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istriu

Determine if matrix is upper triangular

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Syntax

tf = istriu(A)

Description

tf = istriu(A) returns logical 1 (true) if A is an upper triangular matrix. Otherwise, it returns logical 0 (false).

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Examples

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Create a 5-by-5 matrix.

A = triu(magic(5))
A = 5×5

    17    24     1     8    15
     0     5     7    14    16
     0     0    13    20    22
     0     0     0    21     3
     0     0     0     0     9

Test if the matrix is upper triangular.

istriu(A)
ans = logical
   1

The matrix is upper triangular because all elements below the main diagonal are zero.

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Create a 5-by-5 matrix of zeros. Test if the matrix is upper triangular.

Z = zeros(5);
istriu(Z)
ans = logical
   1

The result is logical 1 (true) because an upper triangular matrix can have any number of zeros on the main diagonal.

Input Arguments

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Input array. istriu returns logical 0 (false) if A has more than two dimensions.

Data Types: single | double | logical
Complex Number Support: Yes

More About

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Upper Triangular Matrix

A matrix is upper triangular if all elements below the main diagonal are zero. Any number of the elements on the main diagonal can also be zero.

For example, this matrix is upper triangular.

A=(1−1−1−10   1−2−20   0   1−30   0   0   1)

A diagonal matrix is both upper and lower triangular.

Tips

  • Use the triu function to produce upper triangular matrices for which istriu returns logical 1 (true).

  • The functions isdiag, istriu, and istril are special cases of the function isbanded, which can perform all of the same tests with suitably defined upper and lower bandwidths. For example, istriu(A) == isbanded(A,0,size(A,2)).

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2014a

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