def var(self, *args, **kwds):
kwds['<STR_LIT>'] = '<STR_LIT:v>'<EOL>res = self.stats(*args, **kwds)<EOL>if isinstance(res, ndarray) and res.ndim == <NUM_LIT:0>:<EOL><INDENT>return res[()]<EOL><DEDENT>return res<EOL>
Variance of the distribution

Parameters
----------
arg1, arg2, arg3,... : array_like
    The shape parameter(s) for the distribution (see docstring of the
    instance object for more information)
loc : array_like, optional
    location parameter (default=0)
scale : array_like, optional
    scale parameter (default=1)

Returns
-------
var : float
    the variance of the distribution