Assignment 4

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import requests


    

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def my_mean(input_list):
    list_sum = 0
    list_count = 0
    for el in input_list:
        list_sum += el
        list_count += 1
    return list_sum / list_count


    

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def my_median(input_list):
    list_length = len(input_list)
    if list_length%2 == 0:
        return input_list[list_length/2]
    else:
        return input_list[round(list_length/2)]


    

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api_key = "ffaf60d7d82258e112dd4fb2b5e4e2d6:3:72421680"
url = "http://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json?q=gay+marriage&api-key=%s" % api_key
r = requests.get(url)


    

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wc_list = []
for article in r.json()['response']['docs']:
    wc_list.append(int(article['word_count'])) if article['word_count'] else []


    

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wc_list = sorted(wc_list)


    

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import numpy as np


    

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my_mean(wc_list)


    

    
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720.7777777777778

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np.mean(wc_list)


    

    
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720.77777777777783

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my_median(wc_list)


    

    
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684

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np.median(wc_list)


    

    
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684.0