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title: "identity | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function identity

-   identity(out: [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)): [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)[](#identity)
    
    Set a mat4 to the identity matrix
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)
        
        the receiving matrix
        
    
    #### Returns [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)
    
    out