dx-graphics-hlsl-determinant.md

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determinant	Returns the determinant of the specified floating-point, square matrix.	9062b6f1-8518-4ee4-8d57-5aa9e2176d05	determinant HLSL	apiref	determinant	NA	reference	05/31/2018

determinant

Returns the determinant of the specified floating-point, square matrix.

ret determinant(m)

Parameters

Item	Description
m	[in] The specified value.

Return Value

The floating-point, scalar value that represents the determinant of the m parameter.

Type Description

Name	Template Type	Component Type	Size
m	matrix	float	any (number of rows = number of columns)
ret	scalar	float	1

Minimum Shader Model

This function is supported in the following shader models.

Shader Model	Supported
Shader Model 2 (DirectX HLSL) and higher shader models	yes
Shader Model 1 (DirectX HLSL)	vs_1_1 and ps_1_4

See also

Intrinsic Functions (DirectX HLSL)