var

var(v[, region])

Compute the sample variance of a vector or array v, optionally along dimensions in region. The algorithm will return an estimator of the generative distribution's variance under the assumption that each entry of v is an IID drawn from that generative distribution. This computation is equivalent to calculating sumabs2(v - mean(v)) / (length(v) - 1). Note: Julia does not ignore NaN values in the computation. For applications requiring the handling of missing data, the DataArray package is recommended.

Examples

Compute sample variance of a vector:
```
julia> v = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
julia> var(v)
2.5
```
This example calculates the sample variance of the vector v.
Compute sample variance along a specific dimension of an array:
```
julia> A = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9];
julia> var(A, 1)
6-element Array{Float64,1}:
9.0
9.0
9.0
```
Here, the var function calculates the sample variance along the first dimension (1) of the array A.
Compute sample variance along multiple dimensions of an array:
```
julia> B = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9];
julia> var(B, (1, 2))
1-element Array{Float64,1}:
6.666666666666667
```
In this example, the var function calculates the sample variance along both dimensions (1 and 2) of the array B.

Note: Julia does not ignore NaN values in the computation. If your data contains NaN values and you want to handle missing data, it is recommended to use the DataArray package.

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