Fast median

Calculates the median after excluding missing values. A fast, unsafe alternative to stats::median(x, na.rm = TRUE).

Usage

fmedian(x, is_sorted = FALSE)

Arguments

x

(numeric)
The numeric vector used to calculate the median.

is_sorted

(Scalar logical: FALSE)
Whether or not x is already sorted in ascending order. Only set is_sorted = TRUE when x is guaranteed to already be sorted.

Value

Scalar numeric

See also

stats::median()

Examples

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# fmedian() example
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
library(bkbase)

fmedian(1:3)
#> [1] 2
fmedian(c(1:3, NA))
#> [1] 2
fmedian(NA)
#> [1] NA
fmedian(numeric(0))
#> [1] NA