Hi Readers,

In this programme we have square matrix of size N x N. We need to find the difference between sum of forward diagonal and backward diagonal.

For  example :-

we have a matrix of 3 x 3
so N = 3

And matrix numbers are

11 2 4
4 5 6
10 8 -12

So sum of forward diagonal will be = 11 + 5 + (-12) that is 4

So sum of backward diagonal will be = 4 + 5 + 10 that is 19

So difference will be 19 - 4 = 15. This difference will be positive.

Java Programme to find difference of diagonals :-


First we will input N number. Then we will input all the numbers to form square matrix. We will make matrix from Java 2D Array.


package com.techiekunal.easy;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class MatrixDiagonalDifference {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
  
  int n;
  int[][] arr;
  int sumFwdDiagonal = 0;
  int sumBwdDiagonal = 0;

  n = in.nextInt();
  arr = new int[n][n];

  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
   for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
    arr[i][j] = in.nextInt();
   }
  }

  for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < n; i++, j++) {
   sumFwdDiagonal = sumFwdDiagonal + arr[i][j];
  }

  for (int i = 0, j = n-1; i < n; i++, j--) {
   sumBwdDiagonal = sumBwdDiagonal + arr[i][j];
  }

  System.out.println(Math.abs(sumFwdDiagonal- sumBwdDiagonal));

  in.close();
 }

}


You will give your inputs from Console while running this programme.