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@@ -1,22 +1,43 @@ -Calculate the median values for a set of groups. - - -median takes the first blank space-separated column -values and the remainder as keys. It will then print -the median for each key. As a side effect median will -will print the result sorted by the keys. - -Usage example: - -$ cat <<EOF | median -+003 c -.001 a --002 b -+001 c --001 b -+002 c -EOF -.001 a --001.5 b -+002 c +NAME + median - Calculate the median values for a set of groups + +SYNOPSIS + median < INPUT + +DESCRIPTION + median takes the first blank space-separated column values + and the remainder as keys. It will then print the median for + each key. As a side effect median will print the result + sorted by the keys. + +EXAMPLES + $ cat <<EOF | median + -10 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 50 + EOF + 3 + + $ cat <<EOF | median + +003 c + .001 a + -002 b + +001 c + -001 b + +002 c + EOF + .001 a + -001.5 b + +002 c + +RATIONALE + Combining sort(1), sed(1), wc(1), expr(1) to do this is + too much work to do on a regular basis. + +SEE ALSO + sort(1), expr(1), sets(1) + + Full documentation available locally via: info '(median)' |