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mgcv (version 1.9-4)

sdiag: Extract or modify diagonals of a matrix

Description

Extracts or modifies sub- or super- diagonals of a matrix.

Usage

sdiag(A,k=0)
sdiag(A,k=0) <- value

Arguments

Value

A vector containing the requested diagonal, or a matrix with the requested diagonal replaced by value.

Examples

Run this code
require(mgcv)
A <- matrix(1:35,7,5)
A
sdiag(A,1) ## first super diagonal
sdiag(A,-1) ## first sub diagonal

sdiag(A) <- 1 ## leading diagonal set to 1
sdiag(A,3) <- c(-1,-2) ## set 3rd super diagonal 

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