Changed median function to cast the formula to find median as a doubl…

…e, and moved fork() towards end of main.

mm.c

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ double  median (int *p, int length)
     if (length%2 == 0)
     {
         position = length/2;
-	medianValue = (p[position-1] + p[position])/2;
+	medianValue = (double) (p[position-1] + p[position])/2;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     int i, length, *pt;
     double medianValue, meanValue;    
-    //calling fork, and checking if failed    
-    int rc = fork(); 
-    if (rc < 0)
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "fork failed\n");
-    }
 
     // Check for proper usage
     if (argc < 2) {
@@ -71,14 +65,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (rc == 0) //if child
-    {
-         medianValue = median(pt, length);
-    }
-    if (rc > 0)  //if parent
-    {
-        meanValue = mean(pt, length);
-    }
     // Read numbers into array
     for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
         pt[i] = (int) strtol(argv[i+1], NULL, 10);
@@ -92,6 +78,25 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     for (i=0; i<length; i++) {
         fprintf(stdout, "%d ", pt[i]);
     }
+
+    //caling fork() and checking if call failed
+    int rc = fork(); 
+    if (rc < 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "fork failed\n");
+    }
+
+    if (rc == 0) //if child
+    {
+         medianValue = median(pt, length);
+        // fprintf(stdout, "The median is: %.2f\n", medianValue);
+    }
+
+    if (rc > 0)  //if parent
+    {
+        meanValue = mean(pt, length);
+    }
+
     fprintf(stdout, "\n%s: FIN. \n", argv[0]);
     return 0;
 }