From 78220d6f0d9b20d13cf671c64df029ca6c2f6b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominic Hamon Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:58:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] tweak comment wording --- src/statistics.cc | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/statistics.cc b/src/statistics.cc index a0e828e8..844e9268 100644 --- a/src/statistics.cc +++ b/src/statistics.cc @@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ double StatisticsMedian(const std::vector& v) { // Did we have an odd number of samples? If yes, then center is the median. // If not, then we are looking for the average between center and the value - // before. Instead of resorting, we just look for the max value before it. - // (Since `copy` is partially sorted.) + // before. Instead of resorting, we just look for the max value before it, + // which is not necessarily the element immediately preceding `center` Since + // `copy` is only partially sorted by `nth_element`. if (v.size() % 2 == 1) return *center; auto center2 = std::max_element(copy.begin(), center); return (*center + *center2) / 2.0;