Java tutorial
import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { int[][] array2d = { { 21, 14, 13, 12, 15 }, { 4, 25, 23, 22, 9 }, { 4, 7, 8, 98, 24 } }; int[] list = new int[array2d.length * array2d[0].length]; int listPos = 0; for (int i = 0; i < array2d.length; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < array2d.length; j++) { list[listPos++] = array2d[i][j]; } } Arrays.sort(list); System.out.println(median(list)); } public static double median(int[] m) { int middle = m.length / 2; if (m.length % 2 == 1) { return m[middle]; } else { return (m[middle - 1] + m[middle]) / 2.0; } } }