Program to check if two given matrices are identical

The below program checks if two square matrices of size 4*4 are identical or not.For any two matrix to be equal, number of rows and columns in both the matrix should be equal and the corresponding elements should also be equal.

Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

C++

// C++ Program to check if two 
// given matrices are identical 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
#define N 4 
using namespace std; 
  
// This function returns 1 if A[][] and B[][] are identical 
// otherwise returns 0 
int areSame(int A[][N], int B[][N]) 
{ 
    int i, j; 
    for (i = 0; i < N; i++) 
        for (j = 0; j < N; j++) 
            if (A[i][j] != B[i][j]) 
                return 0; 
    return 1; 
} 
  
int main() 
{ 
    int A[N][N] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
  
    int B[N][N] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
  
    if (areSame(A, B)) 
        cout << "Matrices are identical"; 
    else
        cout << "Matrices are not identical"; 
    return 0; 
} 
//This code is contributed by Shivi_Aggarwal 

C

// C Program to check if two  
// given matrices are identical 
#include <stdio.h> 
#define N 4 
  
// This function returns 1 if A[][] and B[][] are identical 
// otherwise returns 0 
int areSame(int A[][N], int B[][N]) 
{ 
    int i, j; 
    for (i = 0; i < N; i++) 
        for (j = 0; j < N; j++) 
            if (A[i][j] != B[i][j]) 
                return 0; 
    return 1; 
} 
  
int main() 
{ 
    int A[N][N] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
  
    int B[N][N] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
  
    if (areSame(A, B)) 
        printf("Matrices are identical"); 
    else
        printf("Matrices are not identical"); 
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java Program to check if two  
// given matrices are identical 
  
class GFG 
{ 
    static final int N = 4; 
      
    // This function returns 1 if A[][]  
    // and B[][] are identical 
    // otherwise returns 0 
    static int areSame(int A[][], int B[][]) 
    { 
        int i, j; 
        for (i = 0; i < N; i++) 
            for (j = 0; j < N; j++) 
                if (A[i][j] != B[i][j]) 
                    return 0; 
            return 1; 
    } 
      
    // Driver code  
    public static void main (String[] args) 
    { 
        int A[][] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                      {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                      {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                      {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
      
        int B[][] = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                      {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                      {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                      {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
      
        if (areSame(A, B) == 1) 
            System.out.print("Matrices are identical"); 
        else
            System.out.print("Matrices are not identical"); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal. 

Python3

# Python3 Program to check if two 
# given matrices are identical 
  
N = 4
   
# This function returns 1 
# if A[][] and B[][] are identical 
# otherwise returns 0 
def areSame(A,B): 
      
    for i in range(N): 
        for j in range(N): 
            if (A[i][j] != B[i][j]): 
                return 0
    return 1
  
# driver code 
A= [ [1, 1, 1, 1], 
    [2, 2, 2, 2], 
    [3, 3, 3, 3], 
    [4, 4, 4, 4]] 
   
B= [ [1, 1, 1, 1], 
    [2, 2, 2, 2], 
    [3, 3, 3, 3], 
    [4, 4, 4, 4]] 
                      
if (areSame(A, B)==1): 
    print("Matrices are identical") 
else: 
    print("Matrices are not identical") 
  
# This code is contributed 
# by Anant Agarwal. 

C#

// C# Program to check if two  
// given matrices are identical 
using System; 
  
class GFG { 
      
    static int N = 4; 
      
    // This function returns 1 if A[][]  
    // and B[][] are identical 
    // otherwise returns 0 
    static int areSame(int [,]A, int [,]B) 
    { 
        int i, j; 
        for (i = 0; i < N; i++) 
            for (j = 0; j < N; j++) 
                if (A[i,j] != B[i,j]) 
                    return 0; 
            return 1; 
    } 
      
    // Driver code  
    public static void Main () 
    { 
        int [,]A = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
      
        int [,]B = { {1, 1, 1, 1}, 
                    {2, 2, 2, 2}, 
                    {3, 3, 3, 3}, 
                    {4, 4, 4, 4}}; 
      
        if (areSame(A, B) == 1) 
            Console.WriteLine("Matrices "
                      + "are identical");   
        else
            Console.WriteLine("Matrices "
                  + "are not identical"); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by anuj_67. 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP Program to check if two 
// given matrices are identical 
  
// function returns 1 if A[][]  
// and B[][] are identical 
// otherwise returns 0 
function areSame($A, $B) 
{ 
  
    for($i = 0; $i < 4; $i++) 
        for ($j = 0; $j < 4; $j++) 
            if ($A[$i][$j] != $B[$i][$j]) 
                return 0; 
    return 1; 
} 
  
// Driver Code 
$A = array(array(1, 1, 1, 1), 
           array(2, 2, 2, 2), 
           array(3, 3, 3, 3), 
           array(4, 4, 4, 4)); 
  
$B = array(array(1, 1, 1, 1), 
           array(2, 2, 2, 2), 
           array(3, 3, 3, 3), 
           array(4, 4, 4, 4));  
  
    if (areSame($A, $B) == 1) 
        echo "Matrices are identical"; 
    else
        echo "Matrices are not identical"; 
          
// This code is contributed by Anuj_67 
?> 

Output:

Matrices are identical

The program can be extended for rectangular matrices. The following post can be useful for extending this program.

How to pass a 2D array as a parameter in C?

The time complexity of the above program is O(n²).

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Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

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