create_matrix — Create a matrix.
The operator create_matrix creates a new Matrix
with Rows rows and Columns columns and returns the
matrix handle MatrixID. Access to the elements of the
matrix is possible e.g. with the operator get_full_matrix.
The parameter Value is a string or a tuple of floating
point or integer numbers. Integer numbers are converted to
floating point numbers automatically.
If Value = 'identity', Rows and
Columns must have the identical values and an identity matrix
is created.
Example: Rows = 3 Columns = 3 Value = 'identity'
If the parameter Value contains a single value, all
elements of the matrix are filled with this value.
Example: Rows = 3 Columns = 3 Value = 7
If Value contains as many values as the main diagonal, all
elements of the main diagonal are set to the values of the parameter
Value (i.e., the number of elements in Value is
identical).
Example: Rows = 3 Columns = 4 Value = [3, 7, 1]
It is also possible to set all elements of the matrix with different
values. In this case the parameter Value must contain all
values in a row-major order, i.e., stored line by line. In
addition, the number of elements of Value must be identical
to the number of all elements of the matrix, i.e., Rows
* Columns.
Example: Rows = 3 Columns = 3 Value = [3,1,-2,-5,7,2,-9,-4,1]
It should be noted that in the examples there are differences in the meaning of the values of the output matrices: If a value is shown as an integer number, e.g., 0 or 1, the value of this element is per definition this certain value. If the number is shown as a floating point number, e.g., 0.0 or 1.0, the value is computed by the operator.
This operator returns a handle. Note that the state of an instance of this handle type may be changed by specific operators even though the handle is used as an input parameter by those operators.
Rows (input_control) integer → (integer)
Number of rows of the matrix.
Default value: 3
Suggested values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 100
Restriction: Rows >= 1
Columns (input_control) integer → (integer)
Number of columns of the matrix.
Default value: 3
Suggested values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 100
Restriction: Columns >= 1
Value (input_control) number(-array) → (real / integer / string)
Values for initializing the elements of the matrix.
Default value: 0
Suggested values: 0, 1, 'identity'
MatrixID (output_control) matrix → (handle)
Matrix handle.
If the parameters are valid, the operator create_matrix
returns the value TRUE. If necessary, an exception is raised.
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