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stddev_samp

Returns the unbiased sample standard deviation of the expression in a group.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.stddev_samp(col)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
col pyspark.sql.Column or column name Target column to compute on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: standard deviation of given column.

Examples

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
spark.range(6).select(sf.stddev_samp("id")).show()
+------------------+
|   stddev_samp(id)|
+------------------+
|1.8708286933869...|
+------------------+