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See also: Quartiles, QuickSelect, PercentileOfArray 

Percentile


Unit:SDL_vector
Class:TVector, TIntVector
Declaration:function Percentile (prob: double; LowElem, HighElem: integer): double;

The function Percentile returns the percentile with the probability of prob percent. The calculation of the percentile is based on the distribution of all vector elements between (and including) LowElem, and HighElem. The function returns a zero value if any error occurs.

Please note that the 50%-percentile (prob = 50) is also known as the median of the distribution.

Example: This method is used in the following example program (see http://www.lohninger.com/examples.html for downloading the code): percentile


Last Update: 2023-Feb-06