Calculate median in c#

Question

I need to write function that will accept array of decimals and it will find the median.

Is there a function in the .net Math library?

Answer 1

Here is the fastest unsafe implementation, same algorithm before, taken from this source

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    private static unsafe void SwapElements(int* p, int* q)
    {
        int temp = *p;
        *p = *q;
        *q = temp;
    }

    public static unsafe int Median(int[] arr, int n)
    {
        int middle, ll, hh;

        int low = 0; int high = n - 1; int median = (low + high) / 2;
        fixed (int* arrptr = arr)
        {
            for (;;)
            {
                if (high <= low)
                    return arr[median];

                if (high == low + 1)
                {
                    if (arr[low] > arr[high])
                        SwapElements(arrptr + low, arrptr + high);
                    return arr[median];
                }

                middle = (low + high) / 2;
                if (arr[middle] > arr[high])
                    SwapElements(arrptr + middle, arrptr + high);

                if (arr[low] > arr[high])
                    SwapElements(arrptr + low, arrptr + high);

                if (arr[middle] > arr[low])
                    SwapElements(arrptr + middle, arrptr + low);

                SwapElements(arrptr + middle, arrptr + low + 1);

                ll = low + 1;
                hh = high;
                for (;;)
                {
                    do ll++; while (arr[low] > arr[ll]);
                    do hh--; while (arr[hh] > arr[low]);

                    if (hh < ll)
                        break;

                    SwapElements(arrptr + ll, arrptr + hh);
                }

                SwapElements(arrptr + low, arrptr + hh);

                if (hh <= median)
                    low = ll;
                if (hh >= median)
                    high = hh - 1;
            }
        }
    }