From 53fa90f23e51a0aecf94e5be7db577997e87a7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pretty Taruvinga <pretty548@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 14:25:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] implement correct median calculation

---
 Sprint-1/fix/median.js | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Sprint-1/fix/median.js b/Sprint-1/fix/median.js
index b22590bc6..f7d2fd653 100644
--- a/Sprint-1/fix/median.js
+++ b/Sprint-1/fix/median.js
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@
 // or 'list' has mixed values (the function is expected to sort only numbers).
 
 function calculateMedian(list) {
-  const middleIndex = Math.floor(list.length / 2);
-  const median = list.splice(middleIndex, 1)[0];
-  return median;
+  // Filter out non-numeric values and sort the remaining numbers
+  const numbers = list
+    .filter((x) => typeof x === "number" && !isNaN(x))
+    .sort((a, b) => a - b);
+
+  if (numbers.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const mid = Math.floor(numbers.length / 2);
+  if (numbers.length % 2 === 0) {
+    return (numbers[mid - 1] + numbers[mid]) / 2;
+  } else {
+    return numbers[mid];
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = calculateMedian;