VAR_POP()

This function converts its argument to DOUBLE, performs the computation in double-precision floating point, and returns a DOUBLE as the result. The population-based variance (s2) of numeric-expression (x) is computed according to the following formula:

s2 = (1/N) * SUM( xi - mean( x ) )2

This variance does not include rows where numeric-expression is NULL. It returns NULL for a group containing no rows.

The following example demonstrates how to use the VAR_POP function to calculate the statistical variance of a populationusing data from a CSV file:

-- create input stream schema
CREATE SCHEMA InSchema (
    id STRING,
    x FLOAT,
    y FLOAT
);

-- create output stream schema
CREATE SCHEMA OutSchema (
    id STRING,
    x FLOAT,
    y FLOAT,
    var_pop_result FLOAT,
);

-- create input stream
CREATE INPUT STREAM StreamIn
SCHEMA InSchema;

-- create master window
CREATE MASTER WINDOW ResultWindow
SCHEMA OutSchema
KEEP 5 ROWS
;

-- create output stream
CREATE OUTPUT STREAM StreamOut
SCHEMA OutSchema;

-- input stream read data from csv file by ReadFromCsvFileAdapterType adapter
ATTACH INPUT ADAPTER ReadFromCSVFile TYPE ReadFromCsvFileAdapterType
TO STREAM StreamIn
PROPERTIES
    FILENAME            = "$ProjectFolder\..\data\data.csv",
    TITLEROW            = "false",
    TIMESTAMPCOLUMN     = "false",
    RATE                = "1",
    USECURRENTTIMESTAMP = "true"
;

-- output stream write data to csv file by WriteToCsvFileAdapterType adapter
ATTACH OUTPUT ADAPTER WriteToCSVFile TYPE WriteToCsvFileAdapterType
TO STREAM StreamOut
PROPERTIES
    FILENAME = "$ProjectFolder\..\data\result.csv"
;

-- insert the calculated result to window
INSERT INTO ResultWindow
SELECT id,x,y,
var_pop(x)
FROM StreamIn
KEEP 5 ROWS;

INSERT INTO StreamOut
SELECT *
FROM ResultWindow;