median.py

# Practice makes perfect, median.

# l1 = [8, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4]
def median(l):
    l.sort()
    print l
    result = []
        #odd numbers:
    #for i in l: 
    if len(l) % 2 > 0:
        result = l[len(l)/2]
        return result
    else: #even numbers:
        half1 = l[0:len(l)/2]
        half2 = l[len(l)/2:len(l)]
        mid1= half1[len(half1) - 1]
        mid2 = half2[0]        
        result = (mid1 + mid2) / 2.0
        return result