Following is the code for calculating median of an array in JavaScript −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result,
.sample {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 500;
color: blueviolet;
}
.sample {
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Calculating median of an array</h1>
<div><pre class="sample"></pre></div>
<div class="result"></div>
<button class="Btn">Calculate</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to calculate the median of the above array</h3>
<script>
let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
let BtnEle = document.querySelector(".Btn");
let sampleEle = document.querySelector(".sample");
let arr = [1, 5, 6, 99, 12, 11, 22];
sampleEle.innerHTML = arr;
BtnEle.addEventListener("click", () => {
let middle = Math.floor(arr.length / 2);
arr = [...arr].sort((a, b) => a - b);
if (arr.length % 2 !== 0) {
resEle.innerHTML = "Median = " + arr[middle];
} else {
resEle.innerHTML = "Median = " + (arr[middle - 1] + arr[middle]) / 2;
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
On clicking the ‘Calculate’ button −
