Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { /** * Returns variance among values in array * @param array A {@code double} array * @return returns variance among elements of {@code array} */ public static double variance(double[] array) { double sum = 0, mean = 0, var = 0; for (double d : array) sum += d; mean = sum / array.length; double temp = 0; for (double d : array) temp += (mean - d) * (mean - d); var = temp / array.length; return Math.sqrt(var); } }