Switch two row of matrix

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Dusan Grdic
Dusan Grdic on 5 Oct 2013
Commented: Andrey Piavkin on 27 Jun 2021
How to switch two row of matrix? For example: matrix A is: 1 3 4; 2 4 5 and Y want to be 2 4 5; 1 3 4 ?
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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 21 Feb 2019
Edited: madhan ravi on 21 Feb 2019
A more efficient answer had been accepted 5 years ago.
Tristan McRae
Tristan McRae on 22 Feb 2019
omg savage

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Accepted Answer

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 5 Oct 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 5 Oct 2013
A=[1 3 4; 2 4 5]
A([1 2],:)=A([2 1],:)
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Kevin Moss
Kevin Moss on 12 Jun 2021
can anyone explain the logic behind why/how this works?
Andrey Piavkin
Andrey Piavkin on 27 Jun 2021
this works pretty clear
we take first and second all the row and make it equal to second and first all the row
for example, if you wanted to switch the third and the first row, you should type like this:
A([1 3], :) = A([3 1], :)
where ':' at second place stands for taking all the columns and '[1 3]' stands for first and third row

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Pontus Vikstål
Pontus Vikstål on 12 Aug 2019
Edited: Pontus Vikstål on 12 Aug 2019
This way might be even faster.
A = [1 3 4; 2 4 5]
x = [0 1;1 0];
A = x*A
Then there's also this way
A = [1 3 4; 2 4 5]
A = flip(A)
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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 25 Jul 2020
If A has more than two rows this won’t work.
Luis Mendez Lopez
Luis Mendez Lopez on 22 Sep 2020
Yeah i will do that with my 600*600 matrix

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