VAR
legacy form of VAR.S: sample variance · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared
signature
VAR(number…)
returns: number
| argument | required |
|---|---|
| number… | required |
examples
formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.
| A | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4 | 40 |
| 5 | 50 |
fx
=VAR(A1:A5) 250 errors
error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.
| error | produced by |
|---|---|
| #DIV/0! | =VAR(1) |
related
- AVEDEV average of absolute deviations from the mean
- AVERAGE.WEIGHTED average of values weighted by a second range
- AVERAGEA averages values including text and logicals
- AVERAGEIF averages cells that match a condition
- AVERAGEIFS averages cells matching multiple conditions
- BETA.DIST beta distribution