subtractMatrix($value); } elseif (is_numeric($value)) { return $this->subtractScalar($value); } throw new Exception('Invalid argument for subtraction'); } /** * Execute the subtraction for a scalar * * @param mixed $value The numeric value to subtracted from the current base value * @return $this The operation object, allowing multiple additions to be chained **/ protected function subtractScalar($value) { for ($row = 0; $row < $this->rows; ++$row) { for ($column = 0; $column < $this->columns; ++$column) { $this->matrix[$row][$column] -= $value; } } return $this; } /** * Execute the subtraction for a matrix * * @param Matrix $value The numeric value to subtract from the current base value * @return $this The operation object, allowing multiple subtractions to be chained * @throws Exception If the provided argument is not appropriate for the operation **/ protected function subtractMatrix(Matrix $value) { $this->validateMatchingDimensions($value); for ($row = 0; $row < $this->rows; ++$row) { for ($column = 0; $column < $this->columns; ++$column) { $this->matrix[$row][$column] -= $value->getValue($row + 1, $column + 1); } } return $this; } }