Manuals/calci/MEDIAN

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MEDIAN(n1,n2,n3...)

  • Where   are numerical values.

MEDIAN() calculates the middle value in the set of given values.

Description

MEDIAN(n1,n2,n3...)

For Example,

MEDIAN(10,30,50,70,90) returns 50.

MEDIAN(2,4,6,8) returns 5.

MEDIAN("TEST","TEN","TAKE","TELL","TRAIN") returns TAKE.

  • Arguments   can be numbers, logical values or arrays, names or references that contain numbers.
  • For a set of even numbers, MEDIAN calculates the average of the two numbers that are in the middle.
  • If the argument contains numbers, they are arranged in ascending order and then median is calculated.
  • If the argument contains text, each text takes its positional value and then median is calculated.
  • Logical value TRUE is evaluated as '1' and FALSE is evaluated as '0'.
  • The cells with zero value are counted.

ZOS

  • The syntax is to calculate the median value in ZOS is  .
    • Where   are numerical values.
  • For e.g.,median(10.01,10.21,10.2,10.4,10.5,10.7)

Examples

45 2
-20 4
-30 TRUE
4 0.5
5 0
=MEDIAN(A1:A5) : Calculates the median value in the range A1 to A5. Displays 4 as a result.
=MEDIAN(A2,A3,10) : Calculates the median value -20,-30 and 10. Displays -20 as a result.
=MEDIAN(B1:B4) : Calculates the median value in the range B1 to B4. Displays 1.5 as a result. Here TRUE is considered as 1.
=MEDIAN(B1:B5) : Calculates the median value in the range B1 to B5. Displays TRUE as a result.

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