CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_percentile

Return Values:
Returns a numeric value that is the value from the population that is the specified percentile

Example:

<!---get the 90th %tile--->
<cfset pop = [1,2,6,7,3,5,6,8,0,2,3,4,5,9,12,23,78]>

<cfset nthPercentile = getNthPercentile(pop,90)>

<cfoutput>#nthPercentile#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Gets the nth percentile of the given population
 * v0.9 by rodell basalo
 * v1.0 by Adam Cameron (improved argument/variable naming, simplified logic slightly)
 * 
 * @param population      An array of population values (Required)
 * @param percentile      The percentile to return value for (Required)
 * @return Returns a numeric value that is the value from the population that is the specified percentile 
 * @author rodell basalo (delroekid@gmail.com) 
 * @version 1.0, July 8, 2013 
 */
public numeric function getNthPercentile(required array population, required numeric percentile){
    if (percentile < 0 || percentile > 100){
        throw(type="ArgumentOutOfRangeException", message="percentile argument value out of range", detail="The percentile argument must be in the range 1-100")
    }
    arraySort(population, "numeric");

    var populationSize = arrayLen(population);
    var nthPercentIndex = round((percentile/100) * populationSize + 0.5);

    return population[min(nthPercentIndex, populationSize)];
}