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quantile

Computes the specified quantile of all grouped values.

quantile(xs:list, q=float) -> float

Description​

The quantile function returns the quantile of all numeric values in xs, specified by the argument q, which should be a value between 0 and 1.

xs: list​

The values to evaluate.

q: float​

The quantile to compute, where q=0.5 represents the median.

Examples​

Compute the 0.5 quantile (median) of values​

from [
  {x: 1},
  {x: 2},
  {x: 3},
  {x: 4},
]
summarize median_value=quantile(x, q=0.5)
{median_value: 2.5}

See Also​

median, mean