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17  package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.stat.descriptive.rank;
18  
19  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.core.MathArrays;
20  
21  /**
22   * Classic median of 3 strategy given begin and end indices.
23   * @since 3.4
24   */
25  public class MedianOf3PivotingStrategy implements PivotingStrategy {
26      /**{@inheritDoc}
27       * This in specific makes use of median of 3 pivoting.
28       * @return The index corresponding to a pivot chosen between the
29       * first, middle and the last indices of the array slice
30       * @throws org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException MathIllegalArgumentException when indices exceeds range
31       */
32      @Override
33      public int pivotIndex(final double[] work, final int begin, final int end) {
34          MathArrays.verifyValues(work, begin, end - begin);
35          final int inclusiveEnd = end - 1;
36          final int middle = begin + (inclusiveEnd - begin) / 2;
37          final double wBegin = work[begin];
38          final double wMiddle = work[middle];
39          final double wEnd = work[inclusiveEnd];
40  
41          if (wBegin < wMiddle) {
42              if (wMiddle < wEnd) {
43                  return middle;
44              } else {
45                  return wBegin < wEnd ? inclusiveEnd : begin;
46              }
47          } else {
48              if (wBegin < wEnd) {
49                  return begin;
50              } else {
51                  return wMiddle < wEnd ? inclusiveEnd : middle;
52              }
53          }
54      }
55  }