>>The formula in excel is STDEVPA(). Foxpro is assuming the data supplied is the universe, as opposed to the standard function in Excel which assumes that the data is just a sample. I think this is because, unlike fox, excel can only perform stdev on 30 values.
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>Do you know how to obtain, in VFP, the std() based on a sample? Note: I don't need this, I am just curious.
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>Hilmar.

I don't know a native command. I could probably write you a func... if you ever need it. I was reading somewhere that fox is quite good for developing mathematical functions (amongst other things) etc

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