Source code in the cpp programming language

#include <iostream>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <assert.h>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

class SMA {
public:
	SMA(unsigned int period) :
		period(period), window(new double[period]), head(NULL), tail(NULL),
				total(0) {
		assert(period >= 1);
	}
	~SMA() {
		delete[] window;
	}

	// Adds a value to the average, pushing one out if nescessary
	void add(double val) {
		// Special case: Initialization
		if (head == NULL) {
			head = window;
			*head = val;
			tail = head;
			inc(tail);
			total = val;
			return;
		}

		// Were we already full?
		if (head == tail) {
			// Fix total-cache
			total -= *head;
			// Make room
			inc(head);
		}

		// Write the value in the next spot.
		*tail = val;
		inc(tail);

		// Update our total-cache
		total += val;
	}

	// Returns the average of the last P elements added to this SMA.
	// If no elements have been added yet, returns 0.0
	double avg() const {
		ptrdiff_t size = this->size();
		if (size == 0) {
			return 0; // No entries => 0 average
		}
		return total / (double) size; // Cast to double for floating point arithmetic
	}

private:
	unsigned int period;
	double * window; // Holds the values to calculate the average of.

	// Logically, head is before tail
	double * head; // Points at the oldest element we've stored.
	double * tail; // Points at the newest element we've stored.

	double total; // Cache the total so we don't sum everything each time.

	// Bumps the given pointer up by one.
	// Wraps to the start of the array if needed.
	void inc(double * & p) {
		if (++p >= window + period) {
			p = window;
		}
	}

	// Returns how many numbers we have stored.
	ptrdiff_t size() const {
		if (head == NULL)
			return 0;
		if (head == tail)
			return period;
		return (period + tail - head) % period;
	}
};

int main(int argc, char * * argv) {
	SMA foo(3);
	SMA bar(5);

	int data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 };
	for (int * itr = data; itr < data + 10; itr++) {
		foo.add(*itr);
		cout << "Added " << *itr << " avg: " << foo.avg() << endl;
	}
	cout << endl;
	for (int * itr = data; itr < data + 10; itr++) {
		bar.add(*itr);
		cout << "Added " << *itr << " avg: " << bar.avg() << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}