cachematrix.R

## Put comments here that give an overall description of what your
## functions do

## set the matrix, get the matrix, set the inverse, get the inverse

makeCacheMatrix <- function(x = matrix()) {
  inv <- NULL
  set <- function(y){
    x <<- y
    inv <<- NULL
  }
  get <- function() x
  setinverse <- function(solve_matrix) inv <<- solve_matrix
  getinverse <- function() inv
  list(set = set, get = get, setinverse = setinverse, getinverse = getinverse)
}


## checks to see if the inversion has already been made.
##If so, it gets the inverse from the cache and skips the computation. 
## Otherwise, it calculates the inverse of the data and sets the value in the cache
##via the setinverse function.

cacheSolve <- function(x, ...) {
        ## Return a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
  inv <- x$getinverse()
  if(!is.null(inv)){
    message("getting cached data")
    return(inv)
  }
  data <- x$get()
  inv <- solve(data,...)
  x$setinverse(inv)
  inv      
}