text: const rFuncs = require('../../nonQ/randFuncs');
  
  const medianQ = (list) => {
      let q = `Find the median of ${list.join(', ')}`
      list.sort((a, b) => a - b);
      let qFeedback, a
      if (list.length % 2) {
          let mid = (list.length - 1) / 2
          a = list[mid]
          qFeedback = `The number in the middle of ${list.join(', ')} is ${list[mid]}`
      } else {
          let mid = list.length / 2
          a = (list[mid - 1] + list[mid]) / 2
          qFeedback = `The numbers in the middle of ${list.join(', ')} are ${list[mid - 1]} and ${list[mid]}. \nThe number in the middle of those is ${a}`
      }
      return {
          qType: 'shortAnswer',
          hints: [
              'Median sounds a bit like "medium"',
              'Put in order; find the middle',
          ],
          qFeedback, q, a
      }
  }
  
  const medianSetup = (parity) => {
      let howMany = 2 * (rFuncs.randomInt(3) + 2); // 4, 6, 8
      howMany += parity === 'odd' ? 1 : 0
      let list = rFuncs.nRandomInts(howMany, 50, 5)
      return medianQ(list)
  }
  
  // const medianQ = (t) => {
  //     const howMany = RandomInt(3) + 2;
  //     var listLength = t === 'ODD' ? howMany * 2 + 1 : howMany * 2;
  //     var list = nRandomInts(listLength, 15).map(x => x + 3);
  //     var q = 'Find the median of ' + list.join(', ');
  //     var sortedList = list.sort((a, b) => a - b);
  //     var a = t === 'ODD' ? sortedList[howMany] : (sortedList[howMany - 1] + sortedList[howMany]) / 2
  //     return { q, a }
  // }
  
  // this needs to be imported into a sectionList file
  // eg: mean would be part of the dataSectionList
  module.exports = {
      sectionName: 'median',
      qGetter: medianSetup
  }