meansq.m

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## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
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## usage:   meansq (x)
##
## For vector arguments, return the mean square of the values.
## For matrix arguments, return a row vector contaning the mean square
## of each column.
  
## Author:  KH <[e-mail]>
## Description:  Compute mean square

function y = meansq (x)
  
  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("meansq (x)");
  endif
  
  y = mean (x.^2);
  
endfunction