In MATLAB, the easiest way to have the same row and column length is to create a square matrix. This can be achieved using the zeros()
function or the ones()
function.
Here is an example using the zeros()
function to create a square matrix of size 5x5:
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This creates a matrix A
with 5 rows and 5 columns, filled with zeros. Similarly, we can create a square matrix of size 3x3 using the ones()
function as follows:
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This creates a matrix B
with 3 rows and 3 columns, filled with ones.
Alternatively, if you have an existing matrix M
and you want to resize it to be a square matrix, you can use the padarray()
function. For example, to resize M
to be a 5x5 square matrix filled with zeros, you can use the following command:
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The first padarray()
command pads M
with zeros along the bottom and right edges to make it a rectangular matrix with the same number of rows and columns as the maximum of its dimensions. The second padarray()
command pads M
again, this time along the top and left edges, until it becomes a square matrix.
Note that this approach may result in some data loss if the original matrix M
is larger than the desired square matrix, as some of the original data along the bottom and right edges may be discarded.
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