[Numpy-discussion] numpy.var and numpy.std

[Travis Oliphant]

Tom Denniston wrote:
> Are these functions supposed to compute variance and standard
> deviation?  They don't have docstrings and I can't find anything about
> them in Travis' manual.
>   
These are in the manual but only as a general reference to the fact that 
array methods also have functional counter-parts.  In other words,

a.meth() --> meth(a) 

The latter is more general because a does not have to be an array already.


-Travis