From 07f63a88e3c8f52c401b7a67ab9363be29d29aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayush Agarwal <dearayush2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:27:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] added changelog entry

---
 CITATION.cff       | 3 +++
 docs/whats_new.rst | 1 +
 pyprep/utils.py    | 1 +
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 1b6ee06..d17cba2 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ authors:
     - given-names: Nabil
       family-names: Alibou
       affiliation: 'Biotrial, Neuroscience Department, Rennes, France'
+    - given-names: Ayush
+      family-names: Agarwal
+      affiliation: 'Techno India University, India'
 type: software
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/sappelhoff/pyprep'
 license: MIT
diff --git a/docs/whats_new.rst b/docs/whats_new.rst
index e8ce05d..c386fb3 100644
--- a/docs/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/whats_new.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Version 0.5.0 (Unreleased)
 Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~
 - :meth:`~pyprep.NoisyChannels.find_bad_by_nan_flat` now accepts a ``flat_threshold`` argument, by `Nabil Alibou`_ (:gh:`144`)
+- changed _mad function in utils.py to use median_abs_deviation from the sciPy module, by `Ayush Agarwal`_ (:gh:`153`).
 
 Bug
 ~~~
diff --git a/pyprep/utils.py b/pyprep/utils.py
index b58db9f..c32f016 100644
--- a/pyprep/utils.py
+++ b/pyprep/utils.py
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ def _mad(x, axis=None):
     if x.ndim > 2:
         e = "Only 1D and 2D arrays are supported (input has {0} dimensions)"
         raise ValueError(e.format(x.ndim))
+
     # Calculate the median absolute deviation from the median
     mad = median_abs_deviation(x, axis=axis)
     return mad