std

std(X) returns standard deviation for vector X.

If X is a matrix:
  • std(X) returns standard deviation for each column in X
  • std(X,0,2) returns standard deviation for each row in X

Examples

> X = [1 2 1.4; 3.2 4 1.2; 3.1 2 3; 3 4 4.2]#

            1            2          1.4
          3.2            4          1.2
          3.1            2            3
            3            4          4.2

> std(X)#

      1.05317       1.1547      1.41774

> std(X,0,2)#

     0.503322
      1.44222
     0.608276
      0.64291

Resources

See also

mean | median | var