How to compute a multiplication between a matrixand a number

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I’m writing something like:
a=Variable(torch.randn(1).type(torch.FloatTensor),requires_grad=True) b=Variable(torch.randn(3,3))
how to compute the product
THX!

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What kind of product do you need? You want to scale each matrix element by the same scalar? Try this:

a = ...
b = ...
b * a.expand_as(b)
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I am wondering if using expand_as is efficient in this case ? does it store only the original value and the repetitions across each axis or something similar ? it would be cheaper to divide each matrix element by the same value without having to create the whole matrix containing the same values.