get_midpoint

sherpa.utils.guess.get_midpoint(a: ndarray) → float[source] [edit on github]

Estimate the middle of the data.

Parameters:: a (array_like) – The data points.
Returns:: ans – The middle of the data.
Return type:: scalar

See also

get_peak, guess_bounds

Notes

The estimate is based on the range of the data, and not the distribution of the points.