require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) require 'matrix' describe "Matrix#column" do before :all do @m = Matrix[[1,2,3], [2,3,4]] end it "returns a Vector when called without a block" do @m.column(1).should == Vector[2,3] end it "yields each element in the column to the block" do a = [] @m.column(1) {|n| a << n } a.should == [2,3] end it "counts backwards for negative argument" do @m.column(-1).should == Vector[3, 4] end it "returns self when called with a block" do @m.column(0) { |x| x }.should equal(@m) end it "returns nil when out of bounds" do @m.column(3).should == nil end it "never yields when out of bounds" do lambda { @m.column(3){ raise } }.should_not raise_error lambda { @m.column(-4){ raise } }.should_not raise_error end end