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NAME

       struct::matrix_v1 - Create and manipulate matrix objects

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require struct::matrix  ?1.2.1?

       matrixName option ?arg arg ...?

       matrixName add column ?values?

       matrixName add row ?values?

       matrixName add columns n

       matrixName add rows n

       matrixName cells

       matrixName cellsize column row

       matrixName columns

       matrixName columnwidth column

       matrixName delete column column

       matrixName delete row row

       matrixName destroy

       matrixName format 2string ?report?

       matrixName format 2chan ??report? channel?

       matrixName get cell column row

       matrixName get column column

       matrixName get rect column_tl row_tl column_br row_br

       matrixName get row row

       matrixName insert column column ?values?

       matrixName insert row row ?values?

       matrixName link ?-transpose? arrayvar

       matrixName links

       matrixName rowheight row

       matrixName rows

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? all pattern

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? column column pattern

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? row row pattern

       matrixName  search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? rect column_tl row_tl column_br row_br
       pattern

       matrixName set cell column row value

       matrixName set column column values

       matrixName set rect column row values

       matrixName set row row values

       matrixName sort columns ?-increasing|-decreasing? row

       matrixName sort rows ?-increasing|-decreasing? column

       matrixName swap columns column_a column_b

       matrixName swap rows row_a row_b

       matrixName unlink arrayvar

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DESCRIPTION

       The ::struct::matrix command creates a new matrix object with  an  associated  global  Tcl
       command  whose  name is matrixName.  This command may be used to invoke various operations
       on the matrix.  It has the following general form:

       matrixName option ?arg arg ...?
              Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.

       A matrix is a rectangular collection of cells, i.e. organized in rows  and  columns.  Each
       cell  contains  exactly one value of arbitrary form. The cells in the matrix are addressed
       by pairs of integer numbers, with the first (left)  number  in  the  pair  specifying  the
       column  and the second (right) number specifying the row the cell is in. These indices are
       counted from 0 upward. The special non-numeric index end refers to the last row or  column
       in  the  matrix, depending on the context. Indices of the form end-number are counted from
       the end of the row or column, like they are for standard Tcl lists. Trying to access  non-
       existing cells causes an error.

       The  matrices  here  are  created empty, i.e. they have neither rows nor columns. The user
       then has to add rows and columns as  needed  by  his  application.  A  specialty  of  this
       structure  is  the  ability to export an array-view onto its contents. Such can be used by
       tkTable, for example, to link the matrix into the display.

       The following commands are possible for matrix objects:

       matrixName add column ?values?
              Extends the matrix by one column and then acts like setcolumn (see below)  on  this
              new  column if there were values supplied. Without values the new cells will be set
              to the empty string. The  new  column  is  appended  immediately  behind  the  last
              existing column.

       matrixName add row ?values?
              Extends the matrix by one row and then acts like setrow (see below) on this new row
              if there were values supplied. Without values the new cells  will  be  set  to  the
              empty string. The new row is appended immediately behind the last existing row.

       matrixName add columns n
              Extends the matrix by n columns. The new cells will be set to the empty string. The
              new columns are appended immediately behind the last existing column. A value of  n
              equal to or smaller than 0 is not allowed.

       matrixName add rows n
              Extends  the  matrix  by n rows. The new cells will be set to the empty string. The
              new rows are appended immediately behind the last existing row. A value of n  equal
              to or smaller than 0 is not allowed.

       matrixName cells
              Returns the number of cells currently managed by the matrix. This is the product of
              rows and columns.

       matrixName cellsize column row
              Returns the length of the string representation of the value currently contained in
              the addressed cell.

       matrixName columns
              Returns the number of columns currently managed by the matrix.

       matrixName columnwidth column
              Returns the length of the longest string representation of all the values currently
              contained in the cells of the addressed column if these are all spanning  only  one
              line. For cell values spanning multiple lines the length of their longest line goes
              into the computation.

       matrixName delete column column
              Deletes the specified column from the matrix and shifts  all  columns  with  higher
              indices one index down.

       matrixName delete row row
              Deletes  the  specified  row from the matrix and shifts all row with higher indices
              one index down.

       matrixName destroy
              Destroys the matrix, including its storage space and associated command.

       matrixName format 2string ?report?
              Formats the matrix using  the  specified  report  object  and  returns  the  string
              containing  the result of this operation. The report has to support the printmatrix
              method. If no report is specified the system will use an internal report definition
              to format the matrix.

       matrixName format 2chan ??report? channel?
              Formats  the  matrix  using  the  specified  report  object  and  writes the string
              containing the result of this operation into the channel. The report has to support
              the  printmatrix2channel  method.  If no report is specified the system will use an
              internal report definition to format the matrix. If no  channel  is  specified  the
              system will use stdout.

       matrixName get cell column row
              Returns  the  value  currently  contained  in the cell identified by row and column
              index.

       matrixName get column column
              Returns a list containing the values from all cells in the column identified by the
              index.  The  contents  of the cell in row 0 are stored as the first element of this
              list.

       matrixName get rect column_tl row_tl column_br row_br
              Returns a list of lists of cell values. The values stored in the result  come  from
              the  sub-matrix  whose  top-left and bottom-right cells are specified by column_tl,
              row_tl and column_br, row_br resp. Note that the following  equations  have  to  be
              true:  "column_tl  <= column_br" and "row_tl <= row_br". The result is organized as
              follows: The outer list is the list of rows, its elements are lists representing  a
              single row. The row with the smallest index is the first element of the outer list.
              The elements of the row lists represent the selected cell values. The cell with the
              smallest index is the first element in each row list.

       matrixName get row row
              Returns  a  list  containing the values from all cells in the row identified by the
              index. The contents of the cell in column 0 are stored as the first element of this
              list.

       matrixName insert column column ?values?
              Extends  the  matrix by one column and then acts like setcolumn (see below) on this
              new column if there were values supplied. Without values the new cells will be  set
              to the empty string. The new column is inserted just before the column specified by
              the given index. This means, if column is less than or equal to zero, then the  new
              column  is  inserted  at  the  beginning of the matrix, before the first column. If
              column has the value end, or if it is greater  than  or  equal  to  the  number  of
              columns  in  the  matrix, then the new column is appended to the matrix, behind the
              last column. The old column at the chosen index and all columns with higher indices
              are shifted one index upward.

       matrixName insert row row ?values?
              Extends the matrix by one row and then acts like setrow (see below) on this new row
              if there were values supplied. Without values the new cells  will  be  set  to  the
              empty  string.  The  new row is inserted just before the row specified by the given
              index. This means, if row is less than or equal  to  zero,  then  the  new  row  is
              inserted at the beginning of the matrix, before the first row. If row has the value
              end, or if it is greater than or equal to the number of rows in  the  matrix,  then
              the  new  row  is  appended to the matrix, behind the last row. The old row at that
              index and all rows with higher indices are shifted one index upward.

       matrixName link ?-transpose? arrayvar
              Links the matrix to the specified array variable. This means that the  contents  of
              all  cells in the matrix is stored in the array too, with all changes to the matrix
              propagated there too. The contents of the cell (column,row) is stored in the  array
              using  the key column,row. If the option -transpose is specified the key row,column
              will be used instead. It is possible to link the matrix to  more  than  one  array.
              Note  that the link is bidirectional, i.e. changes to the array are mirrored in the
              matrix too.

       matrixName links
              Returns a list containing the names of all array variables the matrix was linked to
              through a call to method link.

       matrixName rowheight row
              Returns  the  height  of  the specified row in lines. This is the highest number of
              lines spanned by a cell over all cells in the row.

       matrixName rows
              Returns the number of rows currently managed by the matrix.

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? all pattern
              Searches the whole matrix for cells matching the pattern and returns  a  list  with
              all matches. Each item in the aforementioned list is a list itself and contains the
              column and row index of the matching cell, in this order. The results  are  ordered
              by  column  first  and  row  second, both times in ascending order. This means that
              matches to the left and the top of the matrix come before matches to the right  and
              down.

              The  type  of  the  pattern (string, glob, regular expression) is determined by the
              option after the search keyword. If no option is given it defaults to -exact.

              If the option -nocase is specified the search will be case-insensitive.

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? column column pattern
              Like search all, but the search is restricted to the specified column.

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? row row pattern
              Like search all, but the search is restricted to the specified row.

       matrixName search ?-nocase? ?-exact|-glob|-regexp? rect column_tl row_tl column_br  row_br
       pattern
              Like  search all, but the search is restricted to the specified rectangular area of
              the matrix.

       matrixName set cell column row value
              Sets the value in the cell identified by row and column index to the  data  in  the
              third argument.

       matrixName set column column values
              Sets  the values in the cells identified by the column index to the elements of the
              list provided as the third argument. Each element of the list is  assigned  to  one
              cell, with the first element going into the cell in row 0 and then upward. If there
              are less values in the list than there are rows the remaining rows are set  to  the
              empty  string.  If  there  are  more  values  in  the  list than there are rows the
              superfluous elements are ignored. The matrix is not extended by this operation.

       matrixName set rect column row values
              Takes a list of lists of cell values and writes them into the submatrix whose  top-
              left cell is specified by the two indices. If the sublists of the outerlist are not
              of equal length the shorter sublists will be  filled  with  empty  strings  to  the
              length  of the longest sublist. If the submatrix specified by the top-left cell and
              the number of rows and columns in the values  extends  beyond  the  matrix  we  are
              modifying  the over-extending parts of the values are ignored, i.e. essentially cut
              off. This subcommand expects its input in the format as returned by getrect.

       matrixName set row row values
              Sets the values in the cells identified by the row index to  the  elements  of  the
              list  provided  as  the third argument. Each element of the list is assigned to one
              cell, with the first element going into the cell in column 0 and  then  upward.  If
              there  are less values in the list than there are columns the remaining columns are
              set to the empty string. If there are more  values  in  the  list  than  there  are
              columns  the  superfluous  elements are ignored. The matrix is not extended by this
              operation.

       matrixName sort columns ?-increasing|-decreasing? row
              Sorts the columns in the matrix using the data in the specified row as the  key  to
              sort  by.  The  options  -increasing  and  -decreasing have the same meaning as for
              lsort.  If no option is specified -increasing is assumed.

       matrixName sort rows ?-increasing|-decreasing? column
              Sorts the rows in the matrix using the data in the specified column as the  key  to
              sort  by.  The  options  -increasing  and  -decreasing have the same meaning as for
              lsort.  If no option is specified -increasing is assumed.

       matrixName swap columns column_a column_b
              Swaps the contents of the two specified columns.

       matrixName swap rows row_a row_b
              Swaps the contents of the two specified rows.

       matrixName unlink arrayvar
              Removes the link between the matrix and the specified arrayvariable,  if  there  is
              one.

EXAMPLES

       The  examples below assume a 5x5 matrix M with the first row containing the values 1 to 5,
       with 1 in the top-left cell. Each other row contains the contents of  the  row  above  it,
       rotated by one cell to the right.

               % M getrect 0 0 4 4
               {{1 2 3 4 5} {5 1 2 3 4} {4 5 1 2 3} {3 4 5 1 2} {2 3 4 5 1}}

               % M setrect 1 1 {{0 0 0} {0 0 0} {0 0 0}}
               % M getrect 0 0 4 4
               {{1 2 3 4 5} {5 0 0 0 4} {4 0 0 0 3} {3 0 0 0 2} {2 3 4 5 1}}

       Assuming  that the style definitions in the example section of the manpage for the package
       report are loaded into the interpreter now an  example  which  formats  a  matrix  into  a
       tabular report. The code filling the matrix with data is not shown.  contains useful data.

                  % ::struct::matrix m
                  % # ... fill m with data, assume 5 columns
                  % ::report::report r 5 style captionedtable 1
                  % m format 2string r
                  +---+-------------------+-------+-------+--------+
                  |000|VERSIONS:          |2:8.4a3|1:8.4a3|1:8.4a3%|
                  +---+-------------------+-------+-------+--------+
                  |001|CATCH return ok    |7      |13     |53.85   |
                  |002|CATCH return error |68     |91     |74.73   |
                  |003|CATCH no catch used|7      |14     |50.00   |
                  |004|IF if true numeric |12     |33     |36.36   |
                  |005|IF elseif          |15     |47     |31.91   |
                  |   |true numeric       |       |       |        |
                  +---+-------------------+-------+-------+--------+
                  %
                  % # alternate way of doing the above
                  % r printmatrix m

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This  document,  and  the  package  it  describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other
       problems.  Please report such in the category struct ::  matrix  of  the  Tcllib  Trackers
       [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you
       may have for either package and/or documentation.

       When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.

       Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments can
       be  made  by going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then
       using the left-most button in the secondary navigation bar.

KEYWORDS

       matrix

CATEGORY

       Data structures

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>