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STDEV

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Compatibility · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the STDEV function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when STDEV’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=STDEV(A1:A2) Sample standard deviation of two hand-verifiable values 7.07106781186548 7.0710678118654755
Mean=15; sample variance=((10-15)^2+(20-15)^2)/(2-1)=50; sqrt(50)=7.0710678118654755		 Matched
=STDEV(A1:A8) Legacy STDEV on the classic Wikipedia sample dataset {2,4,4,4,5,5,7,9}; compare to STDEV.S_matches_STDEV_same_data on identical data in the STDEV.S file - both must return exactly the same value since STDEV.S is just the modern name for the same sample-stdev calculation 2.1380899352994 2.138089935299395
Sample variance=32/7=4.571428571428571; sqrt of that = 2.138089935299395		 Matched
=STDEV(A1:A1) Sample stdev needs at least 2 data points (divides by n-1); a single value -> #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
n-1=0 with a single supplied value, causing division by zero		 Matched

Docs & syntax

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