npm package: @stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy
Description: Copy all or part of a matrix A to another matrix B.
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Latest version: 0.1.1

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# clacpy

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> Copy all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.

<section class="installation">

## Installation

```bash
npm install @stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy
```

</section>

<section class="usage">

## Usage

```javascript
var clacpy = require( '@stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy' );
```

#### clacpy( order, uplo, M, N, A, LDA, B, LDB )

Copies all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B`.

```javascript
var Complex64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex64' );
var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex64' );

var A = new Complex64Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ] );
var B = new Complex64Array( 4 );

clacpy( 'row-major', 'all', 2, 2, A, 2, B, 2 );

var viewB = reinterpret( B, 0 );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ]
```

The function has the following parameters:

-   **order**: storage layout.
-   **uplo**: specifies whether to copy the upper or lower triangular/trapezoidal part of a matrix `A`.
-   **M**: number of rows in `A`.
-   **N**: number of columns in `A`.
-   **A**: input [`Complex64Array`][@stdlib/array/complex64].
-   **LDA**: stride of the first dimension of `A` (a.k.a., leading dimension of the matrix `A`).
-   **B**: output [`Complex64Array`][@stdlib/array/complex64].
-   **LDB**: stride of the first dimension of `B` (a.k.a., leading dimension of the matrix `B`).

Note that indexing is relative to the first index. To introduce an offset, use [`typed array`][mdn-typed-array] views.

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```javascript
var Complex64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex64' );
var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex64' );

// Initial arrays...
var A0 = new Complex64Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 ] );
var B0 = new Complex64Array( 5 );

// Create offset views...
var A1 = new Complex64Array( A0.buffer, A0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element
var B1 = new Complex64Array( B0.buffer, B0.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT*1 ); // start at 2nd element

clacpy( 'row-major', 'all', 2, 2, A1, 2, B1, 2 );

var viewB = reinterpret( B0, 0 );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 ]
```

#### clacpy.ndarray( uplo, M, N, A, sa1, sa2, oa, B, sb1, sb2, ob )

Copies all or part of a matrix `A` to another matrix `B` using alternative indexing semantics.

```javascript
var Complex64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex64' );
var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex64' );

var A = new Complex64Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ] );
var B = new Complex64Array( 4 );

clacpy.ndarray( 'all', 2, 2, A, 2, 1, 0, B, 2, 1, 0 );

var viewB = reinterpret( B, 0 );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 ]
```

The function has the following parameters:

-   **uplo**: specifies whether to copy the upper or lower triangular/trapezoidal part of a matrix `A`.
-   **M**: number of rows in `A`.
-   **N**: number of columns in `A`.
-   **A**: input [`Complex64Array`][@stdlib/array/complex64].
-   **sa1**: stride of the first dimension of `A`.
-   **sa2**: stride of the second dimension of `A`.
-   **oa**: starting index for `A`.
-   **B**: output [`Complex64Array`][@stdlib/array/complex64].
-   **sb1**: stride of the first dimension of `B`.
-   **sb2**: stride of the second dimension of `B`.
-   **ob**: starting index for `B`.

While [`typed array`][mdn-typed-array] views mandate a view offset based on the underlying buffer, the offset parameters support indexing semantics based on starting indices. For example,

<!-- eslint-disable max-len -->

```javascript
var Complex64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex64' );
var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex64' );

var A = new Complex64Array( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 ] );
var B = new Complex64Array( 6 );

clacpy.ndarray( 'all', 2, 2, A, 2, 1, 1, B, 2, 1, 2 );

var viewB = reinterpret( B, 0 );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 ]
```

</section>

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<section class="notes">

## Notes

-   `clacpy()` corresponds to the [LAPACK][lapack] routine [`clacpy`][lapack-clacpy].

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<section class="examples">

## Examples

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```javascript
var Complex64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-complex64' );
var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-to-array' );
var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-discrete-uniform' );
var numel = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-numel' );
var shape2strides = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-shape2strides' );
var clacpy = require( '@stdlib/lapack-base-clacpy' );

var shape = [ 5, 8 ];
var order = 'row-major';
var strides = shape2strides( shape, order );

var N = numel( shape );

var A = new Complex64Array( uniform( 2*N, -10, 10, {
    'dtype': 'generic'
}));
console.log( ndarray2array( A, shape, strides, 0, order ) );

var B = new Complex64Array( uniform( 2*N, -10, 10, {
    'dtype': 'generic'
}));
console.log( ndarray2array( B, shape, strides, 0, order ) );

clacpy( order, 'all', shape[ 0 ], shape[ 1 ], A, strides[ 0 ], B, strides[ 0 ] );
console.log( ndarray2array( B, shape, strides, 0, order ) );
```

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