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Re: Multiply a constant to a matrix column

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  • Subject: [mg16285] Re: Multiply a constant to a matrix column
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 01:05:26 -0500
  • Organization: University of Western Australia
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Hyo ahn wrote:

> I would like to multiply a constant number to a certain column of an existing
> matrix in Mathematica and I am having a hard time.
> 
> First, I have a 1000 x 3 matrix A.  There is no command that allow me to
> multiply a constant number to a specific column (let say I want to multiply
> 100 to the second column),

Here are two ways:

[1]	{1, 100, 1} # & /@ A

[2]	Transpose[Transpose[A] {1, 100, 1}]

Cheers,
	Paul

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