:=vm.arglist.pump(List,"toFloat","toRad");
n:=as.len();
(as.apply("sin").sum(0.0)/n)
.atan2(as.apply("cos").sum(0.0)/n)
.toDeg()
}- Output:
zkl: meanA(350,10) -1.61481e-15 zkl: meanA(90,180,270,360) -90 meanA(10,20,30) 20
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