diff --git a/snippets/percentile.md b/snippets/percentile.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eb72b711c --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/percentile.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +### Percentile + +Use `Array.reduce()` to calculate how many numbers are below the value and how many are the same value and +apply the percentile formula. + +```js +const percentile = (arr, val) => + 100 * arr.reduce((acc,v) => acc + (v < val ? 1 : 0) + (v === val ? 0.5 : 0), 0) / arr.length; +// percentile([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10], 6) -> 55 + ```