Re: List manipulation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg70184] Re: List manipulation
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 07:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <eg4rtn$fah$1@smc.vnet.net>
xun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have something as following:
>
> a = Array[aa, {3, 3}];
> b = Array[bb, {3, 3}];
> c = Array[cc, {3, 3}];
> d = Array[dd, {3, 3}];
> A = {{a, b}, {c, d}} (* A consists of four blocks *)
> A // MatrixForm
>
> And I want a 6*6 matrix (a list of 6 lists) just as A looks like.
> For example, the first row should be
>
> aa[1,1],aa[1,2],aa[1,3],bb[1,1],bb[1,2],bb[1,3]
>
> etc....
>
> How to get it easily?
>
> Many thanks.
> Xun
>
>
Hi Xun,
The function BlockMatrix will do what you want:
Needs["LinearAlgebra`MatrixManipulation`"]
MatrixForm[BlockMatrix[{{a, b}, {c, d}}]]
Regards,
Jean-Marc