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STDEV.S

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the STDEV.S 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’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.S(A1:A2) Sample standard deviation of two hand-verifiable values, identical formula/data to STDEV_basic_two_points in the STDEV file 7.07106781186548 7.0710678118654755
Mean=15; sample variance=((10-15)^2+(20-15)^2)/(2-1)=50; sqrt(50)=7.0710678118654755		 Matched
=STDEV.S(A1:A8) STDEV.S on the classic Wikipedia sample dataset {2,4,4,4,5,5,7,9} - must match STDEV_matches_STDEV_S_same_data exactly, since STDEV.S is simply the Excel-2010+ modern name for the legacy STDEV calculation (same n-1 sample formula) 2.1380899352994 2.138089935299395 Matched
=STDEV.S(A1:A1) Sample stdev needs n>=2 (divides by n-1); one value -> #DIV/0!, confirmed against Microsoft's STDEV.S documentation of the n-1 method (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/stdev-s-function-7d69cf97-0c1f-4acf-be27-f3e83904cc23) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Matched

Docs & syntax

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