This is not general, but if M is your matrix, the code 'matrix(R, m, n, list(M))' is pretty easy.
Nick On 4-Mar-08, at 10:59 AM, Jason Grout wrote: > > This morning I tried to copy a matrix output, edit it, and create a > new > matrix. It was frustrating because there seemed to be no way to > easily > cut and paste output into input. This afternoon a person I was > showing > Sage to also had the same concern. > > There has been discussion before on the python convention of str > versus > repr, especially in light of the python docs: > > "repr(object) > Return a string containing a printable representation of an > object. > This is the same value yielded by conversions (reverse quotes). It is > sometimes useful to be able to access this operation as an ordinary > function. For many types, this function makes an attempt to return a > string that would yield an object with the same value when passed to > eval()." > > For matrices, repr() and str() yield the same output which is pretty > much useless to try to cut and paste back into input. > > Please let me know if > > * I should not implement repr for matrices and graphs in > accordance to > the python docs. > > * There is another function, like the input_form that mabshoff > suggested on 2386, which could give a code-like representation of an > object if possible? > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
