sum (MathScript Function) (Windows, Not in Base Package)

LabVIEW 8.5 Help
August 2007

NI Part Number:
371361D-01

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Member of the basic class.

Syntax

c = sum(a)

c = sum(a, b)

Computes the sum of vectors and matrices.

Name

Description

Specifies a vector or matrix.

Specifies the dimension along which to compute the sum. b accepts the following values.

1 (default)	LabVIEW computes the sum of each column of a.
2	LabVIEW computes the sum of each row of a.

Name	Description
c	Returns the sum of all elements in a if a is a vector. If a is a matrix, c returns the column-wise sums of the elements in a. c is a scalar or row vector.

A = [1:1:15]
C = sum(A)

A = [1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6, 7, 8; 9, 10, 11, 12]
sum(A, 1)
sum(A, 2)