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diff --git a/math_utils.py b/math_utils.py
index 270df8c..dd26cb6 100644
--- a/math_utils.py
+++ b/math_utils.py
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ class NumericPopulation(object):
count = len(self.lowers) + len(self.highers) - 1
return math.sqrt(variance) / count
+ def _create_sorted_copy_if_needed(self, count: int):
+ if not self.sorted_copy or count != len(self.sorted_copy):
+ self.sorted_copy = []
+ for x in self.lowers:
+ self.sorted_copy.append(-x)
+ for x in self.highers:
+ self.sorted_copy.append(x)
+ self.sorted_copy = sorted(self.sorted_copy)
+
def get_percentile(self, n: float) -> float:
"""Returns the number at approximately pn% (i.e. the nth percentile)
of the distribution in O(n log n) time. Not thread-safe;
@@ -108,15 +117,8 @@ class NumericPopulation(object):
if n == 50:
return self.get_median()
count = len(self.lowers) + len(self.highers)
- if self.sorted_copy is not None:
- if count == len(self.sorted_copy):
- index = round(count * (n / 100.0))
- assert 0 <= index < count
- return self.sorted_copy[index]
- self.sorted_copy = [-x for x in self.lowers]
- for x in self.highers:
- self.sorted_copy.append(x)
- self.sorted_copy = sorted(self.sorted_copy)
+ self._create_sorted_copy_if_needed(count)
+ assert self.sorted_copy
index = round(count * (n / 100.0))
assert 0 <= index < count
return self.sorted_copy[index]