median.md (1090B)
1 <!-- Note: This file is automatically generated from source code comments. Changes made in this file will be overridden. --> 2 3 # Function median 4 5 Compute the median of a matrix or a list with values. The values are 6 sorted and the middle value is returned. In case of an even number of 7 values, the average of the two middle values is returned. 8 Supported types of values are: Number, BigNumber, Unit 9 10 In case of a (multi dimensional) array or matrix, the median of all 11 elements will be calculated. 12 13 14 ## Syntax 15 16 ```js 17 math.median(a, b, c, ...) 18 math.median(A) 19 ``` 20 21 ### Parameters 22 23 Parameter | Type | Description 24 --------- | ---- | ----------- 25 `args` | ... * | A single matrix or or multiple scalar values 26 27 ### Returns 28 29 Type | Description 30 ---- | ----------- 31 * | The median 32 33 34 ### Throws 35 36 Type | Description 37 ---- | ----------- 38 39 40 ## Examples 41 42 ```js 43 math.median(5, 2, 7) // returns 5 44 math.median([3, -1, 5, 7]) // returns 4 45 ``` 46 47 48 ## See also 49 50 [mean](mean.md), 51 [min](min.md), 52 [max](max.md), 53 [sum](sum.md), 54 [prod](prod.md), 55 [std](std.md), 56 [variance](variance.md), 57 [quantileSeq](quantileSeq.md)