/** class Average demonstrates the way to do generic average 
 *  methods
 *
 * @author Nancy Harris
 * @version V1 11/3/2008
 */
public class Average
{
	/** getAve the average of the numbers
	 *
	 * @return the average of no numbers
	 */
	public static double getAve(double [] numbers)
	{
		double sum;
		double ave;
		
		sum = 0;
		ave = 0;
		
		if (numbers != null && numbers.length > 0) // two error conditions
		{	
         for (int ii = 0; ii < numbers.length; ii++)
				sum = sum + numbers[ii];
		   ave = sum / numbers.length;
		}
		return ave;		
	}
}