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Percentiles Ranks Example (C#)

[C#]
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// Get namespaces.
using System;
using Simplexar.Statsar;

// Start namespace.
namespace Simplexar.Examples.Statsar
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example uses the statistics calculator to perform percentiles
    /// and rank statistics on a data sheet (e.g. interquartile range
    /// and percentiles).
    /// </summary>
    public static class Example
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The application entry point.
        /// </summary>
        public static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                RunExample();
            }
            catch(Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(exception);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to terminate.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void RunExample()
        {
            // Create a calculator.
            StatsCalculator calculator = new StatsCalculator();
                       
            // Use the calculator to load the sheet.
            DataSheet sheet = calculator.Load(
                @"..\..\..\..\..\Data\ExamResults.csv");
            Console.WriteLine(sheet);

            // Calculate percentile and rank statistics
            // for the english result column.
            Console.WriteLine("3rd quartile: {0}",
                calculator.Quartile("EnglishResult", 3));

            Console.WriteLine("7th decile: {0}",
                calculator.Decile("EnglishResult", 7));

            Console.WriteLine("45th percentile: {0}",
                calculator.Percentile("EnglishResult", 0.45));

            Console.WriteLine("Interquartile range: {0}",
                calculator.InterquartileRange("EnglishResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Percent rank of 65: {0}",
                calculator.PercentRank("EnglishResult", 65));

            Console.WriteLine("Rank of 60: {0}",
                calculator.Rank("EnglishResult", 60));

            Console.Write("Ranks:");
            int[] ranks = calculator.Ranks("EnglishResult");
            foreach(int rank in ranks)
            {
                Console.Write(" {0}", rank);
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}