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On 6/18/2024 12:11 PM, David Brown wrote:


> if n % 2 == 1 :
>          median = sorted(data)[n // 2]
> else :
>          median = sum(sorted(data)[(n // 2 - 1) : (n // 2 + 1)]) / 2

I think your else formula (n % 2 == 0) is incorrect:

n      = 4
data   = [1,2,3,4]
median = 2.5

Yours appears to sum (1,2,3) = 6 / 2 = 3.

Am I reading it correctly?