title: Calculating the median
body: <p>I have following (exponential) values and want to calculate their median using R:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1.0584e+00
  1.1618e+01
  4.9097e+00
  1.3595e+01
  4.2209e+01
  4.6901e-01
  2.4911e+00
  1.2441e+01
  6.8128e+00
  1.3581e+01
  1.4373e+01
  1.2828e+00
  7.7811e+00
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is what I am doing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data &lt;- read.table("path")
  median(data[ ,1])
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Due to values being in exponential, I am not getting the correct median. Alternatively, you may also suggest how can I change these values into normal floating point values.</p>