median

frank · 10-28-2001, 12:41 PM

Hello,
I am trying to write a template for finding the middle of 3 values, and I am going to call it the "median". For example, the median of {1, 0, 2} is 1. The median of {"abc", "ghi", "def"} is "def". Any help would be great.
Thanks Frank

Stoned_Coder · 10-28-2001, 01:04 PM

if you are only having 3 inputs then all you need are a couple of comparisons to see which one is greater than one but not greater than another...

frank · 10-28-2001, 01:17 PM

Right, I understand if it is just integers. But what if it is like the alphabet example. abc def ghi, where def is the middle one?
Thanks

Stoned_Coder · 10-28-2001, 01:38 PM

if they are stl strings then you can compare them the same way but old c-style strings you will need to use strcmp()

10-28-2001, 04:32 PM

place the strings in an array.
sort the strings into alphabetical order
determine which index of the array is the median index
the string stored in the median index of the array is the median string.

10-28-2001, 12:41 PM	#1
frank Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2	median Hello, I am trying to write a template for finding the middle of 3 values, and I am going to call it the "median". For example, the median of {1, 0, 2} is 1. The median of {"abc", "ghi", "def"} is "def". Any help would be great. Thanks Frank
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Stoned_Coder Skunkmeister Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,572	if you are only having 3 inputs then all you need are a couple of comparisons to see which one is greater than one but not greater than another... __________________ Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!! And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi
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10-28-2001, 01:17 PM	#3
frank Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2	Right, I understand if it is just integers. But what if it is like the alphabet example. abc def ghi, where def is the middle one? Thanks
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Stoned_Coder Skunkmeister Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,572	if they are stl strings then you can compare them the same way but old c-style strings you will need to use strcmp() __________________ Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!! And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi
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10-28-2001, 04:32 PM	#5
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	place the strings in an array. sort the strings into alphabetical order determine which index of the array is the median index the string stored in the median index of the array is the median string.

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