NAME
    matdim - matrix dimension

SYNOPSIS
    matdim(m)

TYPES
    m		matrix

    return	1, 2, 3, or 4

DESCRIPTION
    Returns the number of indices required to specify elements of the matrix.

EXAMPLE
    ; mat A[3]; mat B[2,3]; mat C[1, 2:3, 4]; mat D[2, 3, 4, 5]
    ; print matdim(A), matdim(B), matdim(C), matdim(D)
    1 2 3 4

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    none

SEE ALSO
    mat, ismat, matmax, matmin, mattrans, mattrace, matsum, matfill,
    det, inverse, isident, test, config, search, rsearch, reverse, copy,
    blkcpy, dp, cp, randperm, sort

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