Update average_median.py (#998)

added doctest, fixed TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not float error due to number/2 producing float as index.
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Sanders Lin 2019-07-11 04:38:10 +08:00 committed by cclauss
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def median(nums):
""" """
Find median of a list of numbers. Find median of a list of numbers.
Read more about medians: >>> median([0])
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median 0
>>> median([4,1,3,2])
2.5
Args:
nums: List of nums
Returns:
Median.
""" """
def median(nums):
"""Find median of a list of numbers."""
# Sort list
sorted_list = sorted(nums) sorted_list = sorted(nums)
print("List of numbers:") med = None
print(sorted_list)
# Is number of items in list even?
if len(sorted_list) % 2 == 0: if len(sorted_list) % 2 == 0:
# Find index for first middle value. mid_index_1 = len(sorted_list) // 2
mid_index_1 = len(sorted_list) / 2 mid_index_2 = (len(sorted_list) // 2) - 1
# Find index for second middle value.
mid_index_2 = -(len(sorted_list) / 2) - 1
# Divide middle values by 2 to get average (mean).
med = (sorted_list[mid_index_1] + sorted_list[mid_index_2]) / float(2) med = (sorted_list[mid_index_1] + sorted_list[mid_index_2]) / float(2)
return med # Return makes `else:` unnecessary. else:
# Number of items is odd. mid_index = (len(sorted_list) - 1) // 2
mid_index = (len(sorted_list) - 1) / 2
# Middle index is median.
med = sorted_list[mid_index] med = sorted_list[mid_index]
return med return med
def main(): def main():
"""Call average module to find median of a specific list of numbers."""
print("Odd number of numbers:") print("Odd number of numbers:")
print(median([2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 50, 70])) print(median([2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 50, 70]))
print("Even number of numbers:") print("Even number of numbers:")
print(median([2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 50])) print(median([2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 50]))
if __name__ == '__main__': if __name__ == '__main__':
main() main()