import math import sys def sd_calc(data): n = len(data) if n <= 1: return 0.0 mean, sd = avg_calc(data), 0.0 # calculate stan. dev. for el in data: sd += (float(el) - mean)**2 sd = math.sqrt(sd / float(n-1)) return sd def avg_calc(ls): n, mean = len(ls), 0.0 if n <= 1: return ls[0] # calculate average for el in ls: mean = mean + float(el) mean = mean / float(n) return mean data = [4, 2, 5, 8, 6] print("Sample Data: ",data) print("Standard Deviation : ",sd_calc(data))