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Syntax comparison for MATLAB/Octave users

This vignette is adapted from the official Armadillo documentation.

Matlab/Octave syntax and corresponding Armadillo syntax

The following table uses V for vectors, M for matrices, Q for cubes and F for fields. For operations, A, B and C denote matrices. Because MATLAB indexes from 1 (as R does), the k-th column in MATLAB has index k but in C++ it has index k-1.

Matlab/Octave Armadillo Notes
M(1, 1) M(0, 0) indexing in C++ starts at 0
M(k, k) M(k-1, k-1) indexing in C++ starts at 0
size(M,1) M.n_rows read only
size(M,2) M.n_cols read only
size(Q,3) Q.n_slices
numel(A) M.n_elem
M(:, k) M.col(k-1)
M(k, :) M.row(k)
M(:, p:q) M.cols(p, q)
M(p:q, :) M.rows(p, q)
M(p:q, r:s) M(span(p,q), span(r,s))
Q(:, :, k) Q.slice(k)
Q(:, :, t:u) Q.slices(t, u)
Q(p:q, r:s, t:u) Q( span(p,q), span(r,s), span(t,u))
M' M.t() or trans(M) matrix transpose / Hermitian transpose (for complex matrices, the conjugate of each element is taken)
M = zeros(size(M)) M.zeros()
M = ones(size(M)) M.ones()
M = zeros(k) M = zeros<mat>(k,k)
M = ones(k) M = ones<mat>(k,k)
C = complex(A,B) cx_mat C = cx_mat(A,B)
A .* B A % B element-wise multiplication
A ./ B A / B element-wise division
A \ B solve(A,B) more efficient than inv(A)*B
M = M + 1 M++
M = M - 1 M--
M = [1 2; 3 4;] M = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}} element initialization
M = A(:) M = vectorise(A)
M = [A B] M = join_horiz(A,B)
M = [A; B] M = join_vert(A,B)
M cout << M << endl or M.print("M =")
A = randn(2,3) mat A = randn(2,3)
B = randn(4,5) mat B = randn(4,5)
F = {A; B} field<mat> F(2,1), F(0,0) = A or F(1,0) = B fields store arbitrary objects, such as matrices

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