Error in median()
- Posted by CraigWelch May 05, 2020
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There seems to be an error in the median() function where the number of numbers of which the median is to be found is 2.
The median of 7,8,9 is 8.
The median of 7,9 is also 8.
The Euphoria function, part of the stats include, returns 7. It returns 9 if you use it to get the median of 9,7.
It is clear if you look at the code, which includes:
if length(data_set) < 3 then return data_set[1] end if
It would be better to return the average (or mean) of the dataset if the length is 2.
