R: MATLAB std function

std {matlab} | R Documentation

## 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).

### Details

Simply invokes `sd`.

### Value

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

### Author(s)

P. Roebuck proebuck@mdanderson.org

### Examples

    std(1:2) ^ 2

[Package matlab version 1.0.2 Index]