def build_diagonals(self):
    """
    Builds the diagonals for the coefficient array
    """

    ##########################################################
    # INCORPORATE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS INTO COEFFICIENT ARRAY #
    ##########################################################

    # Roll to keep the proper coefficients at the proper places in the
    # arrays: Python will naturally just do vertical shifts instead of 
    # diagonal shifts, so this takes into account the horizontal compoent 
    # to ensure that boundary values are at the right place.
    self.l2 = np.roll(self.l2, -2)
    self.l1 = np.roll(self.l1, -1)
    self.r1 = np.roll(self.r1, 1)
    self.r2 = np.roll(self.r2, 2)

    # Then assemble these rows: this is where the periodic boundary condition 
    # can matter.
    if self.coeff_matrix is not None:
      pass
    elif self.BC_E == 'Periodic' and self.BC_W == 'Periodic':
      # In this case, the boundary-condition-related stacking has already 
      # happened inside b.c.-handling function. This is because periodic
      # boundary conditions require extra diagonals to exist on the edges of 
      # the solution array
      pass
    else:
      self.diags = np.vstack((self.l2,self.l1,self.c0,self.r1,self.r2))
      self.offsets = np.array([-2,-1,0,1,2])

    # Everybody now (including periodic b.c. cases)
    self.coeff_matrix = spdiags(self.diags, self.offsets, self.nx, self.nx, format='csr')
Builds the diagonals for the coefficient array