Java Program to Multiply Two Matrix Using Multi-dimensional Arrays

For matrix multiplication to take place, the number of columns of first matrix must be equal to the number of rows of second matrix. In our example, i.e.

c1 = r2

Also, the final product matrix is of size r1 x c2, i.e.

product[r1][c2]

You can also multiply two matrices using functions.

Example: Program to Multiply Two Matrices

public class MultiplyMatrices {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int r1 = 2, c1 = 3;
        int r2 = 3, c2 = 2;
        int[][] firstMatrix = { {3, -2, 5}, {3, 0, 4} };
        int[][] secondMatrix = { {2, 3}, {-9, 0}, {0, 4} };

        // Mutliplying Two matrices
        int[][] product = new int[r1][c2];
        for(int i = 0; i < r1; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < c2; j++) {
                for (int k = 0; k < c1; k++) {
                    product[i][j] += firstMatrix[i][k] * secondMatrix[k][j];
                }
            }
        }

        // Displaying the result
        System.out.println("Multiplication of two matrices is: ");
        for(int[] row : product) {
            for (int column : row) {
                System.out.print(column + "    ");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

Output

Multiplication of two matrices is:
24    29    
6    25    

In the above program, the multiplication takes place as:

|-    (a11 x b11) + (a12 x b21) + (a13 x b31)    (a11 x b12) + (a12 x b22) + (a13 x b32)    -|
|_    (a21 x b11) + (a22 x b21) + (a23 x b31)    (a21 x b12) + (a22 x b22) + (a23 x b32)    _|

In our example, it takes place as:

|-    (3 x 2) + (-2 x -9) + (5 x 0) = 24    (3 x 3) + (-2 x 0) + (5 x 4) = 29    -|
|_    (3 x 2) + ( 0 x -9) + (4 x 0) = 6    (3 x 3) + ( 0 x 0) + (4 x 4) = 25    _|