Re: Setting parts of matrices
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- Subject: [mg2966] Re: Setting parts of matrices
- From: espen.haslund at fys.uio.no (Espen Haslund)
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 03:09:18 -0500
In article <4cqk0q$ig5 at dragonfly.wri.com>, jnygaard at math.uio.no says... > >Can somebody tell me how to set a submatrix of a larger matrix? >Assume a is a larger matrix than b. I would like to do something >like > > a[[Range[i1,i2],Range[j1,j2]]]=b; > >Unfortunately, this does not work, and the Mathematica-book of >Wolfram doesn't tell me how to do it. It just says that > > a[[Range... > >is the way to *extract* things from a matrix. > > >Jens Olav Nygaard > > Hei, Jens, It appears that no elegant solutions are posted for your problem, so here is an un-elegant one: replaceMatrixPart[a_,i1_,j1_,b_] := Module[{i2, j2, aa}, aa = a; {i2, j2} = {i1, j1} + Dimensions[b] - 1; Do[aa[[i, j]] = b[[i-i1+1, j-j1+1]], {i,i1,i2}, {j,j1,j2}]; aa ] This replaces part of the matrix a [from (i1, j1) to the extent of b] with the elements of the matrix b, (note that the original matrix a is kept intact) This Function is NOT tested for robustness or correctness! I just made it. -Espen ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====