Did you try what I suggested? If you go to www.rseek.org and search for "odd or even integers" you will get various solutions.
You could even write your own test by comparing x/2 with round(x/2). Also, it's good form to copy the list on your replies, not just me. Sarah On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:29 PM, <elliot.we...@virgin.net> wrote: > I can't find it that thing. And its not a homework task, I work for a company > who require this function to do analysis on some data but we're all new to R? > ------Original Message------ > From: Sarah Goslee > To: elliot.we...@virgin.net > To: r-help > Subject: Re: [R] Finding the median > Sent: Mar 12, 2012 16:14 > > Hi, > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:10 PM, <elliot.we...@virgin.net> wrote: >> I've tried the if function? Its just defining when something is even or odd? > > R's help system might be useful. www.rseek.org might be useful. > > You haven't accomplished the second part of my response, and this > isn't a homework help list, so you'll need to do your own work from > here. > > Sarah > >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Sarah Goslee >> To: elliot.we...@virgin.net >> Cc: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch >> Subject: Re: [R] Finding the median >> Sent: Mar 12, 2012 15:59 >> >> I'd start by using if(). >> >> If you can convince the list that this isn't homework, you might get more >> help. >> >> Sarah >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:15 AM, <elliot.we...@virgin.net> wrote: >>> Hi just a quick question in which I must use the "function and return" part >>> of R. >>> >>> If I was asked to define a function called "median" where the function has >>> a single argument x and returns the median value of a vector. How would I >>> go about saying the median = element x in terms of n (say (n + 1)/2 or >>> whatever it would be) if there is an even amount of elements, or x in terms >>> of n (with a different way of saying how many n) if there is an odd amount >>> of elements? >>> >>> Much appreciated >>> -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
