average.hs

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-- | short helper script for averaging a file containing a single
-- column of doubles
module Main where


-- imports
import Prelude


main :: IO ()
main = getContents
       >>= \content -> 
         let
            items     = map (read) . lines $ content :: [Double]
            theSum    = foldr (+) 0 items
            average   = theSum/(fromIntegral . length $ items)
         in
           putStrLn (show average)