Running Median Problem

Given a stream of integers, calculate and print the median after each new integer is added to the stream.

Output only the integer part of the median.

Example:

Input:
N = 5  
Stream = [2, 3, 4, 1, 6]
Output:
2 2 3 2 3

Constraints:

  • 0 ≤ N ≤ 10^5
  • 1 ≤ ARR[i] ≤ 10^5
  • Time Limit: 1 sec
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