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# isdiag

Determine if matrix is diagonal

## Syntax

``tf = isdiag(A)``

## Description

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````tf = isdiag(A)` returns logical `1` (`true`) if `A` is a diagonal matrix; otherwise, it returns logical `0` (`false`).```

## Examples

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Create a 4-by-4 identity matrix.

`I = eye(4)`
```I = 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ```

Test to see if the matrix is diagonal.

`isdiag(I)`
```ans = logical 1 ```

The result is logical `1` (`true`) because all of the nonzero elements in `I` are on the main diagonal.

Create a matrix with nonzero elements on the main and first diagonals.

`A = 3*eye(4) + diag([2 2 2],1)`
```A = 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 ```

Test to see if the matrix is diagonal.

`isdiag(A)`
```ans = logical 0 ```

The matrix is not diagonal since there are nonzero elements above the main diagonal.

Create a new matrix, `B`, from the main diagonal elements of `A`.

`B = diag(diag(A));`

Test to see if `B` is a diagonal matrix.

`isdiag(B)`
```ans = logical 1 ```

The result is logical `1` (`true`) because there are no nonzero elements above or below the main diagonal of `B`.

## Input Arguments

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Input array, specified as a numeric array. `isdiag` returns logical `0` (`false`) if `A` has more than two dimensions.

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

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### Diagonal Matrix

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

For example, the 4-by-4 identity matrix,

`${I}_{4}=\left(\begin{array}{cccc}1& 0& 0& 0\\ 0& 1& 0& 0\\ 0& 0& 1& 0\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\end{array}\right)$`

is a diagonal matrix. Diagonal matrices are typically, but not always, square.

## Tips

• Use the `diag` function to produce diagonal matrices for which `isdiag` 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, ```isdiag(A) == isbanded(A,0,0)```.