|   | NumericalAnalysisExtensionsStandardDeviation(IEnumerableDecimal, Boolean) Method | 
        
        
            Computes the standard deviation over a sequence of Decimal values.
            
        
        Namespace: GSF.NumericalAnalysisAssembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.257-beta+00aa2366fbb9ec75f636ebc7cfa610e3826a727c
 Syntax
Syntaxpublic static decimal StandardDeviation(
	this IEnumerable<decimal> source,
	bool calculateForSample = false
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function StandardDeviation ( 
	source As IEnumerable(Of Decimal),
	Optional calculateForSample As Boolean = false
) As Decimal
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static Decimal StandardDeviation(
	IEnumerable<Decimal>^ source, 
	bool calculateForSample = false
)
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member StandardDeviation : 
        source : IEnumerable<decimal> * 
        ?calculateForSample : bool 
(* Defaults:
        let _calculateForSample = defaultArg calculateForSample false
*)
-> decimal GSF.NumericalAnalysis.NumericalAnalysisExtensions.StandardDeviation = function(source, calculateForSample);
Parameters
- source  IEnumerableDecimal
- Source data sample.
- calculateForSample  Boolean  (Optional)
- Set to true to calculate for estimated population size, or false for full population.
Return Value
DecimalThe standard deviation of the sequence.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type 
IEnumerableDecimal. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see 
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or 
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
 Exceptions
Exceptions| Exception | Condition | 
|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source is null. | 
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | source does not contain enough values to produce a result. | 
 See Also
See Also