Enterprise Edition Only Feature. This method returns the median of all data points in the specified series.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Median( _ ByVal inputSeriesName As String _ ) As Double

Visual Basic (Usage)	Copy Code
`Dim instance As Statistics Dim inputSeriesName As String Dim value As Double value = instance.Median(inputSeriesName)`

C#
public double Median( string inputSeriesName )

Parameters

inputSeriesName: The name of a data series. The median of all data points in the series will be calculated, using the first Y-values (Y1) of the points.
Input Series Name

Return Value

Returns Median

Example

This sample gets the median of the data points in a series named "Series1". Note that the Y1 value of the data points is used.

Visual Basic	Copy Code
`Imports Dundas.Charting.WinControl ... Dim result As Double = Chart1.DataManipulator.Statistics.Median("Series1")`

C#	Copy Code
`using Dundas.Charting.WinControl; ... double result = Chart1.DataManipulator.Statistics.Median("Series1");`

Remarks

Use this method to calculate the median of the points stored in a series.

The median is the middle value of a sample set, where half of the members are greater in size and half the members are lesser in size.

If the specified input series does not exist in the SeriesCollection at the time of the method call than an exception will be thrown.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family