Re: Matrices

[Alberto Luaces]

CluelessRory writes:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to assign shelf locations of a warehouse to cells in a matrix,
> with the aim of being able to measure the x-y distance between any two
> locations on the shelves. 
>
> 11 12 13 14
> 21 22 23 24
> 31 32 33 34
> 41 42 43 44
>
> For instance, I would want to be able to measure the distance from location
> 34 to location 12 (Which should give me (3x + 4y) - (x + 2y) = 2x + 2y.
> How do I go about doing this on Octave?
> Please help.

I think you already wrote it:

>> [3 4] - [1 2]

ans =

   2   2

-- 
Alberto