Question

How to get the median of two sorted lists in Python

Answer 1

from math import ceil

def median_of_two_sorted_lists(list1, list2):
    merged = list1 + list2
    merged.sort()
    size = len(merged)
    
    if (size % 2) == 0:
        medium = size // 2
        median = (merged[medium] + merged[medium - 1]) / 2
        return median
    else:
        medium = ceil(size / 2)
        return merged[medium - 1]


list1 = [1, 3, 5]
list2 = [2, 4, 6]

median = median_of_two_sorted_lists(list1, list2)

print("Median:", median)




'''
run:

Median: 3.5

'''

 

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