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<h1 id="function-zeros">Function zeros <a href="#function-zeros" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>

Create a matrix filled with zeros. The created matrix can have one or
multiple dimensions.


<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.zeros(m)
math.zeros(m, format)
math.zeros(m, n)
math.zeros(m, n, format)
math.zeros([m, n])
math.zeros([m, n], format)
```

<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`size` | ...(number &#124; BigNumber) &#124; Array | The size of each dimension of the matrix
`format` | string | The Matrix storage format

<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------
Array &#124; Matrix | A matrix filled with zeros


<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------


<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.zeros()                   // returns []
math.zeros(3)                  // returns [0, 0, 0]
math.zeros(3, 2)               // returns [[0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0]]
math.zeros(3, 'dense')         // returns [0, 0, 0]

const A = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
math.zeros(math.size(A))       // returns [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
```


<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

[ones](ones.html),
[identity](identity.html),
[size](size.html),
[range](range.html)