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Chapter 2

Aggregate functions 19

StDevP

Format

StDevP(field{;field... })

Parameter

field - any related field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields; or an expression

that returns a field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields.

Parameters in curly braces { } are optional.

Data type returned

number

Description

Returns the standard deviation of a population represented by a series of non-blank

values in:

• a repeating field (repeatingField).

• a field in matching related records specified by (table::field), whether or not

these records appear in a portal.

• several non-repeating fields in a record (field1;field2;field3...).

• corresponding repetitions of repeating fields in a record

(repeatingField1;repeatingField2;repeatingField3), if the result is

returned in a repeating field with at least the same number of repeats.

• several fields in the first matching record specified by

(table::field1;table::field2;...). You can include fields from different

tables (table 1::field A;table 2::field B...).

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