find the variance of a list of numbers in go

To find the variance of a list of numbers in Go, you can use the math and statistics packages.

Here's an example code snippet:

main.go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math"
    "math/rand"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())

    // Example list of numbers
    list := []float64{3.1, 4.0, 4.9, 5.4, 5.8, 6.2}

    // Calculate the mean of the list
    var sum float64
    for _, num := range list {
        sum += num
    }
    mean := sum / float64(len(list))

    // Calculate the variance of the list
    var variance float64
    for _, num := range list {
        variance += math.Pow(num-mean, 2)
    }
    variance /= float64(len(list) - 1)

    fmt.Printf("List: %v\nMean: %f\nVariance: %f\n", list, mean, variance)
}
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In this example, we first generate a list of numbers. We then calculate the mean of the list by adding up all the numbers and dividing by the length of the list.

To calculate the variance, we use a formula that sums the squared differences between each number and the mean, then divides by the length of the list minus 1. Finally, we print out the list, mean, and variance using fmt.Printf.

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