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The True Middle

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Python FundamentalsHard

The True Middle

An average can be dragged around by one wild value. The median is the middle value once everything is in order, and it barely notices outliers.

Task: write median(values) that returns the median of a list of numbers.

Put the values in order, smallest first.
If there's an odd number of values, the median is the one in the middle.
If there's an even number, there are two middle values. The median is their average (add them, divide by 2).
values always has at least one number.

Examples

values = [7, 1, 5]

returns 5

values = [4, 1, 3, 2]

returns 2.5

values = [10]

returns 10

Hints

solution.py

1def median(values):
2    # your code here
3    pass
4