> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Discenza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:32 AM > To: Su, Yu (Eugene); perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: RE: how to initialize an array > > > 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.
You are right. It is the $stat object keeps all the previous data. Moving my $stat = Statistics::Descriptive::Full->new() inside median() (as Bill's suggestion) fixed the problem. Thank you all for helps. -Eugene > > Joe > > Joseph Discenza, Senior Programmer/Analyst > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Carleton Inc. http://www.carletoninc.com > 574.243.6040 ext. 300 > Fax: 574.243.6060 > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
