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Re: Extracting Matrix

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg45408] Re: Extracting Matrix
• From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
• Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:17:15 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On 1/5/04 at 3:50 AM, bcolletti at compuserve.com (Bruce W. Colletti) wrote:

> Re Mathematica 5.0 running under WinXP Home.

> Am using...

>     z = Regress[...RegressionReport->CovarianceMatrix];
>     X = CovarianceMatrix /. z;
> 
> ....to extract the given matrix. 
 
> However, when I use X[[k,k]] to access the k'th diagonal element, I get 
> a row instead!  The culprit is that MatrixForm is the X-head (as 
> FullForm reveals).

> How can I strip away this head and make X a list of lists?

The key is to keep in mind all expressions in Mathematica can be treated as lists. So, to strip the head MatrixForm you could do

X = First@CovarianceMatrix/.z;

Alternatively, you could access the desired element without stripping the head MatrixForm using:

X[[1,k,k]]
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