pandas.Series.median

Return the median of the values for the requested axis.

param axis

{index (0)}

Axis for the function to be applied on.

param skipna

bool, default True

Exclude NA/null values when computing the result.

param level

int or level name, default None

If the axis is a MultiIndex (hierarchical), count along a particular level, collapsing into a scalar.

param numeric_only

bool, default None

Include only float, int, boolean columns. If None, will attempt to use everything, then use only numeric data. Not implemented for Series. **kwargs Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the function.

return

scalar or Series (if level specified)

Limitations

• Parameters axis, level and numeric_only are supported only with default value None.

Examples

Return the median of the values for the requested axis.

import pandas as pd
from numba import njit


@njit
def series_median():
    series = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4])

    return series.median()  # Expect value: 2.5


print(series_median())

$ python ./series/series_median.py
2.5

See also

DataFrame.median

Return the median of the values for the columns.