Compute Median of Values Stored In Vector - C++?

Question

I\'m a programming student, and for a project I\'m working on, on of the things I have to do is compute the median value of a vector of int values. I\'m to do this using onl

Answer 1

You are doing an extra division and overall making it a bit more complex than it needs to be. Also, there's no need to create a DIVISOR when 2 is actually more meaningful in context.

double CalcMHWScore(vector scores)
{
  size_t size = scores.size();

  if (size == 0)
  {
    return 0;  // Undefined, really.
  }
  else
  {
    sort(scores.begin(), scores.end());
    if (size % 2 == 0)
    {
      return (scores[size / 2 - 1] + scores[size / 2]) / 2;
    }
    else 
    {
      return scores[size / 2];
    }
  }
}