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MMULT

Syntax:

MMULT ( array-1 , array-2 )

Description: Computes the product of the matrices of numbers designated by array-1 and array-2.

Mathematical Formula:

The matrix product array a of two arrays b and c is:

where i is the row number, and j is the column number.

Arguments:

Name

Type

Description

array-1

array, reference, name

Designate the matrices of numbers to be multiplied.

array-2

 

Return Type and Value: number – The product of the matrices of numbers designated by array-1 and array-2.

However, if

Any cells in array-1 or array-2 are empty or contain text, the return value is unspecified.

The number of columns in array-1 is different from the number of rows in array-2, #VALUE! is returned.

[Example:

MMULT({3,6,1;1,1,0},{5,7;4,6;2,5}) results in 41

end example]