function variance

Returns the variance of X.

Syntax
result = variance(X)

Arguments
X:   A matrix.


Switches
/x:   Calculate the variance along the first axis
/y:   Calculate the variance along the second axis
/z:   Calculate the variance along the third axis
/xy:   Calculate the variance along the first and second axes
/xz:   Calculate the variance along the first and third axes
/yz:   Calculate the variance along the second and third axes


Examples
To get a 1D vector of the variance of all slices along a 3D cube:
   v = variance(cube, /xy)

See also
function max
function min
function avg
function total
function median
function stddev
function variance
function meddev