mediansorted

Calculate the median value of a sorted strided array.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-strided-mediansorted

Usage

var mediansorted = require( '@stdlib/stats-strided-mediansorted' );

mediansorted( N, x, strideX )

Computes the median value of a sorted strided array x.

var x = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ];
var v = mediansorted( x.length, x, 1 );
// returns 2.0

x = [ 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 ];
v = mediansorted( x.length, x, 1 );
// returns 2.0

The function has the following parameters:

• N: number of indexed elements.
• x: input Array or typed array.
• strideX: stride length for x.

The N and stride parameters determine which elements in the strided array are accessed at runtime. For example, to compute the median value of every other element in x,

var x = [ 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -7.0, 3.0, 3.0, 4.0, 2.0 ];

var v = mediansorted( 4, x, 2 );
// returns 2.5

Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use typed array views.

var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );

var x0 = new Float64Array( [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ] );
var x1 = new Float64Array( x0.buffer, x0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

var v = mediansorted( 4, x1, 2 );
// returns 2.0

mediansorted.ndarray( N, x, strideX, offsetX )

Computes the median value of a sorted strided array using alternative indexing semantics.

var x = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ];

var v = mediansorted.ndarray( x.length, x, 1, 0 );
// returns 2.0

The function has the following additional parameters:

• offsetX: starting index for x.

While typed array views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameter supports indexing semantics based on a starting index. For example, to calculate the median value for every other value in x starting from the second value

var x = [ 2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];

var v = mediansorted.ndarray( 4, x, 2, 1 );
// returns 2.0

Notes

• If N <= 0, both functions return NaN.
• The input strided array must be sorted in either strictly ascending or descending order.
• Both functions support array-like objects having getter and setter accessors for array element access (e.g., @stdlib/array-base/accessor).

Examples

var linspace = require( '@stdlib/array-base-linspace' );
var mediansorted = require( '@stdlib/stats-strided-mediansorted' );

var x = linspace( -5.0, 5.0, 10 );
console.log( x );

var v = mediansorted( x.length, x, 1 );
console.log( v );

See Also

• @stdlib/stats-strided/dmediansorted: calculate the median value of a sorted double-precision floating-point strided array.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/mean: calculate the arithmetic mean of a strided array.
• @stdlib/stats-strided/smediansorted: calculate the median value of a sorted single-precision floating-point strided array.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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