Iden
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iden | |
Computes a sparse or full identity matrix | |
Other toolboxes required | none |
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Function category | Helper functions |
This is a helper function that only exists to aid other functions in QETLAB. If you are an end-user of QETLAB, you likely will never have a reason to use this function. |
iden is a function that computes the identity matrix of the desired size, which is either full or sparse.
Syntax
- ID = iden(DIM,SP)
Argument descriptions
- DIM: The number of rows (or equivalently, columns) that ID will have.
- SP: A flag (either 1 or 0) indicating whether ID should or should not be sparse.
Examples
Full and sparse versions of the 2-by-2 identity matrix:
Notes
This function is only meant to simplify code within other functions. If you always want either the full or the sparse identity matrix, just use MATLAB's built-in eye or speye function.
Source code
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%% IDEN Computes a sparse or full identity matrix
% This function has two required arguments:
% DIM: the number of rows (or columns) of the identity matrix
% SP: a flag (1 or 0)
%
% ID = iden(DIM,SP) returns the DIM-by-DIM identity matrix. If SP = 0
% then ID will be full. If SP = 1 then ID will be sparse.
%
% Only use this function within other functions to easily get the correct
% identity matrix. If you always want either the full or the sparse
% identity matrix, just use MATLAB's built-in eye or speye function.
%
% URL: http://www.qetlab.com/iden
% requires: nothing
% author: Nathaniel Johnston (nathaniel@njohnston.ca)
% package: QETLAB
% last updated: November 28, 2012
function id = iden(dim,sp)
if(sp)
id = speye(dim);
else
id = eye(dim);
end