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Idiom #193 Transpose a two-dimensional matrix

Declare two two-dimensional arrays a and b of dimension n*m and m*n, respectively. Assign to b the transpose of a (i.e. the value with index interchange).

b = [*zip(*a)]

"... Another way to think of zip() is that it turns rows into columns, and columns into rows. This is similar to transposing a matrix."
import numpy as np
a = np.array([[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]])
b = a.T
a = [[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]]
b = list(map(list, zip(*a)))
import static java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance;
Class<?> c = a.getClass().getComponentType()
                         .getComponentType();
T b[][] = (T[][]) newInstance(c, m, n);
int y, x;
for (y = 0; y < m; ++y)
    for (x = 0; x < n; ++x)
        b[y][x] = a[x][y];
int b[][] = new int[m][n], x, y;
for (y = 0; y < m; ++y)
    for (x = 0; x < n; ++x)
        b[y][x] = a[x][y];
(def a [[1 2 3] [4 5 6] [7 8 9]])
(def b (apply (partial mapv vector) a))

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