Symmetric Matrix Extended Check

This program checks if a matrix is symmetric and prints mismatched positions.

Problem Statement

Write a Java program to check whether a 3x3 matrix is symmetric and display mismatched positions if not.

Source Code

1 public class SymmetricMatrixExtendedCheck {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 System.out.println("Eduinq Symmetric Matrix Extended Check");
4 int[][] A = {{1,2,3},{2,4,5},{4,5,6}};
5 boolean symmetric=true;
6 for(int i=0;i<3;i++){
7 for(int j=0;j<3;j++){
8 if(A[i][j]!=A[j][i]){
9 System.out.println("Mismatch at ("+i+","+j+")");
10 symmetric=false;
11 }
12 }
13 }
14 if(symmetric) System.out.println("Matrix is symmetric");
15 else System.out.println("Matrix is not symmetric");
16 }
17 }

Program Output

Eduinq Symmetric Matrix Extended Check
Mismatch at (2,0)
Matrix is not symmetric

Explanation

Symmetric matrices require A[i][j] == A[j][i], and nested loops compare each pair, printing the exact position whenever a mismatch is found, together providing extended validation with mismatch reporting.

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