## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} meansq (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} meansq (@var{x}, @var{dim})
## For vector arguments, return the mean square of the values.
## For matrix arguments, return a row vector contaning the mean square
## of each column. With the optional @var{dim} argument, returns the
## mean squared of the values along this dimension
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: Compute mean square

function y = meansq (x, varargin)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
    usage ("meansq (x)");
  endif

  y = mean (x.^2, varargin{:});

endfunction