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slug: /en/sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantile
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sidebar_position: 200
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---
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# quantile
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Computes an approximate [quantile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantile) of a numeric data sequence.
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This function applies [reservoir sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling) with a reservoir size up to 8192 and a random number generator for sampling. The result is non-deterministic. To get an exact quantile, use the [quantileExact](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantileexact.md#quantileexact) function.
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When using multiple `quantile*` functions with different levels in a query, the internal states are not combined (that is, the query works less efficiently than it could). In this case, use the [quantiles](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiles.md#quantiles) function.
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Note that for an empty numeric sequence, `quantile` will return NaN, but its `quantile*` variants will return either NaN or a default value for the sequence type, depending on the variant.
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**Syntax**
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``` sql
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quantile(level)(expr)
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```
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Alias: `median`.
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**Arguments**
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- `level` — Level of quantile. Optional parameter. Constant floating-point number from 0 to 1. We recommend using a `level` value in the range of `[0.01, 0.99]`. Default value: 0.5. At `level=0.5` the function calculates [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median).
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- `expr` — Expression over the column values resulting in numeric [data types](../../../sql-reference/data-types/index.md#data_types), [Date](../../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
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**Returned value**
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- Approximate quantile of the specified level.
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Type:
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- [Float64](../../../sql-reference/data-types/float.md) for numeric data type input.
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- [Date](../../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) if input values have the `Date` type.
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- [DateTime](../../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) if input values have the `DateTime` type.
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**Example**
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Input table:
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``` text
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┌─val─┐
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│ 1 │
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│ 1 │
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│ 2 │
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│ 3 │
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└─────┘
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```
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Query:
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``` sql
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SELECT quantile(val) FROM t
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```
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Result:
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``` text
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┌─quantile(val)─┐
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│ 1.5 │
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└───────────────┘
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```
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**See Also**
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- [median](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/median.md#median)
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- [quantiles](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiles.md#quantiles)
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