C Program Subtract Two Matrices
/* C program to subtract two matrices www.easycodebook.com */ #include <stdio.h> int main() { int m, n, i, j, matrix1[10][10], matrix2[10][10], subtraction[10][10]; printf("Enter the number of rows and columns of matrix\n"); scanf("%d%d", &m, &n); printf("Please Enter %d elements of first matrix\n",m*n); for (i = 0; i < m; i++) for (j = 0; j < n; j++) scanf("%d", &matrix1[i][j]); printf("Please Enter the %d elements of second matrix\n",m*n); for (i = 0; i < m; i++) for (j = 0 ; j < n; j++) scanf("%d", &matrix2[i][j]); printf("Subtraction Result of the two matrices is as follows:\n"); for (i = 0; i < m; i++) { for (j = 0 ; j < n; j++) { subtraction[i][j] = matrix1[i][j] - matrix2[i][j]; printf("%d\t", subtraction[i][j]); } printf("\n"); } return 0; }
Output
Enter the number of rows and columns of matrix
2
2
Please Enter 4 elements of first matrix
10
23
11
70
Please Enter the 4 elements of second matrix
1
4
7
3
Subtraction Result of the two matrices is as follows:
9 19
4 67
We can subtract two matrices, if they are both of the same order. That is they have same number of rows and columns.
We cannot subtract two matrices with different dimentions.