Su, Yu (Eugene) wrote, on Monday, October 16, 2006 8:52 PM
: How to initialize an array? I want to get a median by using 
: Statistics::Descriptive.
: I enter (12, 13, 14), (15, 16, 17), (16, 17, 18) I expect 
: 13,16,17. Instead, I get 13.00, 14.50, 16.00.
: 
: I thought my @temp_array=(); in the median sub (see code 
: snippet below) will get me new array. But I am wrong. How do 
: I initialize an array in my example?

Your array looks fine. To me, the suspicious line is this:

:       $stat->add_data(@temp_array); 

I've never used Statistics::Descriptive, but I bet it keeps all the
previous data. There should be a "clear" method somewhere; if not,
you'll need a new object each time.

Joe

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