Tukey five number summary in Python

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I have been unable to find this function in any of the standard packages, so I wrote the one below. Before throwing it toward the Cheeseshop, however, does anyone know of an already published version? Alternatively, please suggest any improvements. Thanks. 

def fivenum(v):
    """Returns Tukey's five number summary (minimum, lower-hinge, median, upper-hinge, maximum) for the input vector, a list or array of numbers based on 1.5 times the interquartile distance"""
    import numpy as np
    from scipy.stats import scoreatpercentile
    try:
        np.sum(v)
    except TypeError:
        print('Error: you must provide a list or array of only numbers')
    q1 = scoreatpercentile(v,25)
    q3 = scoreatpercentile(v,75)
    iqd = q3-q1
    md = np.median(v)
    whisker = 1.5*iqd
    return np.min(v), md-whisker, md, md+whisker, np.max(v),
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import numpy as np
# np_array = np.array(np.random.random(100))
np.percentile(np_array, [0, 25, 50, 75, 100])

percentiles selection can be configured with the interpolation argument which is linear by default

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import pandas as pd
def fivenum(x):
    series=pd.Series(x)
    mi = series.min()
    q1 = series.quantile(q=0.25, interpolation='nearest')
    me = series.median()
    q3 = series.quantile(q=0.75, interpolation='nearest')
    ma = series.max()
    return pd.Series([mi, q1, me, q3, ma], index=['min', 'q1', 'median', 'q3', 'max'])
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