lis_matrix_duplicate(3)

💖 lis_matrix_duplicate — aka "duplicate the matrix" ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the lis_matrix_duplicate(3) page from the Lis Library Functions crew 🫶 this is the one where you clone a matrix's whole setup without dragging all its little numbers along. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's get into it.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

#include "lis.h"

LIS_INT lis_matrix_duplicate(MATRIX *Ain, LIS_MATRIX *Aout);

that's the whole vibe. two args, one dream 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what this does is: it creates matrix Aout which has the same information as Ain. like, same structure, same everything, no cap. it's giving twin energy, it's giving "she's literally me" 💀✨

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🌸 INPUT 🌸

• Ain — the source matrix. the original. the blueprint. the main character 👑

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🦋 OUTPUT 🦋

• Aout — the destination matrix. the freshly-born clone, standing there with the same info and a whole lot of potential 🎀

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⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

here's what you get back, queen:

• 0 — the process is normally terminated. slay, we ate, no notes 🔥
• unspecified — an error occurred. not the vibe. crying. 😭

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

okay this part is SO important, listen up, don't skip it, i'm being fr fr:

lis_matrix_duplicate does not copy the elements of the matrix — it only allocates the memory. it's giving empty-but-shaped, it's giving structure with no substance 🙈

so if you actually want the values too? you gotta call lis_matrix_copy after this function. do both, in that order, or you'll be sitting there wondering why your numbers ghosted you 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• lis(3) — the mothership, the origin story, the group chat admin 🌟
• http://www.ssisc.org/lis/ — go browse, bestie, it's iconic ✨

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kisses from the Lis Library Functions era 💖 this page was written on 6 Sep 2012, and yeah, she's still serving after all this time — Man Page energy, lowkey timeless, highkey legendary. periodt. 💅