From cf5bcd802008f9d0e548f533d8818a05eaebadca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bt3gl <138340846+cypher-bt3gl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 20:24:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add files via upload

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 arrays_and_strings/matrix-sum-diagonals.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 arrays_and_strings/matrix-sum-diagonals.py

diff --git a/arrays_and_strings/matrix-sum-diagonals.py b/arrays_and_strings/matrix-sum-diagonals.py
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+#!/bin/python3
+# Given a square matrix, calculate the absolute difference between the sums of its diagonals.
+
+import math
+import os
+import random
+import re
+import sys
+
+def diagonal_difference(arr):
+
+    diag_1 = 0
+    diag_2 = 0
+    
+    i, j = 0, len(arr) - 1
+    
+    while i < len(arr) and j >= 0:
+        
+        diag_1 += arr[i][i]
+        diag_2 += arr[i][j]
+        i += 1
+        j -= 1
+        
+    return diag_1, diag_2, abs(diag_1 - diag_2)
+            
+            
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    
+    arr = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
+    print(diagonal_difference(arr))