# prod

Product of quaternion array

Since R2020b

## Syntax

``quatProd = prod(quat)``
``quatProd = prod(quat,dim)``

## Description

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````quatProd = prod(quat)` returns the quaternion product of the elements of the array.```

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````quatProd = prod(quat,dim)` calculates the quaternion product along dimension `dim`.```

## Examples

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Create a 3-by-3 array whose elements correspond to their linear indices.

`A = reshape(quaternion(randn(9,4)),3,3)`
```A = 3x3 quaternion array 0.53767 + 2.7694i + 1.409j - 0.30344k 0.86217 + 0.7254i - 1.2075j + 0.8884k -0.43359 - 0.20497i + 0.48889j - 0.8095k 1.8339 - 1.3499i + 1.4172j + 0.29387k 0.31877 - 0.063055i + 0.71724j - 1.1471k 0.34262 - 0.12414i + 1.0347j - 2.9443k -2.2588 + 3.0349i + 0.6715j - 0.78728k -1.3077 + 0.71474i + 1.6302j - 1.0689k 3.5784 + 1.4897i + 0.72689j + 1.4384k ```

Find the product of the quaternions in each column. The length of the first dimension is `1`, and the length of the second dimension matches `size(A,2)`.

`B = prod(A)`
```B = 1x3 quaternion array -19.837 - 9.1521i + 15.813j - 19.918k -5.4708 - 0.28535i + 3.077j - 1.2295k -10.69 - 8.5199i - 2.8801j - 0.65338k ```

You can specify which dimension of a quaternion array to take the product of.

Create a 2-by-2-by-2 quaternion array.

`A = reshape(quaternion(randn(8,4)),2,2,2);`

Find the product of the elements in each page of the array. The length of the first dimension matches `size(A,1)`, the length of the second dimension matches `size(A,2)`, and the length of the third dimension is `1`.

```dim = 3; B = prod(A,dim)```
```B = 2x2 quaternion array -2.4847 + 1.1659i - 0.37547j + 2.8068k 0.28786 - 0.29876i - 0.51231j - 4.2972k 0.38986 - 3.6606i - 2.0474j - 6.047k -1.741 - 0.26782i + 5.4346j + 4.1452k ```

## Input Arguments

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Quaternions, specified as an array of `quaternion` objects of any dimensionality.

Example: `qProd = prod(quat)` calculates the quaternion product along the first non-singleton dimension of `quat`.

Dimension along which to calculate the quaternion product, specified as a positive integer. If `dim` is not specified, `prod` operates along the first non-singleton dimension of `quat`.

Data Types: `single` | `double` | `int8` | `int16` | `int32` | `int64` | `uint8` | `uint16` | `uint32` | `uint64`

## Output Arguments

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Quaternion product, returned as an array of `quaternion` objects. `quatProd` has one less non-singleton dimension than `quat`.

For example, if `quat` is a 2-by-2-by-5 array,

• `prod(quat,1)` returns a 1-by-2-by-5 array.

• `prod(quat,2)` returns a 2-by-1-by-5 array.

• `prod(quat,3)` returns a 2-by-2 array.

## Version History

Introduced in R2020b
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