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

Compute the product of a matrix or a list with values.
In case of a multidimensional array or matrix, the sum of all
elements will be calculated.


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

```js
math.prod(a, b, c, ...)
math.prod(A)
```

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

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`args` | ... * | A single matrix or or multiple scalar values

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

Type | Description
---- | -----------
* | The product of all values


<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.multiply(2, 3)           // returns 6
math.prod(2, 3)               // returns 6
math.prod(2, 3, 4)            // returns 24
math.prod([2, 3, 4])          // returns 24
math.prod([[2, 5], [4, 3]])   // returns 120
```


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

[mean](mean.html),
[median](median.html),
[min](min.html),
[max](max.html),
[sum](sum.html),
[std](std.html),
[variance](variance.html)