[scilab-Users] newbie question-probably an easy answer!

[Mathieu Dubois]

Hum, just to mention that if size(x, o) == 1 we should return a vector 
not just a scalar.

Le 11/08/2011 09:15, Mathieu Dubois a écrit :
> I forgot to say how you can use my example (provided you know some basic
> UNIX tools):
> 0) save the attached files in some directory (e.g.: your desktop)
> 1) copy SCI/modules/statistics/macros/stdevf.sci to the same directory
> 2) outside scilab, apply the patch to stdevf.sci (or modify it by hand
> in scilab editor)
> 3) check that I didn't make a mistake :)
> 4) open and run the file test_bazor.sce
>
> Le 10/08/2011 19:40, bazcor a écrit :
>> Hello and thanks for reading this, I've been playing around with
>> scilab,(nothing very deep,just starting out).
>>
>> The problem I have that needs explanation is this
>> :-
>> -->a=[2,3,4,5,5];
>> -->b=[2,3,4,5]
>> -->fre=[1,1,1,2]
>> -->variance(a) ans= 1.7 //ok here
>> -->variancef(b,fre) ans= 1.7 // also ok
>> -->stdev(a) ans = 1.3038405 //good to here
>> -->stdevf(b,fre) ans = 0 //?? thought it should be the above answer!
>>
>> I'll just bet there's a easy answer to this, but I'm stumped. Any comment
>> gratefully received.
>>
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