The Create function creates a new mod m Matrix or Vector of the specified type and dimensions.

A row Vector can be obtained by setting , and a column Vector by setting . If  and , a Matrix is produced. If  and , an error results.

The allowable datatypes are hardware integer (dtype=integer[4]/integer[8] or integer[]), hardware float (dtype=float[8]), or Maple integer (dtype=integer). If specified, order can be C_order or Fortran_order. If not specified, C_order is used.

By default, after creating the requested Matrix or Vector, the entries of the table are initialized to zero. Alternatively, if a fill value, fillv, is provided, it is used to initialize the table after creation.

Two special fill types are supported:

identity: For this fill type, the object must be a square Matrix, that is, nrow=ncol. The identity matrix of the specified type and dimension is returned.

random: This indicates the returned object should be filled with random values in the range .

This command is part of the LinearAlgebra[Modular] package, so it can be used in the form Create(..) only after executing the command with(LinearAlgebra[Modular]).  However, it can always be used in the form LinearAlgebra[Modular][Create](..).