How to initialize an array? I want to get a median by using Statistics::Descriptive. I enter (12, 13, 14), (15, 16, 17), (16, 17, 18) I expect 13,16,17. Instead, I get 13.00, 14.50, 16.00.
I thought my @temp_array=(); in the median sub (see code snippet below) will get me new array. But I am wrong. How do I initialize an array in my example? Thanks for helps. -Eugene #### code snippet ##### use Statistics::Descriptive; my $stat = Statistics::Descriptive::Full->new(); use strict; use warnings; my $i; sub median { my $count = $_[0]; my @temp_array=(); print "\nthe number of item in array: ", $stat->count(); for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) { print "\nenter a number: "; my $temp_C=<STDIN>; push @temp_array, $temp_C } $stat->add_data(@temp_array); my $median = $stat->median(); my $num = $stat->count(); print "\nmedian: $median of $num items"; return $median; } my $T0 = sprintf "%.2f", median(3); my $T1 = sprintf "%.2f", median(3); my $T2 = sprintf "%.2f", median(3); print "\n$T0\t$T1\t$T2"; #### output ########## the number of item in array: 0 enter a number: 12 enter a number: 13 enter a number: 14 median: 13 of 3 items the number of item in array: 3 enter a number: 15 enter a number: 16 enter a number: 17 median: 14.5 of 6 items the number of item in array: 6 enter a number: 16 enter a number: 17 enter a number: 18 median: 16 of 9 items 13.00 14.50 16.00 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs