>> I was trying to manually fill 2D-array, but instead [] i used ()
Note that "matrix" and "array" are different concepts in Maxima.
Use matrix([1,2,3],[4,5,6],[0,-1,-2]) for a matrix.
-s
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:30, Adam Majewski <adammaj1 at o2.pl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thx for the answer.
>
> On 30.10.2011 22:10, Oliver Kullmann wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 09:46:26PM +0100, Adam Majewski wrote:
>>
>>> I have made :
>>>
>>> (%i4) L:([1,2,3],[4,5,6],[0,-1,-2]);
>>> (%o4) [0, - 1, - 2]
>>>
>>> I do not know what happens here.
>>>
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> it would be useful if you would also tell us what you
>> wanted to achieve.
>>
> I was trying to manually fill 2D-array, but instead [] i used ()
>
>
>
>> Anyway:
>> - everything in Maxima has a value
>> - bracketing via "()" corresponds to creating compound
>> statements in other languages, for example "{}" in
>> C-like statements, except that no local variables
>> are obtained
>> - so (...) is just the list of expressions from left to
>> right, with the last expression yielding the value
>> of the whole expression.
>>
>> Oliver
>>
>
> Thx. The same behaviour is in function definition, but I
> didn't know that is due to ().
>
> I could't find it in Maxima doc so maybe it should be placed there.
>
> Regards
>
> Adam
>
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