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