hirondelle.formula.function.builtin
Class Median

Object
  hirondelle.formula.function.builtin.Median

All Implemented Interfaces:

Function

public final class Median
extends Object
implements Function

median(x1,x2,x3,...): the median of a set of numbers.

The median is often considered a better statistic than the mean, since it's less sensitive to extreme values that may appear in the set of numbers.

Constructor Summary

Median()

Method Summary

Decimal

calculate(Decimal... aArgs) Returns the median of the given parameters.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Median

public Median()

Method Detail

calculate

public Decimal calculate(Decimal... aArgs)

Returns the median of the given parameters.

The number of parameters in this case (0..N) is not fixed. If no parameters are passed, then zero is returned. The parameters can be passed in any order.

Specified by:

calculate in interface Function

Parameters:

aArgs - 0 or more arguments to the function.