Say I have this list - prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
I created a new list that starts from the low point of the list like so - Right = prices.index(min(prices))
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midpoint = (min(prices) + max(prices))/2
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rightprices = prices[right:]
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print rightprices
[83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
Now I want to cut it up again, but this time taking the numbers the only occur after the midpoint, which should be 85.
How can I get a list that just yields the elements in the list from as soon as a number >= midpoint, thus leaving me with just 90, 82, 85
The way I was doing it before, looks for exactly a certain number (such as the min(price)), if I could only get a greater than clause in there… I tried
Leftover = prices.index(>= midpoint), but that didn't fly.
Any suggestions, ideas, etc?
Thanks
7  1583  bartonc 6,596
Recognized Expert Expert
List comprehensions will be your best friend forever, once you get the hang of them: -
>>> [x for x in prices if x > 83]
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[100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 92.0, 87.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
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>>>
that's it...kinda.
if i were to add a number to the end of the list, say 20. I'd also want that in the list, because I want all the numbers after a number in the list >= median.
So to do that I was thinking, if I did your method, which would exclude points after the numbers dip below the medium, then I could look for the index of the 1st number in the list. The slice from there...right?
here's what I got and it seems to work. - a = [83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20.0, 99.0]
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stuff = [x for x in a if x >= median]
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newlist = a.index(stuff[0])
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leftovers = a[newlist:]
leftovers = [90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20, 99]
BUT
is there a prettier (more pythonic) way to do it?
if you are doing medians, you should sort the data first ,isn't it? -
>>> prices
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[100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
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>>> sorted_prices = sorted(prices)
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>>> sorted_prices
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[70.0, 75.0, 75.0, 80.0, 80.0, 80.0, 83.0, 83.0, 85.0, 87.0, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0]
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>>> median=sorted_prices[len(sorted_prices)/2]
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>>> print median
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87.0
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>>> [i for i in sorted_prices if i > median ]
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[90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0, 90]
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 bvdet 2,851
Recognized Expert Moderator Specialist
if you are doing medians, you should sort the data first ,isn't it?
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>>> prices
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[100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
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>>> sorted_prices = sorted(prices)
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>>> sorted_prices
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[70.0, 75.0, 75.0, 80.0, 80.0, 80.0, 83.0, 83.0, 85.0, 87.0, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0]
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>>> median=sorted_prices[len(sorted_prices)/2]
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>>> print median
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87.0
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>>> [i for i in sorted_prices if i > median ]
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[90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0, 90]
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You are correct GD. Adding to that, if the length of the sample is an even number, there is no distinct median value. The median value would then be the mean of the two middle values. - def median(s):
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i = len(s)
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if i%2:
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# integer division (e.g. 19/2 = 9)
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return (s[i/2]+s[(i/2)+1])/2.0
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return s[i/2]
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prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20.0]
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print [i for i in sorted(prices) if i > median(sorted(prices))]
>>> [87.0, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0]
 bartonc 6,596
Recognized Expert Expert
You are correct GD. Adding to that, if the length of the sample is an even number, there is no distinct median value. The median value would then be the mean of the two middle values. - def median(s):
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i = len(s)
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if i%2:
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# integer division (e.g. 19/2 = 9)
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return (s[i/2]+s[(i/2)+1])/2.0
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return s[i/2]
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prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20.0]
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print [i for i in sorted(prices) if i > median(sorted(prices))]
>>> [87.0, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0, 92.0, 92.0, 92.0, 93.0, 100.0]
Looking at this, I see the list being sorted twice for every element in the list...
I think that patrickc was on the right path in finding the median first: -
>>> prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
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>>> def median(floatList):
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... return sum(floatList)/len(floatList)
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...
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>>> median(prices)
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85.388888888888886
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>>>
Then apply the list comprehension.
bvdet 2,851
Recognized Expert Moderator Specialist
Looking at this, I see the list being sorted twice for every element in the list...
I think that patrickc was on the right path in finding the median first: -
>>> prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0]
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>>> def median(floatList):
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... return sum(floatList)/len(floatList)
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...
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>>> median(prices)
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85.388888888888886
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>>>
Then apply the list comprehension.
Normally you would design your code to sort a list only once, which I did not do. - prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20.0]
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prices.sort()
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print [i for i in prices if i > median(prices)]
Your function median() calculates the arithmetic mean or average. The median of a list is the middle value of the list after sorting, meaning there are an equal number of values above and below the median.
bartonc 6,596
Recognized Expert Expert
Normally you would design your code to sort a list only once, which I did not do. - prices = [100.0, 90.0, 90.0, 93.0, 92.0, 80.0, 92.0, 87.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 70.0, 83.0, 75.0, 80.0, 90.0, 92.0, 85.0, 20.0]
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prices.sort()
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print [i for i in prices if i > median(prices)]
Your function median() calculates the arithmetic mean or average. The median of a list is the middle value of the list after sorting, meaning there are an equal number of values above and below the median.
Yeah... I didn't pass math... Thanks for straightening me out there.
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