med

Syntax

med(X)

Arguments

X is a scalar/vector/matrix.

Details

If X is a vector, return the median of all the elements in X.

If X is a matrix, calculate the median of each column of X and return a vector.

As with all aggregate functions, NULL values are not included in the calculation.

Please note that the data type of the result is always DOUBLE.

Examples

x=3 6 1 5 9;
med x;
// output
5

m=matrix(1 2 10, 4 5 NULL);
m;
#0 #1
1 4
2 5
10
med m;
// output
[2,4.5]

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