Function zeros

Create a matrix filled with zeros. The created matrix can have one or multiple dimensions.

Syntax

zeros(m)
zeros(m, format)
zeros(m, n)
zeros(m, n, format)
zeros([m, n])
zeros([m, n], format)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
size ...number | Array The size of each dimension of the matrix
format string The Matrix storage format

Returns

Type Description
Array | Matrix A matrix filled with zeros

Examples

zeros(3);                  // returns [0, 0, 0]
zeros(3, 2);               // returns [[0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0]]
zeros(3, 'dense');         // returns [0, 0, 0]

var A = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]];
zeros(size(A));       // returns [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]

See also

ones, eye, size, range