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#ifndef _nidis_util_RunningAverage_h_
#define _nidis_util_RunningAverage_h_
 
#include <cstring>
 
namespace nidas { namespace util {
 
template<class T, int i> class RunningAverage
{
public:
  RunningAverage() : _size(i), _sum(0), _nValues(0), _index(0)
    { memset((char *)_values, 0, sizeof(_values)); }
 
  T average(T newValue)
    {
    _sum -= _values[_index];
    _values[_index++] = newValue;
    _sum += newValue;
 
    if (_nValues < _size)
      ++_nValues;
 
    if (_index >= _size)
      _index = 0;
 
    return (T)(_sum / _nValues);
    }
 
private:
  T _values[i];
  unsigned int _size;
 
  double _sum;
 
  unsigned int _nValues;
  unsigned int _index;
};
 
} }
 
#endif