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How can get the dimension of a matrix in go-lang?


Here is the piece of code:

package main
import (
 "fmt"
 "gonum.org/v1/gonum/mat"
)
func main() {
  // Matrix and Vector

  // Initialize a Matrix A
  row1 := []float64{1,2,3}
  row2 := []float64{4,5,6}
  row3 := []float64{7,8,9}
  row4 := []float64{10,11,12}

  A := mat.NewDense(4,3,nil)
  A.SetRow(0, row1)
  A.SetRow(1, row2)
  A.SetRow(2, row3)
  A.SetRow(3, row4)

  fmt.Printf("A :\n%v\n\n", mat.Formatted(A, mat.Prefix(""), mat.Excerpt(0)))

  // Initialize a Vector v
  v := mat.NewDense(3,1, []float64{1,2,3})
  fmt.Printf("v :\n%v\n\n", mat.Formatted(v, mat.Prefix(""), mat.Excerpt(0)))

  //Get the dimension of the matrix A where m = rows and n = cols
  row, col := len(A)
  // row, col := size(A)
  fmt.Println("row: ", row)
  fmt.Println("col: ", col)

}

Error: invalid argument A (type *mat.Dense) for len

When I use size to determine the dimensions of the matrix A. Then it gives me an error undefined: size.

How can I get dimensions of the matrix A?


Solution

  • package mat

    import "gonum.org/v1/gonum/mat" 
    

    func (*Dense) Dims

    func (m *Dense) Dims() (r, c int)
    

    Dims returns the number of rows and columns in the matrix.


    For example,

    package main
    
    import (
        "fmt"
    
        "gonum.org/v1/gonum/mat"
    )
    
    func main() {
        row1 := []float64{1, 2, 3}
        row2 := []float64{4, 5, 6}
        row3 := []float64{7, 8, 9}
        row4 := []float64{10, 11, 12}
    
        A := mat.NewDense(4, 3, nil)
        A.SetRow(0, row1)
        A.SetRow(1, row2)
        A.SetRow(2, row3)
        A.SetRow(3, row4)
    
        fmt.Printf("A matrix:\n%v\n\n", mat.Formatted(A, mat.Prefix(""), mat.Excerpt(0)))
    
        //Get the dimensions of the matrix A
        rows, cols := A.Dims()
        fmt.Println("A: rows: ", rows)
        fmt.Println("A: cols: ", cols)
    }
    

    Output:

    A matrix:
    ⎡ 1   2   3⎤
    ⎢ 4   5   6⎥
    ⎢ 7   8   9⎥
    ⎣10  11  12⎦
    
    A: rows:  4
    A: cols:  3