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matlab (version 1.0.2)

std: MATLAB std function

Description

Computes the standard deviation of the values of x.

Usage

std(x, flag=0)

Arguments

x
numeric vector or matrix
flag
numeric scalar. If 0, selects unbiased algorithm. If 1, selects biased algorithm (currently unsupported).

Value

Return value depends on argument x. If vector, returns the standard deviation. If matrix, returns vector containing the standard deviation of each column.

Details

Simply invokes sd.

Examples

Run this code
std(1:2) ^ 2

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