How do I find the median of numbers in linear time using heaps?

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Published on 2010-04-05T17:38:19Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 17:43 UTC
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Wikipedia says:

Selection algorithms: Finding the min, max, both the min and max, median, or even the k-th largest element can be done in linear time using heaps.

All it says is that it can be done, not how.

Can you give me some start on how this can be done using heaps?

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