shape

Syntax

shape(X)

Arguments

X is a scalar/vector/matrix/table.

Details

Return the dimension of a scalar/vector/matrix as a PAIR.

Examples

Dimension of a scalar is 1 by 1:

$ shape 6;
1:1

$ s;

Dimension of a vector is the length of the vector by 1:

$ shape 1 5 3 7 8;
5:1

Dimension of a matrix:

$ m=(5 3 1 4 9 10)$3:2;
$ m;

#0	#1
5	4
3	9
1	10

$ shape m;

3 :2

Dimension of a table:

$ t=table(1 2 3 as x, 4 5 6 as y);

$ t;

x	y
1	4
2	5
3	6

$ shape t;
3 :2