30-seconds-of-code/snippets/median.md

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title	tags	expertise	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Median	math,array	intermediate	blog_images/old-consoles.jpg	2017-12-17T17:55:51+02:00	2020-10-22T20:23:47+03:00

Calculates the median of an array of numbers.

• Find the middle of the array, use Array.prototype.sort() to sort the values.
• Return the number at the midpoint if Array.prototype.length is odd, otherwise the average of the two middle numbers.

const median = arr => {
  const mid = Math.floor(arr.length / 2),
    nums = [...arr].sort((a, b) => a - b);
  return arr.length % 2 !== 0 ? nums[mid] : (nums[mid - 1] + nums[mid]) / 2;
};

median([5, 6, 50, 1, -5]); // 5