#!/usr/bin/env python

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from math import sqrt

def sample_standard_deviation(lst):
  """calculates standard deviation"""
  if len(lst) < 2:
    return 0
  variance = sum([(element-mean(lst))**2 for element in lst]) / (len(lst) - 1)
  return sqrt(variance)

def mean(lst):
  """calculates mean"""
  if len(lst) < 1:
    return 0
  return sum(lst) / len(lst)

def sample_standard_deviation_percentage(lst):
  """calculates sample standard deviation percentage"""
  try:
    return sample_standard_deviation(lst) / mean(lst) * 100
  except ZeroDivisionError:
    # should not be a case for this alert
    return 0

def count(lst):
  """calculates number of data points"""
  return len(lst)