SparseMatrix A(3,3); A.insert(1,2) = 0; A.insert(0,1) = 1; A.insert(2,0) = 2; A.makeCompressed(); cout << "The matrix A is:" << endl << MatrixXd(A) << endl; cout << "it has " << A.nonZeros() << " stored non zero coefficients that are: " << A.coeffs().transpose() << endl; A.coeffs() += 10; cout << "After adding 10 to every stored non zero coefficient, the matrix A is:" << endl << MatrixXd(A) << endl;