# Variable$get\_statistics

### Variable$<mark style="color:purple;">get\_statistics</mark>() → *list*

Fetches the statistics for the variable, returning a named list corresponding to the [VariableStatistics resource definition](https://docs.redivis.com/api/resource-definitions/variablestatistics).&#x20;

If the statistics haven't yet been computed, will wait for statistics to compute before returning. Will raise an error if the variable does not exist.

### **Returns:**

**list (**[**see VariableStatistics resource definition**](https://docs.redivis.com/api/resource-definitions/variablestatistics)**)**

### Examples:

```python
table <- redivis$organization("Demo")$dataset("iris_species")$table("iris")

statistics <- table$variable("sepalLengthCm")$get_statistics()

print(statistics)

{
	"kind": "variableStatistics",
	"status": "completed",
	"count": 150,
	"numDistinct": 35,
	"min": 4.3,
	"max": 7.9,
	"mean": 5.8433333333333355,
	"approxMedian": 0.8280661279778625,
	...
}
```