Example usage for java.util Arrays sort

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.util Arrays sort.

Prototype

public static void sort(Object[] a)

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Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the Comparable natural ordering of its elements.

Usage

From source file:es.ucm.fdi.ac.outlier.Hampel.java

/**
 * median of an array/*from w  w  w. ja v  a 2  s.c o m*/
 */
public static double median(double[] array) {
    Arrays.sort(array); // sort the elements
    boolean even = (array.length % 2) == 0;
    double median = 0;

    if (even) {
        int rightNumber = array.length / 2;
        int leftNumber = rightNumber - 1;
        // return average of two center-elements
        median = (array[rightNumber] + array[leftNumber]) / 2;
    } else {
        // choose the center one            
        median = array[array.length / 2];
    }

    return median;
}