help with function to solve mean

median and mean without using the functions

[Steven Lord]

Let's say I handed you a piece of paper with a list of numbers on it. How would you (no computer involved) compute the mean and median of that list with pencil and paper? Can you write a function that does the same set of steps you would?

[Steven Lord]

Can you show us what you have so far? That way we can offer specific suggestions for your implementation.

[phoenix_47]

Can I private message you?

Answer 1

[KL]

First you need to learn to create an array. You could either use concatenation operator - [] or the semicolon operator,

https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/math/creating-and-concatenating-matrices.html

https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/colon.html

once you have that you need to learn how to create functions,

https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/create-functions-in-files.html

Passing arrays into functions is just like passing a scalar, for example,

 function [out_mean, out_median] = calculateMeanMedian(inputArray)
 %your calculation
 end

To do the computation in your function, you need to learn how to index arrays in matlab and then how to use a loop,

https://de.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/matrix-indexing-in-matlab.html

https://de.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/for.html

now all you need to do is to get started, good luck!