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-==== Multidimensional tables ====+ 
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 +==== Multidimensional Tables ====
  
 As mentioned before, there is no special constructor for definition of multidimensional tables, a table entry can contain another table. In what follows we have a closer look to manipulations with multidimensional tables.  Consider a multidimensional table which is extensionally defined as follows: As mentioned before, there is no special constructor for definition of multidimensional tables, a table entry can contain another table. In what follows we have a closer look to manipulations with multidimensional tables.  Consider a multidimensional table which is extensionally defined as follows:
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 >>[[1, 3, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]] >>[[1, 3, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]
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-Finally, we can create a function for nXn tables as follows: +You can find later in this chapter a helper function for creating matrices  [[:at:tutorial:basic#optional_parameters|here]].
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-<code> +
-def makeMatrix(n) { def col[n] {0}; def m[n] { [@col]}}; +
-def c := makeMatrix(3); +
->>[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] +
->c[1] := [1,2,3] +
->>[1, 2, 3] +
->c +
->>[[1, 2, 3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] +
-</code>+
  
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 ===== Functions ===== ===== Functions =====
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 ==== Optional Parameters ==== ==== Optional Parameters ====
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-As is customary in languages with the above parameter passing semantics, AmbientTalk requires mandatory parameters to be defined //before// optional parameters, which should in turn be defined //before// a variable-argument parameter, if any.+As is customary in languages with the above optional arguments, AmbientTalk requires mandatory parameters to be defined //before// optional parameters, which should in turn be defined //before// a variable-argument parameter, if any. 
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 +Let us show how to use optional arguments to define an auxilary function that creates matrices: 
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 +<code> 
 +def makeMatrix(n, m := n, init := { |i,j| 0}){ 
 +  def [i,j] := [0,0]; 
 +  def makeCol(i,j) { 
 +     def col[m] { j := j + 1; init(i,j) } 
 +  }; 
 +  def matrix[n] { i := i + 1; makeCol(i,j)} 
 +}; 
 +>def c := makeMatrix(3); 
 +>>[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] 
 +>c[1] := [1,2,3] 
 +>>[1, 2, 3] 
 +>c 
 +>>[[1, 2, 3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] 
 +>def d := makeMatrix(4,4,  
 +  {|i,j| if: (i == j) then: {1} else: {0}}); 
 +>> [[1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1]] 
 +</code>
  
 ===== Closures ===== ===== Closures =====
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