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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions DIRECTORY.md
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* [Area](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/area.py)
* [Area Under Curve](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/area_under_curve.py)
* [Armstrong Numbers](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/armstrong_numbers.py)
* [Average Absolute Deviation](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/average_absolute_deviation.py)
* [Average Mean](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/average_mean.py)
* [Average Median](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/average_median.py)
* [Average Mode](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/average_mode.py)
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def average_absolute_deviation(nums: list) -> float:
"""
Find AAD of a list of numbers.
Uncyclo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_absolute_deviation

>>> average_absolute_deviation([0])
0.0
>>> average_absolute_deviation([4, 1, 3, 2])
1.0
>>> average_absolute_deviation([2, 70, 6, 50, 20, 8, 4, 0])
20.0
>>> average_absolute_deviation([-20, 0, 30, 15])
16.25
>>> average_absolute_deviation([])
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: List is empty

Args:
nums: List of nums

Returns:
AAD.
"""
if not nums: # Makes sure that the list is not empty
raise ValueError("List is empty")

average = sum(nums) / len(nums) # Calculates the average
return sum(abs(x - average) for x in nums) / len(nums) # Calculates the AAD


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()