Re: Multiply a constant to a matrix column
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- Subject: [mg16316] Re: Multiply a constant to a matrix column
- From: "Martin Rommel" <rommel at semitest.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 01:05:42 -0500
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This works (multiplying the second column by x), but there are many more and probably more elegant solutions: lst={{a,b,c},{d,e,f},{g,h,i}}; lst=Thread[Thread[lst]{1,x,1}]; lst//TableForm Martin P.S. Thread in this case works the same as Transpose, only faster. Hyo ahn wrote in message <7bo0gg$dop at smc.vnet.net>... >I would like to multiply a constant number to a certain column of an existing >matrix in Mathematica and I am having a hard time.