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     "source": [
      "Quiz 3 (Batch 3)"
     ]
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     "source": [
      "1. Write a *function* which read a matrix from a file and *returns* a list of lists.\n",
      "1. Write another *function* which takes, as an argument, a matrix $A$ in the form of list of lists and *returns* its cofactor matrix obtained by removing its first row and column."
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     "cell_type": "code",
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     "input": [
      "# Create the file we'll be using to test the following.\n",
      "wfl = open(\"test.txt\", \"w\")\n",
      "wfl.write(\"0 1 2\\n\")\n",
      "wfl.write(\"1 0 4\\n\")\n",
      "wfl.write(\"0 0 1\\n\")\n",
      "wfl.close()"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 1
    },
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     "cell_type": "code",
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     "input": [
      "def read_matrix(filename) :\n",
      "    \"\"\"Read a matrix from a file called filename. This returns a list of lists.\"\"\"\n",
      "    fl = open(filename, \"r\")\n",
      "    mat = []\n",
      "    for line in fl :\n",
      "        row = []\n",
      "        words = line.split()\n",
      "        for w in words :\n",
      "            row.append(float(w))\n",
      "        mat.append(row)\n",
      "    fl.close()\n",
      "    return mat\n",
      "        "
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 2
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "print read_matrix(\"test.txt\")"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [
      {
       "output_type": "stream",
       "stream": "stdout",
       "text": [
        "[[0.0, 1.0, 2.0], [1.0, 0.0, 4.0], [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]]\n"
       ]
      }
     ],
     "prompt_number": 3
    },
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     "cell_type": "code",
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     "input": [
      "def cofactor11(A) :\n",
      "    \"\"\"Given A it returns the (1,1)th cofactor.\"\"\"\n",
      "    B = []\n",
      "    rows = len(A)\n",
      "    if rows <= 1 :\n",
      "        print \"The cofactor is empty.\"\n",
      "        retval = []\n",
      "    else :\n",
      "        cols = len(A[0])\n",
      "        if cols <= 1 :\n",
      "            print \"The cofactor is empty.\"\n",
      "            retval = []\n",
      "        else :\n",
      "            c = []\n",
      "            for i in range(1, rows) :\n",
      "                crow = []\n",
      "                for j in range(1, cols) :\n",
      "                    crow.append(A[i][j])\n",
      "                c.append(crow)\n",
      "            retval = c\n",
      "    return retval"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 4
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "print cofactor11(read_matrix(\"test.txt\"))"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [
      {
       "output_type": "stream",
       "stream": "stdout",
       "text": [
        "[[0.0, 4.0], [0.0, 1.0]]\n"
       ]
      }
     ],
     "prompt_number": 5
    }
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