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The symmetric?() is an inbuilt method in Ruby returns a boolean value. It returns true if the matrix is symmetric, else it returns false. It throws an error if anything other than a square matrix is checked for.

Syntax: mat1.symmetric?()

Parameters: The function needs a matrix whose symmetric is to be checked for.

Return Value: It returns true if the matrix is symmetric, else it returns false.

Example 1:




# Ruby program for symmetric?() method in Matrix
   
# Include matrix 
require "matrix"
   
# Initialize a matrix 
mat1 = Matrix[[1, 21], [31, 18]]  
   
# Prints the value of mat1.symmetric?()
puts  mat1.symmetric?()


Output:

true

Example 2:




# Ruby program for symmetric?() method in Matrix
   
# Include matrix 
require "matrix"
   
# Initialize a matrix 
mat1 = Matrix[[1, 1, 5], [1, 1, 5], [1, 2, 5]]  
   
# Prints the value of mat1.symmetric?()
puts  mat1.symmetric?()


Output:

false

Last Updated : 07 Jan, 2020
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