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Column-wise Root-Mean-Square (RMS) of a Matrix
Syntax y = colrms(x)
Include: include spt\colrms.oms
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ARGUMENTS:  
   INPUTS:  
      x = MATRIX, any numerical type.
   RETURN: VECTOR, column-wise rms value.

Description

Returns a row vector with the column-wise Root-Mean-Square value of input matrix. Each element of the returned vector is the square root of the average of the norm squared for the corresponding column of the input matrix. Output is of same type as input except for INTEGER input which is coerced to DOUBLE before processing. COMPLEX inputs are converted to their ABSOLUTE VALUE before being averaged; type DOUBLE is returned.

Example

For vectors:

O>x = {-1.0, 0, 1, 2, 3}
O>x
{
-1
0
1
2
3
}

O>colrms(x)
1.73205 

 For matrices:

O>A = {[-5, 3.0],[0,4]}
O>A
{
[ -5 , 3 ]
[ 0 , 4 ]
}

O>colrms(A)
[ 3.53553 , 3.53553 ]