median.py

def median(numbers):
    numbers.sort() 
    if len(numbers) % 2:
        # if the list has an odd number of elements,
        # the median is the middle element
        middle_index = int(len(numbers)/2)
        return numbers[middle_index]
    else:
        # if the list has an even number of elements,
        # the median is the average of the middle two elements
        right_of_middle = len(numbers)//2 
        left_of_middle = right_of_middle - 1
        return (numbers[right_of_middle] + numbers[left_of_middle])/2