[Maxima] About submatrix and its meaning

[Stefano Ferri]

Yes, it is simpler with your code, thank you. But for now I would like
to focus over the meaning of submatrix, mine is only a rough
implementation to give an example, maybe we will discuss technical
details later ;-)
Stefano



2009/11/16 Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>:
> cols:[cols]  is simpler than makelist(x,x,cols,cols) to make an integer into
> a list of itself.
> It might make the simple function easier to read if you put all the error
> checking into a
> separate function, or perhaps set the checking code off in some way.
> It does not look buggy..
>
> RJF