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[discrete]
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[[esql-agg-median]]
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=== `MEDIAN`
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*Syntax*
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[source,esql]
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----
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MEDIAN(column)
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----
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*Parameters*
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`column`::
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Column from which to return the median value.
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*Description*
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Returns the value that is greater than half of all values and less than half of
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all values, also known as the 50% <<esql-agg-percentile>>.
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NOTE: Like <<esql-agg-percentile>>, `MEDIAN` is <<esql-agg-percentile-approximate,usually approximate>>.
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[WARNING]
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====
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`MEDIAN` is also {wikipedia}/Nondeterministic_algorithm[non-deterministic].
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This means you can get slightly different results using the same data.
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====
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*Example*
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[source.merge.styled,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats_percentile.csv-spec[tag=median]
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----
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[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats_percentile.csv-spec[tag=median-result]
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|===
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