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STD

Aggregate function. Calculates the population standard deviation value from a set of numbers. STD has synonyms STDDEV and STDDEV_POP which are equivalent.

Syntax

STD returns NULL if there are not matching rows.

STD ( expression )

Arguments

  • expression: any expression. This may be a column name, the result of another function, or a math operation.

Return Type

A double.

Examples

select std(table_rows) from information_schema.tables;
+-----------------+
| std(table_rows) |
+-----------------+
|       2.1500    |
+-----------------+
1 row in set (2.87 sec)