mathjs/docs/reference/functions/median.md

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# Function median

Compute the median of a matrix or a list with values. The values are
sorted and the middle value is returned. In case of an even number of
values, the average of the two middle values is returned.
Supported types of values are: Number, BigNumber, Unit

In case of a (multi dimensional) array or matrix, the median of all
elements will be calculated.


## Syntax

```js
math.median(a, b, c, ...)
math.median(A)
```

### Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`args` | ... * | A single matrix or or multiple scalar values

### Returns

Type | Description
---- | -----------
* | The median


## Examples

```js
math.median(5, 2, 7)        // returns 5
math.median([3, -1, 5, 7])  // returns 4
```


## See also

[mean](mean.md),
[min](min.md),
[max](max.md),
[sum](sum.md),
[prod](prod.md),
[std](std.md),
[variance](variance.md),
[quantileSeq](quantileSeq.md)