Re: TableForm Question
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg28937] Re: [mg28925] TableForm Question
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 22:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
data = {{a, a, a}, {b, b}};
TableForm[PadRight[#, Max[Dimensions /@ data], ""] & /@ data,
TableDirections -> Row ]
Bob Hanlon
In a message dated 2001/5/18 1:43:27 AM, qualsystems*nospam* at mindspring.com
writes:
>A search of Deja News turned up the very problem I need help on, but I
>couldn't find any response to it.
>
>The original posting is copied below.
>
>" Hi MathGroup !!
>
>I believe there is a Bug in the TableForm/MatrixForm when using the
>option TableDirections. In the Mathematica Book section 2.8.8. we have
>the example
>TableForm[ { {a, a, a}, {b, b} } ]
>which is essentially the same as
>TableForm[ {{a, a, a}, {b, b} }, TableDirections -> Column ]
>The result is
>
>a a a
>b b
>
>which is fine. But when I write
>TableForm[ {{a, a, a}, {b, b} }, TableDirections -> Row ]
> I don't get the output I expected
>
>a b
>a b
>a
>
>Instead I get the same output as before with the following error
>massage Thread::"tdlen": "Objects of unequal length in
>OutputFormsDump`HoldList[OutputFormsDump`HoldList [a, a, a], <<1>>]
>cannot be combined." Any comments ?!?
>