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first_minor

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first_minor(row, column) public

Returns the submatrix obtained by deleting the specified row and column.

Matrix.diagonal(9, 5, -3, 4).first_minor(1, 2)
  => 9 0 0
     0 0 0
     0 0 4

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# File lib/matrix.rb, line 586
  def first_minor(row, column)
    raise RuntimeError, "first_minor of empty matrix is not defined" if empty?

    unless 0 <= row && row < row_count
      raise ArgumentError, "invalid row (#{row.inspect} for 0..#{row_count - 1})"
    end

    unless 0 <= column && column < column_count
      raise ArgumentError, "invalid column (#{column.inspect} for 0..#{column_count - 1})"
    end

    arrays = to_a
    arrays.delete_at(row)
    arrays.each do |array|
      array.delete_at(column)
    end

    new_matrix arrays, column_count - 1
  end

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