math median
For math.
Computes the median of a list of numbers.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> math median {flags} ...rest
Parameters
...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<number> | number |
| list<duration> | duration |
| list<filesize> | filesize |
| range | number |
| table | record |
| record | record |
Examples
Compute the median of a list of numbers.
> [3 8 9 12 12 15] | math median
10.5Compute the medians of the columns of a table.
> [{a: 1 b: 3} {a: 2 b: -1} {a: -3 b: 5}] | math median
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 1 │
│ b │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯Find the median of a list of file sizes.
> [5KB 10MB 200B] | math median
5.0 kBCompute the median of list-valued columns in a record.
> {alice: [3 1 2], bob: [4 5 6]} | math median
╭───────┬───╮
│ alice │ 2 │
│ bob │ 5 │
╰───────┴───╯Compute the median of a single column using a cell path.
> {alice: [3 1 2], bob: [4 5 6]} | math median alice
╭───────┬───────────╮
│ alice │ 2 │
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ bob │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 5 │ │
│ │ │ 2 │ 6 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯Ported from nushell/nushell.github.io. Copyright (c) 2021 Nushell Project. MIT License.