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- # A program to compute the square root of the
- # sum of the squares of a set of numbers.
- # The set of numbers is provided as input -
- # one number to a record.
- #
- # NR is the current record number. In the END
- # section it is the number of records.
-
- BEGIN {
- sum_of_squares = 0
- }
- {
- sum_of_squares += $1 * $1
- }
- END {
- root_mean_square = sqrt(sum_of_squares / NR)
- print root_mean_square
- }
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