det

Syntax

det(X)

Arguments

X is a matrix.

Details

Return the determinant of matrix X. NULL values are replaced with 0 in the calculation.

Examples

x=1..4$2:2;
x;
#0 #1
1 3
2 4
x.det();
// output
-2

x=1 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 0$3:3;
x;
#0 #1 #2
1 6 8
2 5 7
3 4 0
det(x);
// output
42

x=1 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 NULL $3:3;
x;
#0 #1 #2
1 6 8
2 5 7
3 4
det(x);
// output
42