getdims#

Purpose#

Gets the number of dimensions in an array, matrix, string array or other symbol.

Format#

ndims = getdims(a)#

Parameters:: a (any) – N-dimensional array, matrix, string, string array or sparse matrix.
Returns:: ndims (scalar) – the number of dimensions in the symbol.

Examples#

// Create a 2x120x12 random normal array
nelems = 2 * 120 * 12;
a = areshape(rndn(nelems, 1), 2|120|12);

// Find ut the number of dimensions in 'a'
ndims = getdims(a);

The code above, assigns ndims to be equal to 3.