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From: Rainer Rosenthal <r.rosenthal@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject: Test for Matrix type
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:42:17 +0200
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restart:
with(LinearAlgebra):
A := Matrix([[1,2],[3,4]]);
if type(A,integer) then
   print("I'd be suprised");
else
   print("I thought so.");
fi;
if type(A,MatrixType) then
   print("I'd be glad");
else
   print("Oops, why not?");
fi;

Is there a nice substitute for "MatrixType"?

Cheers,
Rainer