StdDeviator = {} StdDeviator.count = 0 StdDeviator.sum = 0 StdDeviator.sumOfSquares = 0 StdDeviator.add = function(x) self.count = self.count + 1 self.sum = self.sum + x self.sumOfSquares = self.sumOfSquares + x*x end function StdDeviator.stddev = function() m = self.sum / self.count return sqrt(self.sumOfSquares / self.count - m*m) end function sd = new StdDeviator for x in [2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9] sd.add x end for print sd.stddev