C program to add two matrices

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Write a C program to read elements in two matrices and add elements of both matrices. C program for addition of two matrix. Matrix addition program in C. Logic to add two matrix in C programming.

Example

Input

Input elements in 3x3 matrix1: 
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
Input elements in 3x3 matrix2:
9 8 7
6 5 4
3 2 1

Output

Sum of both matrix =
10 10 10
10 10 10
10 10 10

Required knowledge

Basic C programming, For loop, Array

Matrix Addition

Matrix addition is done element wise (entry wise) i.e. Sum of two matrices A and B of size mXn is defined by
(A + B) = Aij + Bij (Where 1 ≤ i ≤ m and 1 ≤ j ≤ n)

Matrix addition

Program to add two matrices

/**
 * C program to find sum of two matrices of size 3x3
 */

#include <stdio.h>

#define SIZE 3 // Size of the matrix

int main()
{
    int A[SIZE][SIZE]; // Matrix 1
    int B[SIZE][SIZE]; // Matrix 2
    int C[SIZE][SIZE]; // Resultant matrix

    int row, col;

    /* Input elements in first matrix*/
    printf("Enter elements in matrix A of size 3x3: \n");
    for(row=0; row<SIZE; row++)
    {
        for(col=0; col<SIZE; col++)
        {
            scanf("%d", &A[row][col]);
        }
    }

    /* Input elements in second matrix */
    printf("\nEnter elements in matrix B of size 3x3: \n");
    for(row=0; row<SIZE; row++)
    {
        for(col=0; col<SIZE; col++)
        {
            scanf("%d", &B[row][col]);
        }
    }

    /*
     * Add both matrices A and B entry wise or element wise
     * and stores result in matrix C
     */
    for(row=0; row<SIZE; row++)
    {
        for(col=0; col<SIZE; col++)
        {
            /* Cij = Aij + Bij */
            C[row][col] = A[row][col] + B[row][col];
        }
    }


    /* Print the value of resultant matrix C */
    printf("\nSum of matrices A+B = \n");
    for(row=0; row<SIZE; row++)
    {
        for(col=0; col<SIZE; col++)
        {
            printf("%d ", C[row][col]);
        }
        printf("\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

Output

Enter elements in matrix A of size 3x3:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

Enter elements in matrix B of size 3x3:
9 8 7
6 5 4
3 2 1

Sum of matrices A+B =
10 10 10
10 10 10
10 10 10

Happy coding 😉