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Alignment for MatrixForm

  • To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
  • Subject: [mg37055] Alignment for MatrixForm
  • From: Jean-Christophe Deschamps <jch.deschamps at free.fr>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 05:26:09 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: jcd at q-e-d.org
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hello,

I look for a way to right align entries output by MatrixForm. There is an ad
hoc option, but I haven't figured out how it is supposed to work in Mathematica 4.0
(if it works at all).

m={{MatrixForm[{0,0,0}],-123456789},{123456789,1}};

MatrixForm[m,TableAlignments->{Right,Top}]

appears identical to

MatrixForm[m]  (with no SetOptions override)

Strangely, Mathematica doesn't complain if you input ill options like:

MatrixForm[m,TableAlignments->{WhateverIsIllegal,Right,Top,MakeSomeSpiralOfIt}]


In Mathematica 2.2x, the behavior is rather strange: one option alone works, but
when two are given (e.g. {Right,Top}), only the last seems to be acted upon.
I didn't bother to try hard with the older version, so don't flame me if I'm
wrong.

At the other hand, when a TableAlignments->Right is given to TableForm,
entries are right-aligned correctly.

Can someone provide a way out (even a slow external module) or tell me how
to use this option.

I apologize for using a phony address in an attempt
to keep my real mailbox out of reach of spammers.


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