Deques w Python3
def moving_average(iterable, n=3):
# moving_average([40, 30, 50, 46, 39, 44]) --> 40.0 42.0 45.0 43.0
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average
it = iter(iterable)
d = deque(itertools.islice(it, n-1))
d.appendleft(0)
s = sum(d)
for elem in it:
s += elem - d.popleft()
d.append(elem)
yield s / float(n)
Gentle Grivet