Replace certain columns of a matrix with 0?

Let's say I define a 10x10 matrix (call it "A") and want to re-define a new matrix (call it "A4") that is the same as matrix "A" except only the original first 4 columns are kept... and the last 6 columns are replaced with zeros?
Basically, how I get from this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
to something like this?
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fairly new to Mathcad here, so thanks any help anyone can give!

Answers (1)

A4 = A;
A4(:,5:end) = 0;
PS: we deal with MATLAB here, not with MathCad.

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Sorry, I'm a Chemical Engineer by education and we always used MathCAD. I got the names mixed up. Thanks so much for the help!

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