ref: d17f63ea6ba5312643eaaf1c8260ab1202f8e618
dir: /python/aubio/median.py/
"""Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Brossier <piem@altern.org>
print aubio.__LICENSE__ for the terms of use
"""
__LICENSE__ = """\
Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Brossier <piem@altern.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
"""
"""
original author Tim Peters
modified by Paul Brossier <piem@altern.org>
inspired from http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/161/python/peters-selection.py
"""
def short_find(a, rank):
a.sort()
return a[rank - 1]
# Find the rank'th-smallest value in a, in worst-case linear time.
def percental(a, rank):
n = len(a)
assert 1 <= rank <= n
if n <= 7:
return short_find(a, rank)
## Find median of median-of-7's.
##medians = [short_find(a[i : i+7], 4) for i in xrange(0, n-6, 7)]
#median = find(medians, (len(medians) + 1) // 2)
# modified to Find median
median = short_find([a[0], a[-1], a[n//2]], 2)
# Partition around the median.
# a[:i] <= median
# a[j+1:] >= median
i, j = 0, n-1
while i <= j:
while a[i] < median:
i += 1
while a[j] > median:
j -= 1
if i <= j:
a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i]
i += 1
j -= 1
if rank <= i:
return percental(a[:i], rank)
else:
return percental(a[i:], rank - i)