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JavaScript/Maths/AverageMedian.js
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/*
* Median: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median
*
* function averageMedian
* to find the median value of an array of numbers
* the numbers in an array will be sorted in ascending order by the function sortNumbers
* if the length of the array is even number, the median value will be the average of the two middle numbers
* else if the length of the array is odd number, the median value will be the middle number in the array
*/
const averageMedian = (sourceArrayOfNumbers) => {
const numbers = [...sourceArrayOfNumbers].sort(sortNumbers)
const numLength = numbers.length
return numLength % 2 === 0
? (numbers[numLength / 2 - 1] + numbers[numLength / 2]) / 2
: numbers[Math.floor(numLength / 2)]
}
const sortNumbers = (num1, num2) => num1 - num2
export { averageMedian }