rollingaveragedistance.pd

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#X obj 476 340 rollingaverage \$1;
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#X text 7 6 /// INITIALIZE WITH \$1 BEING THE NUMBER OF FLOATS \; ///
TO CONSIDER WHEN CALCULATING DISTANCE FROM AVERAGE \; /// (E.G. \,
\$1 OF 3 MEANS "GIVE ME THE DISTANCE FROM THE \; /// AVERAGE OF THE
3 MOST RECENT FLOATS \, EXCLUDING THIS \; /// ONE"). IF WE HAVEN'T
REACHED \$1 ENTRIES YET \, RETURNS \; /// THE DISTANCE FROM THE AVERAGE
OF THE AMOUNT WE HAVE \; /// SO FAR. \; /// MAX ALLOWED \$1 IS 16 \;
/// PASS A FLOAT TO FIRST INLET TO RETURN ITS DISTANCE \; /// FROM
THE CURRENT AVERAGE FROM THE OUTLET \, AND THEN \; /// ADD IT TO THE
ROLLING AVERAGE.;
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#X text 8 289 if this is the first float we've received \, \; then
our distance from the average is 0;
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