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===Purpose===
===Purpose===
Finds percentile point (similar to MEDIAN).
Finds percentile point (similar to MEDIAN).
===Synopsis===
===Synopsis===
:s = percentile(x,y)
:s = percentile(x,y)
===Description===
===Description===
PERCENTILE finds the point in the data x where the fraction y has lower values. Input x is a ''M''x''N'' data array, and y is a percentile where 0<y<1.
PERCENTILE finds the point in the data x where the fraction y has lower values. Input x is a ''M''x''N'' data array, and y is a percentile where 0<y<1.
The output is a ''1'' by ''N'' vector s of percentile points (PERCENTILE works on the columns of x.
The output is a ''1'' by ''N'' vector s of percentile points (PERCENTILE works on the columns of x.
===See Also===
===See Also===
[[median]]
[[median]]

Revision as of 15:26, 3 September 2008

Purpose

Finds percentile point (similar to MEDIAN).

Synopsis

s = percentile(x,y)

Description

PERCENTILE finds the point in the data x where the fraction y has lower values. Input x is a MxN data array, and y is a percentile where 0<y<1.

The output is a 1 by N vector s of percentile points (PERCENTILE works on the columns of x.

See Also

median