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    help with standard deviation

    I need help writing a program that will find the smallest, largest, average and standard deviation in a collection of N real numbers in an input file. The value of N should not be greater than 20, and should be the first input from the file; the N numbers will be collected in an array that is built and returned from the function double *collect_N(FILE *fp, int N);. Each of 4 values, smallest, largest, average and standard deviation, computed should take this array as input (there may be other inputs to the functions) and should be computed in their own function. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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    > double *collect_N(FILE *fp, int N);
    Is this something you're given, or just a "gimme" to get you started on thinking about functions.

    It would be a good start to just write this function, then post what you've got.
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    > double *collect_N(FILE *fp, int N);
    Is this something you're given, or just a "gimme" to get you started on thinking about functions.

    It would be a good start to just write this function, then post what you've got.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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