From J.C.Rougier@durham.ac.uk  Fri May 19 09:42:04 2000
From: J.C.Rougier@durham.ac.uk (J.C.Rougier@durham.ac.uk)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:42:04 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] variance of a scalar (PR#546)
Message-ID: <200005190842.KAA28916@pubhealth.ku.dk>

I was surprised to find that the variance of a scalar, using
var(), is NA.  Surely this should be zero?

Cheers, Jonathan.

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Version:
 platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.7
 arch = sparc
 os = solaris2.7
 system = sparc, solaris2.7
 status = Patched
 major = 0
 minor = 99.0
 year = 2000
 month = February
 day = 9
 language = R

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[Rd] variance of a scalar (PR#546)
J.C.Rougier@durham.ac.uk