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# quantileExact {#quantileexact}
Exactly computes the [quantile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantile) of a numeric data sequence.
To get exact value, all the passed values are combined into an array, which is then partially sorted. Therefore, the function consumes `O(n)` memory, where `n` is a number of values that were passed. However, for a small number of values, the function is very effective.
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.
**Syntax**
``` sql
quantileExact(level)(expr)
```
Alias: `medianExact`.
**Parameters**
- `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).
- `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).
**Returned value**
- Quantile of the specified level.
Type:
- [Float64](../../../sql-reference/data-types/float.md) for numeric data type input.
- [Date](../../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) if input values have the `Date` type.
- [DateTime](../../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) if input values have the `DateTime` type.
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT quantileExact(number) FROM numbers(10)
```
Result:
``` text
┌─quantileExact(number)─┐
│ 5 │
└───────────────────────┘
```
**See Also**
- [median](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/median.md#median)
- [quantiles](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/quantiles.md#quantiles)