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Re: Lists: Row Vectors vs. Column Vectors. (feels like such a silly

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• Subject: [mg110211] Re: Lists: Row Vectors vs. Column Vectors. (feels like such a silly
• From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
• Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 07:08:41 -0400 (EDT)

What about:

vector = Range[5]; 
MatrixForm[vector, TableDirections -> Row] 

(1	2	3	4	5 )


David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/  


From: telefunkenvf14 [mailto:rgorka at gmail.com] 


Group:

I'm trying to understand the *reasoning* behind Mathematica's treatment of
lists, rows and columns. Basically, I feel like I'm in a weird place---
I get what's going on well enough to translate various econometric
examples, but I wouldn't be able to clearly explain Mathematica's behavior
to
someone previously exposed to matrix programming in Gauss, SAS IML,
etc.

Can someone explain why a list does not display in MatrixForm as a
row?---It's ok if the answer is computer sciency. I'll take some advil
before I attempt to digest any answers. :)

-RG