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1 ## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
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2 ## 2008, 2009 John W. Eaton
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3 ##
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4 ## This file is part of Octave.
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5 ##
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6 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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7 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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8 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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9 ## your option) any later version.
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14 ## General Public License for more details.
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15 ##
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16 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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17 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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18 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} median (@var{x}, @var{dim})
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22 ## If @var{x} is a vector, compute the median value of the elements of
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23 ## @var{x}. If the elements of @var{x} are sorted, the median is defined
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24 ## as
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25 ## @iftex
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26 ## @tex
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27 ## $$
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28 ## {\rm median} (x) =
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29 ## \cases{x(\lceil N/2\rceil), & $N$ odd;\cr
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30 ## (x(N/2)+x(N/2+1))/2, & $N$ even.}
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31 ## $$
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32 ## @end tex
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33 ## @end iftex
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34 ## @ifnottex
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35 ##
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36 ## @example
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37 ## @group
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38 ## x(ceil(N/2)), N odd
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39 ## median(x) =
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40 ## (x(N/2) + x((N/2)+1))/2, N even
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41 ## @end group
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42 ## @end example
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43 ## @end ifnottex
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44 ## If @var{x} is a matrix, compute the median value for each
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45 ## column and return them in a row vector. If the optional @var{dim}
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46 ## argument is given, operate along this dimension.
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47 ## @seealso{std, mean}
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48 ## @end deftypefn
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50 ## Author: jwe
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51
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52 function retval = median (a, dim)
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54 if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
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55 print_usage ();
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56 endif
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57 if (nargin < 2)
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58 dim = find (size (a) > 1, 1);
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59 if (isempty (dim))
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60 dim = 1;
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61 endif
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62 endif
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64 sz = size (a);
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65 s = sort (a, dim);
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66 if (numel (a) > 0)
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67 if (numel (a) == sz(dim))
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68 if (rem (sz(dim), 2) == 0)
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69 i = sz(dim) / 2;
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70 retval = (s(i) + s(i+1)) / 2;
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71 else
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72 i = ceil (sz(dim) /2);
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73 retval = s(i);
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74 endif
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76 idx = cell ();
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77 nd = length (sz);
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78 for i = 1:nd
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79 idx{i} = 1:sz(i);
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80 endfor
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81 if (rem (sz(dim), 2) == 0)
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82 i = sz(dim) / 2;
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83 idx{dim} = i;
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84 retval = s(idx{:});
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85 idx{dim} = i+1;
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86 retval = (retval + s(idx{:})) / 2;
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87 else
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88 idx{dim} = ceil (sz(dim) / 2);
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89 retval = s(idx{:});
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90 endif
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91 endif
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92 else
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93 error ("median: invalid matrix argument");
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94 endif
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96 endfunction
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97
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98 %!test
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99 %! x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
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100 %! x2 = x';
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101 %! y = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
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102 %! y2 = y';
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103 %!
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104 %! assert((median (x) == median (x2) && median (x) == 3.5
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105 %! && median (y) == median (y2) && median (y) == 4
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106 %! && median ([x2, 2*x2]) == [3.5, 7]
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107 %! && median ([y2, 3*y2]) == [4, 12]));
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109 %!error median ();
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110
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111 %!error median (1, 2, 3);
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