package com.thealgorithms.maths; /** * A utility class for computing the average of numeric arrays. * This class provides static methods to calculate the average of arrays * of both {@code double} and {@code int} values. */ public final class Average { // Prevent instantiation of this utility class private Average() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This is a utility class and cannot be instantiated."); } /** * Computes the average of a {@code double} array. * * @param numbers an array of {@code double} values * @return the average of the given numbers * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input array is {@code null} or empty */ public static double average(double[] numbers) { if (numbers == null || numbers.length == 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Numbers array cannot be empty or null"); } double sum = 0; for (double number : numbers) { sum += number; } return sum / numbers.length; } /** * Computes the average of an {@code int} array. * * @param numbers an array of {@code int} values * @return the average of the given numbers * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input array is {@code null} or empty */ public static long average(int[] numbers) { if (numbers == null || numbers.length == 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Numbers array cannot be empty or null"); } long sum = 0; for (int number : numbers) { sum += number; } return sum / numbers.length; } }