median

Return the median (middle value) of numeric data, using the common “mean of middle two” method. If data is empty, StatisticsError is raised. data can be a sequence or iterable.

Syntax

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statistics.median(data)

Examples

Example 1

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>>> median([1, 3, 5])
3

Example 2

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>>> median([1, 3, 5, 7])
4.0

See Also

StatisticsError median_low() median_high()