MatrixXd m(2,3); m << 1,2,3,4,5,6; cout << "here's the 2x3 matrix m:" << endl << m << endl; cout << "let's resize m to 3x2. This is a conservative resizing because 2*3==3*2." << endl; m.resize(3,2); cout << "here's the 3x2 matrix m:" << endl << m << endl; cout << "now let's resize m to size 2x2. This is NOT a conservative resizing, so it becomes uninitialized:" << endl; m.resize(2,2); cout << m << endl;