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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Slice from a matrix?
Date: 23 May 2003 13:56:50 -0400
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Harald Schmidt <harald.schmidt@anobject.net> writes:

> I got a generic matrix / vector package like this:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Then I have three Put procedures, one for matrix, one for row_vector, and
> one for col_vector.
> 
> My question is how to get a slice from a matrix which I can convert to a
> col_vector which does the printing?

If you change your matrix to be an array of arrays, you can use the
Generic_Array_Text_IO package from Auto_Text_IO at
http://www.toadmail.com/~ada_wizard/auto_text_io.html.

It supports both Put and Get, with optional named association.

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-- Stephe