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+// Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
+// Copyright (C) 1999 - INRIA - Carlos Klimann
+// Copyright (C) 2010 - Samuel GOUGEON : bug 7204, code style
+//
+// This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL.
+// This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+// you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+// are also available at
+// http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2.1-en.txt
+//
+
+function gm = geomean(x,orien)
+ //
+ //This function computes the geometric mean of a vector or matrix x.
+ //
+ //For a vector or matrix x, gm=geomean(x) returns in scalar gm the
+ //geometric mean of all the entries of x.
+ //
+ //gm=geomean(x,'r')(or, equivalently, gm=gmean(x,1)) returns in each
+ //entry of the row vector gm the geometric mean of each column of x.
+ //
+ //gm=geomean(x,'c')(or, equivalently, gm=gmean(x,2)) returns in each
+ //entry of the column vector gm the geometric mean of each row of x.
+ //
+ //References: Wonacott, T.H. & Wonacott, R.J.; Introductory
+ //Statistics, J.Wiley & Sons, 1990.
+ //
+ //
+ [lhs, rhs] = argn(0)
+ if rhs == 0 then
+ msg = gettext("%s: Wrong number of input arguments: %d to %d expected.\n")
+ error(msprintf(msg, "geomean",1,2))
+ end
+ if x == [] then
+ gm = %nan
+ return
+ end
+ if rhs == 1 then
+ gm = prod(x)^(1/size(x,"*"))
+ elseif rhs==2
+ gm = prod(x,orien).^(1/size(x,orien))
+ else
+ msg = gettext("%s: Wrong number of input arguments: %d to %d expected.\n")
+ error(msprintf(msg, "geomean",1,2))
+ end
+endfunction