>> n = len(a) >> mean = sum(a) / n >> sd = sqrt(sum((x-mean)**2 for x in a) / n) ... >> If there is a faster way... like transferring the array to a >> different container class... but what?
Perhaps: >>> import scipy >>> print scipy.mean([1,2,3,4,5,6]) 3.5 >>> print scipy.std([1,2,3,4,5,6]) 1.87082869339 Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list