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Calculates the dot product of two real vectors.

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	yInc determines whether the VI skips elements in y for the calculation. The default is 1, meaning the VI does not skip any elements in y. yInc is an optional input. Note  If you wire a value other than the default to yInc, the VI skips elements that have indexes that are multiples of the value you wire. If you wire a value that is greater than or equal to the number of elements in y, the VI uses only the first element in y for the calculation. If you wire a value that is less than 0, the VI reverses the order of the elements before it calculates the result.
	xInc determines whether the VI skips elements in x for the calculation. The default is 1, meaning the VI does not skip any elements in x. xInc is an optional input. Note  If you wire a value other than the default to xInc, the VI skips elements that have indexes that are multiples of the value you wire. If you wire a value that is greater than or equal to the number of elements in x, the VI uses only the first element in x for the calculation. If you wire a value that is less than 0, the VI reverses the order of the elements before it calculates the result.
	x is a real vector.
	y is a real vector. y must be the same size as x.
	ddot is a real scalar that returns the dot product of x and y.
	error returns any error or warning from the VI. You can wire error to the Error Cluster From Error Code VI to convert the error code or warning into an error cluster.

ddot - Dot Product (DBL) Details

Refer to BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) for more information on the BLAS functions.

Example

Refer to the Comparison of BLAS and linear algebra VIs VI in the labview\examples\math\matrices.llb for an example of using the ddot - Dot Product (DBL) VI.