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Hello, porting a code of Xcas to primeCAS detect an error in the extraction of elements, problem only present in cas mode

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In HOME mode:

The extraction of an element (i, j) is done by means of a "coordinate" with parentheses () or brackets [], where (i,j) == [i,j]


Example:

M1:=[[1,2],
[3,4]];

M1(i,j)==M1[i,j]

with ()

m1[[ ( i=1, j=1 ) =1, ( i=1, j=2 ) =2 ],
[ ( i=2, j=1 ) =3, ( i=2, j=2 ) =4 ]]

M1(0,0) returns "Error: Invalid input" // OK

M1(1,1) returns 1 // OK
M1(1,2) returns 2 // OK
M1(2,1) returns 2 // OK
M1(2,2) returns 4 // OK

M1(3,3) returns "Error: Invalid input" // OK

[ M1(1,1), M1(1,2), M1(2,1), M1(2,2) ] returns [1,2,3,4] // ok


Now with []

M1[0,0] returns "Error: Invalid input" // OK

M1[1,1] returns 1 // OK
M1[1,2] returns 2 // OK
M1[2,1] returns 3 // OK
M1[2,2] returns 4 // OK

M1[3,3] returns "Error: Invalid input" // OK


[ M1[1,1], M1[1,2], M1[2,1], M1[2,2] ] returns [1,2,3,4] // ok


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In CAS mode:

The parenthesis () is used to extract the standard position, starting at 1.1

[[ (1,1), (1,2) ],
[ (2,1), (2,2) ]]

M1:=
[[1,2],
[3,4]];

m1[[ ( i=1, j=1 ) =1, ( i=1, j=2 ) =2 ],
[ ( i=2, j=1 ) =3, ( i=2, j=2 ) =4 ]]

and the bracket [] is used to extract the position starting at 0.0, Very important to be used in certain algorithms, where you need to index from (0,0)

[[ (0,0), (0,1) ],
[ (1,0), (1,1) ]]

m1[[ [i=0, j=0] =1, [i=0, j=1] =2 ],
[ [i=1, j=0] =3, [i=1, j=1] =4 ]]

m1(i,j)==m1[i-1,j-1]
m1[i,j]==m1(i+1,j+1)

m1:=[[1,2],
[3,4]];

with ()

m1(0,0) returns "Index out of range Error: Invalid dimension" // ok

m1(1,1) returns 1 // OK
m1(2,1) returns 3 // OK
m1(1,2) returns 2 // OK
m1(2,2) returns 4 // OK

m1(3,1) returns "E" // must return. "Index out of range Error: Invalid dimension"
m1(3,2) returns "r" // ?
m1(3,3) returns "r" // ?
m1(3,4) returns "o" // ?
m1(3,5) returns "r" // ?

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Now with []

m1[0,0] returns input: m1[-1,0] output: 4 // error.
ok // m1(i+1,j+1) == m1(0+1,0+1) == m1(1,1) = 1

m1[1,1] returns input: m1[0,1] output: 1 // error
ok => m1(i+1,j+1) == m1(1+1,1+1) == m1(2,2) = 4

m1[2,2] returns input:m1[1,2] output: 4 // error
ok => m1(i+1,j+1) == m1(2+1,2+1) == m1(3,3) = //"Error: Invalid input"

Now inform:

Python compatibility enabled. List index will start at 0,
run index:=1 ... or 0 to disable Python compatibility.

index:=0; returns "[] index start 0"

M1:=[[1,2],
[3,4]];

M1(0,0) returns "Error: Invalid input" // ok
M1(1,1) returns 1 // ok
M1[0,0] returns input: M1[0,1] output [[1,2],[3,4]] // ?

index:=1; returns "[] index start 0"

M1:=[[1,2],
[3,4]];

M1(0,0) returns "Error: Invalid input"
M1(1,1) returns 1
M1[0,0] returns input: M1[-1, 0] output: [[1,2],[3,4]] // ?

If you have CAS programs in Python syntax, this will enable Python compatibility mode, i.e. list indices will start at 0 for CAS variables when using [] notation. List indices with () are not concerned and should be used for non-CAS variables like M1.
Run index:=1 or of:=1 for indices starting at 1 in [], index:=0 or of:=0 for indices starting at 0.

ok ^

index:=0; "abc"[2]; returns "[] index start 0"
History input: "abc"(3) output "c" // ok,

but the history input must be "abc"(2) and not "abc"(3)

a pos 0
b pos 1
c pos 2

index:=1; "abc"[2]; returns
input: "abc"(2) output "b" // ok

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calling index id content returns

index [enter] x:"Error: Bad Argument Value"

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m1:=[[1,2],
[3,4]];

m1(3,1) returns "m" ?