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// source file for the `median' function
#include <algorithm> // to get the declaration of `sort'
#include <stdexcept> // to get the declaration of `domain_error'
#include <vector> // to get the declaration of `vector'
using std::domain_error; using std::sort; using std::vector;
#include "median.h"
// compute the median of a `vector<double>'
// note that calling this function copies the entire argument `vector'
double median(vector<double> vec)
{
#ifdef _MSC_VER
typedef std::vector<double>::size_type vec_sz;
#else
typedef vector<double>::size_type vec_sz;
#endif
vec_sz size = vec.size();
if (size == 0)
throw domain_error("median of an empty vector");
sort(vec.begin(), vec.end());
vec_sz mid = size/2;
return size % 2 == 0 ? (vec[mid] + vec[mid-1]) / 2 : vec[mid];
}