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TableDirections

TableDirections

TableDirections

is an option for TableForm and MatrixForm which specifies whether successive dimensions should be arranged as rows or columns.

Details

TableDirections->Column specifies that successive dimensions should be arranged alternately as columns and rows, with the first dimension arranged as columns.
TableDirections->Row takes the first dimension to be arranged as rows.
TableDirections->{dir₁,dir₂,…} specifies explicitly whether each dimension should be arranged with Column or Row.

Examples

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Basic Examples (1)

By default the outermost dimension is a column:

Format the first dimension as a row instead:

Scope (3)

Use with MatrixForm:

Format only as rows:

Only as columns:

A default higher-dimensional tensor:

Format the first two dimensions as columns and the third as rows:

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