matrix Multiplication

[Roberto Bonvallet]

Sssasss wrote:
> hi evrybody!
> 
> I wan't to multiply two square matrixes, and i don't understand why it
> doesn't work.
> Could you explain me?
> 
> def multmat(A,B):
>    "A*B"
>    if len(A)!=len(B): return "error"

Wrong validation here:  you _can_ multiply two matrices with a different
number of rows!  And instead of returning "error" you should raise an
exception.

[...]

I suggest using a linear algebra package, but if you insist in using lists
of lists:

>>> b = [[1, 2, 3,  4],
...      [4, 5, 6,  7],
...      [7, 8, 9, 10]]
>>> 
>>> a = [[1, 2, 3],
...      [4, 5, 6]]
>>> 
>>> ab = [[sum(i*j for i, j in zip(row, col)) for col in zip(*b)] for row in a]
>>> ab
[[30, 36, 42, 48], [66, 81, 96, 111]]

Straightforward from the definition of matrix multiplication.
-- 
Roberto Bonvallet