⌛ Median¶

The program is built using Maven. Place the pom.xml file in the round3/median directory of your local repository and create to this directory the src/main/java subdirectory. You may name your classes freely, as long as your files are in the round3/median/src/main/java directory. If you create your project with NetBeans, it’s recommended to leave the Package: field empty, to ensure the files are placed in the correct directory.

The program should first output the prompt Enter numbers: after which the numbers the median is calculated from are given. The numbers must be given in a single line, separated by spaces. The numbers are converted into double values, and the program prints out their median in the form “Median: x”, where x is the median of the numbers.

We define median as the number that occurs in the middle when the numbers are sorted into ascending order. If the count of numbers is even, the median is computed as the mean of the two middle-most numbers.

The automatic tests, and the ones given below, assume that you make the following definitions in your pom.xml project file:

• The value of artifactId is median.

• The value of version is 1.0.

• The values of the maven.compiler.source and maven.compiler.target elements are 17 or lower. The grader uses Java 17, so any newer versions won’t work.

• A Onejar plugin definition where the value of mainClass element refers to the main class of your program, which you can name freely in this task. For example, if your main class is named Median, the element value is Median.

mvn package

java -jar target/median-1.0.one-jar.jar

58.03125 62.5 75.03125 25.03125 -39.9375 7 -38.75

Enter numbers:
Median: 25.03125

-37.5 -37.875 -87.9375 -41.5 100.125 53.0625 48.03125 -48

Enter numbers:
Median: -37.6875