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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>

import { NumericArray } from '@stdlib/types/array';

/**
* Interface describing `meanpn`.
*/
interface Routine {
	/**
	* Computes the arithmetic mean of a strided array using a two-pass error correction algorithm.
	*
	* @param N - number of indexed elements
	* @param x - input array
	* @param stride - stride length
	* @returns arithmetic mean
	*
	* @example
	* var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];
	*
	* var v = meanpn( x.length, x, 1 );
	* // returns ~0.3333
	*/
	( N: number, x: NumericArray, stride: number ): number;

	/**
	* Computes the arithmetic mean of a strided array using a two-pass error correction algorithm and alternative indexing semantics.
	*
	* @param N - number of indexed elements
	* @param x - input array
	* @param stride - stride length
	* @param offset - starting index
	* @returns arithmetic mean
	*
	* @example
	* var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];
	*
	* var v = meanpn.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
	* // returns ~0.3333
	*/
	ndarray( N: number, x: NumericArray, stride: number, offset: number ): number;
}

/**
* Computes the arithmetic mean of a strided array using a two-pass error correction algorithm.
*
* @param N - number of indexed elements
* @param x - input array
* @param stride - stride length
* @returns arithmetic mean
*
* @example
* var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];
*
* var v = meanpn( x.length, x, 1 );
* // returns ~0.3333
*
* @example
* var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];
*
* var v = meanpn.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
* // returns ~0.3333
*/
declare var meanpn: Routine;


// EXPORTS //

export = meanpn;