interquartile_range

pyhelpers.ops.interquartile_range(num_dat)[source]

Calculate interquartile range.

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

Parameters:: num_dat (numpy.ndarry | list | 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