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Group: Matrix Manipulation
Topic: Sorting and Counting
See also: cumprod cumsum sum

Function: prod
Description: prod computes the product of the elements of an array regarding a given dimension.

Usage: z = prod (x {,j})
Input:
x d1 x d2 x .. x dn array
j integer (number of dimension, default = 1)
Output:
z d1 x d2 x .. x d(j-1) x 1 x d(j+1) x .. x dn array

Example:
x = #(1, 2)~#(3, 4)~#(5, 6)
prod(x,2)

Result:
Contents of prod

[1,]    15
[2,]    48



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