duration

Methods

Method Reference: duration.quantile

duration: Q = quantile (D)
duration: Q = quantile (D, p)
duration: Q = quantile (D, n)
duration: Q = quantile (D, …, dim)
duration: Q = quantile (D, …, vecdim)
duration: Q = quantile (D, …, 'all')
duration: Q = quantile (D, p, …, method)
duration: Q = quantile (D, n, …, method)

Compute the quantiles of a duration array.

This method overloads the core quantile function for duration arrays. The functionality is identical to core quantile function. Type help quantile for more information.

Source Code: duration

Example: 1

quantile is the same idea as prctile but on a 0–1 scale.

 d = hours ([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
d =
  1x8 duration array

    1 hr    2 hr    3 hr    4 hr    5 hr    6 hr    7 hr    8 hr
 quantile (d, [0.25, 0.5, 0.75])
ans =
  1x3 duration array

    2.5 hr    4.5 hr    6.5 hr