scipy.sparse.block_diag#

scipy.sparse.block_diag(mats, format=None, dtype=None)[source]#

Build a block diagonal sparse matrix or array from provided matrices.

Parameters:

matssequence of matrices or arrays: Input matrices or arrays.
formatstr, optional: The sparse format of the result (e.g., “csr”). If not given, the result is returned in “coo” format.
dtypedtype specifier, optional: The data-type of the output. If not given, the dtype is determined from that of blocks.

Returns:

ressparse matrix or array: If at least one input is a sparse array, the output is a sparse array. Otherwise the output is a sparse matrix.

See also

block_array
diags_array

Notes

Added in version 0.11.0.

Examples

>>> from scipy.sparse import coo_array, block_diag
>>> A = coo_array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
>>> B = coo_array([[5], [6]])
>>> C = coo_array([[7]])
>>> block_diag((A, B, C)).toarray()
array([[1, 2, 0, 0],
       [3, 4, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 5, 0],
       [0, 0, 6, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 7]])