Sum of Main Diagonal Elements

This program calculates the sum of main diagonal elements of a matrix.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program to calculate the sum of main diagonal elements of a 3x3 matrix.

Source Code

1 public class MatrixDiagonalSum {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 int[][] A = {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}};
4 int sum=0;
5 for(int i=0;i<3;i++){
6 sum+=A[i][i];
7 }
8 System.out.println("Sum of main diagonal: "+sum);
9 }
10 }

Program Output

Sum of main diagonal: 15

Explanation

The main diagonal elements are accessed as A[i][i], and a loop from 0 to 2 accumulates each diagonal element into sum, demonstrating a straightforward diagonal sum calculation on a matrix.

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