mathjs/docs/reference/functions/prod.md

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# Function prod

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


## Syntax

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

### Parameters

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

### Returns

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


## Examples

```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
```


## See also

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