[Tutor] Me again

[Chris Irish]

jason hochstein wrote:

> This is what I get when using the %.
>  
> l_input=[]
>  
> while True:
>     s = raw_input("Type number. Hit enter for more or type quit to 
> finish: ")
>  
>   
>     if s == "quit":
>         break
>     else:
>          l_input.append(float(s))
>  
>
> for i in l_input:
>         average = sum(l_input) / len(l_input)
>         middle = len(l_input) % 2
>        
>  
> print "The mean of this list is ",average
> print "The median of this list is",middle
>  
> Here is what I get:
> >> The mean of this list is  5.5
> The median of this list is 0


Is the median not what you were expecting?  You also didn't show what 
numbers you entered at the prompt.  However, when I run this i get the 
correct avg, but the % operator you used won't return the median.  
Instead you getting the value of the remainder of your division i.e. 
6%2=0 , and 7%2=1.  If you want the middle value just find the length of 
the list and divide by two.  But if the length isn't a even number 
you'll have to find the avg of the two middle values.  Hope that 
helps.......Chris

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