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Old 04-23-2012
Finding standard deviation for all columns in a data file
Hi All,

I want someone to modify the below script from this forum so that it can be used for all columns in the file( instead of only printing column 3 mean and standard deviation values). I don't know how to loop around all the columns.
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...on-column.html

Code:
awk '{ lines=FNR; arr[lines]=$3; sum+=$3}      END{ avg=sum/lines      sum=0;      for(i=1; i<=lines; i++)       	{ v=arr[i]-avg;       	  sum+= v*v       	}      printf("n=%d avg=%f  stddev=%f\n",             lines, avg, sqrt( sum/( lines - 1) ) ) } ' filename

Thanks a lot.
Sidda
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-23-2012 at 06:12 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 04-23-2012
For
Code:
{ lines=FNR; arr[lines]=$3; sum+=$3}

substitute
Code:
{  
for x=1 to nf {
lines++ ;
arr[lines]=$x; sum+=$x ;
}

}

ie. Instead of forcing to use the third field, loop through the number of fields using the builtin variable NF. Note that lines is incremented for each value read in.

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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-23-2012 at 06:14 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 3  
Old 04-23-2012
I am getting syntax error.....
Hi Anantha,

I am getting syntax error after I modified the original script as below( by substituting your suggested portion of code).
Please correct the code so that it will run without any errors.

Code:
awk '{for x=1 to nf \
{lines++ ;arr[lines]=$x; sum+=$x ;}} \
END{ avg=sum/lines; sum=0; \    
 for(i=1; i<=lines; i++)  \
     	{ v=arr[i]-avg;  sum+= v*v }\
 printf("n=%d avg=%f  stddev=%f\n",lines, avg, sqrt( sum/( lines - 1) ) ) } ' filename

# 4  
Old 04-23-2012
Actually I posted the code so that you could try it out yourself.

What did you try? Post some test data and we will see.

OK
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