Challenge

Question

I have a little challenge for you guys. I don't know how to do it myself, but I'm curious to see what you all can come up with.

Write a code that will take a set of data of ANY size (so you don't know how many data points the user will enter) and then find the median. Also note that you have to get the program to rearrange the data into numerical order if it isn't in order already.

NOTE: If you don't already know how to find a median anyway, go to bit.ly/HowToMedian

Keep in mind that if a user enters a data set with an odd number of points, you have to take the average of the two center points. For example, if the data set is [1, 3, 5, 8] then you would have to take the average of 3 and 5, which is 4.

Answer 1

https://imgur.com/a/ngCrlmY

as i said, our inputs likely differ, as the code can't return different things for the same input

Answer 2

smells a bit like homework, but i did it anyways, here you go.

https://code.sololearn.com/c084Pz6d0Qiw/?ref=app

Answer 3

https://code.sololearn.com/c7LJuhX86uZi/?ref=app

Answer 4

It's not my homework, I've just been thinking on it for about a day now and can't figure it out. I don't even take a programming class lol.

Answer 5

Jackson Meddows the first line takes the input and turns it into an array of integers, the second line sorts it in rising order, and the third one checks whether or not the length of the array is odd. if it is, then it just prints out the element at the middle. if not, it prints the average of the two elements at the middle

Answer 6

Jackson Meddows the ordered data set is [8 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 13 13]. the length is 11, so the median is the 6th element which is 10, the code should output that too

edit: for me it outputs 10, your input was probably wrong

Answer 7

oh that makes sense. When I tried to read it, I was so overloaded by information and confusion that I didn't process any of it lol.

sorry about that!

Answer 8

Wow your program is complicated.... i don't understand it at all lmao

Answer 9

I'm not sure it works.... I put in the data set [9 13 9 11 9 13 11 9 10 8 11] and the output should have been 10 but it was 9.... i don't know

Answer 10

I'm going to run the code again and see what happens.

Answer 11

It just outputs 9. Try it yourself

Answer 12

Jackson Meddows tried it multiple times now, keeps giving me 10. if you wish i can provide screenshots

Answer 13

This is really weird.... idk what's going on

Answer 14

@hinanawi I believe you. I don't think you're lying or anything. I just don't understand why we're running the same code with the same input and getting different outputs.

Did you check that your input is 9 13 9 11 9 13 11 9 10 8 11?

Answer 15

Doesn't it say that multiple inputs have to be on different lines?

Answer 16

Jackson Meddows i specified in my code that it takes a single line input, separated by spaces

Answer 17

Is it possible to rewrite that code so that it accepts input on separate lines? Just out of curiosity....

Answer 18

Jackson Meddows indeed it is. you would input a number, create an array of that size, fill it with a for loop and then perform line 2 onwards