interquartile_range

pyhelpers.ops.interquartile_range(num_dat)

Calculate interquartile range.

This function may be an alternative to scipy.stats.iqr.

Parameters

num_dat (numpy.ndarry or list or tuple) – an array of numbers

Returns

interquartile range of num_dat

Return type

float

Examples:

>>> from pyhelpers.ops import interquartile_range

>>> data = list(range(100))

>>> iqr_result = interquartile_range(data)
>>> iqr_result
49.5