From e4e55f9c0a436293649f2a605b8c269db52780aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:12:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] work on percentiles

---
 rust/pspp/src/percentiles.rs | 33 ++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/pspp/src/percentiles.rs b/rust/pspp/src/percentiles.rs
index 7a8d3ef63a..15e288f107 100644
--- a/rust/pspp/src/percentiles.rs
+++ b/rust/pspp/src/percentiles.rs
@@ -140,34 +140,21 @@ where
         where
             T: CumulativeFrequency,
         {
-            fn get<T>(this: &[T], k: usize) -> Observation
+            fn get<T>(this: &[T], k: usize) -> Option<Observation>
             where
                 T: CumulativeFrequency,
             {
-                let y = this[k].y();
-                let cc = this[k].cc();
-                let c = if k == 0 { cc } else { cc - this[k - 1].cc() };
-                Observation { y, c, cc }
+                this.get(k).map(|obs| {
+                    let y = obs.y();
+                    let cc = obs.cc();
+                    let c = if k == 0 { cc } else { cc - this[k - 1].cc() };
+                    Observation { y, c, cc }
+                })
             }
 
-            match this
-                .partition_point(|obs| obs.cc() <= cum_weight)
-                .checked_sub(1)
-            {
-                Some(k) => {
-                    if k + 1 >= this.len() {
-                        (Some(get(this, k)), None)
-                    } else {
-                        (Some(get(this, k)), Some(get(this, k + 1)))
-                    }
-                }
-                None => {
-                    if this.is_empty() {
-                        (None, None)
-                    } else {
-                        (None, Some(get(this, 0)))
-                    }
-                }
+            match this.partition_point(|obs| obs.cc() <= cum_weight) {
+                0 => (None, get(this, 0)),
+                k => (get(this, k - 1), get(this, k)),
             }
         }
 
-- 
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