method

diagonal

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - Class: Matrix

diagonal(*values)

public

Creates a matrix where the diagonal elements are composed of values.

  Matrix.diagonal(9, 5, -3)
    =>  9  0  0
        0  5  0
        0  0 -3

# File lib/matrix.rb, line 162
  def Matrix.diagonal(*values)
    size = values.size
    rows = (0 .. size  - 1).collect {
      |j|
      row = Array.new(size).fill(0, 0, size)
      row[j] = values[j]
      row
    }
    rows(rows, false)
  end

diagonal

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