require_relative '../../spec_helper' require_relative 'fixtures/classes' require 'matrix' describe "Matrix#**" do describe "given an integer _n_" do it "multiples the Matrix by itself _n_ times" do m = Matrix[ [7,6], [3,9] ] (m ** 1).should == m (m ** 2).should == Matrix[ [67, 96], [48,99] ] (m ** 2).should == m * m (m ** 3).should == m * m * m (m ** 4).should == m * m * m * m (m ** 5).should == m * m * m * m * m end it "raises a ErrDimensionMismatch for non square matrices" do m = Matrix[ [1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 3]] -> { m ** 3 }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrDimensionMismatch) -> { m ** 0 }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrDimensionMismatch) end describe "that is <= 0" do it "returns the inverse of **(-n)" do m = Matrix[ [1, 1], [1, 2] ] (m ** -2).should == Matrix[ [5, -3], [-3, 2]] (m ** -4).should == (m.inverse ** 4) end it "raises a ErrDimensionMismatch for irregular matrices" do m = Matrix[ [1, 1], [1, 1] ] -> { m ** -2 }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrNotRegular) -> { m ** 0 }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrNotRegular) end end end it "returns the power for non integer powers" do a = Matrix[[5, 4], [4, 5]] ((a ** 0.5) ** 2).round(8).should == a a = Matrix[[7, 10], [15, 22]] ((a ** 0.25) ** 4).round(8).should == a end describe "for a subclass of Matrix" do it "returns an instance of that subclass" do (MatrixSub.ins ** 1).should be_an_instance_of(MatrixSub) end end end