issparse

determine whether input is sparse

Calling Sequence

res = issparse(S)

Arguments

:S a scilab object : :res 1 is the matrix is a sparse and 0 otherwise/ :

Description

res = issparse(S) returns 1 if S is a sparse matrix and 0 otherwise.

Examples

sp = `sparse`_([1,2;4,5;3,10],[1,2,3]);
      if issparse(sp) == 1 then
      `disp`_("It is a sparse");
      end

      A = 1;
      if issparse(A) == 0 then
      `disp`_("It is not a sparse");
      end

See Also

• type Returns the type of a variable
• typeof object type