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In this program, you will learn how to multiply two matrices using multi-dimensional arrays in Java.
To perform matrix multiplication, the number of columns in the first matrix must be equal to the number of rows in the second matrix. In our example, that is
c1 = r2
The size of the final product matrix is r1 x c2, which means
product[r1][c2]
You can alsoMultiply two matrices using a function.
public class MultiplyMatrices { public static void main(String[] args) { int r1 = 2, c1 = 3; int r2 = 3, c2 = 2; int[][] firstMatrix = { {3, -2, 5}, {3, 0, 4}; int[][] secondMatrix = { {2, 3}, {-9, 0}, {0, 4}; // Two matrices multiplication int[][] product = new int[r1][c2]; for(int i = 0; i < r1; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < c2; j}}++) { for (int k = 0; k < c1; k++) { product[i][j] += firstMatrix[i][k] * secondMatrix[k][j]; } } } //Display the result System.out.println("The sum of two matrices is: "); for (int[] row : product) { for (int column : row) { System.out.print(column + " "); } System.out.println(); } } }
When the program is run, the output is:
The sum of two matrices is: 24 29 6 25
In the above program, the multiplication occurs as follows:
|- (a11 x b11) + (a12 x b21) + (a13 x b31) (a11 x b12) + (a12 x b22) + (a13 x b32) -| |_ (a21 x b11) + (a22 x b21) + (a23 x b31) (a21 x b12) + (a22 x b22) + (a23 x b32) _|
In our example, it occurs as follows:
|- (3 x 2) + (-2 x -9) + (5 x 0) = 24 (3 x 3) + (-2 x 0) + (5 x 4) = 29 -| |_ (3 x 2) + ( 0 x -9) + (4 x 0) = 6 (3 x 3) + ( 0 x 0 ) + (4 x 4) = 25 _|