In python one can declare a zero martix with one command: np.zeros((M,N)) or np.full((M,N),0.0) Do we have something similar in stan? Or, do I have to set each element to zero individually, maybe within a loop? In the latter case, I hope this does not affect the computation time (compared to hav…

How to declare a matrix with all elements set to zero in one statement?

andrjohns February 16, 2021, 3:54am 2

matrix[M,N] bases_mat = rep_matrix(0, M, N)

Will do this for you

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