MEDIAN

Name

Median

Description

Returns the number in the middle of the provided set of numbers; that is, half the numbers have values that are greater than the median, and half have values that are less than the median.

Syntax

MEDIAN(value1, value2, . . . )

Remarks

Accepts up to 30 arguments. Each argument can be a cell or cell range, a float value, or an integer value. If there are an even number of arguments, the function calculates the average of the two numbers in the middle.

See also AVERAGE, MODE, and RANK.

Data Type

Accepts numeric data for all arguments. Returns numeric data. For more information, see Data Type for Each Cell Type.

Example

MEDIAN(R1C2,R3C5,R4C7,R6C7)
MEDIAN(A3,B5,C1,D4,E7)
MEDIAN(A1:A9)
MEDIAN(89,95,76,88,92)=89