Get specific row from matrix in Scilab

Question

For example, I've created a matrix

a = [1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6; 7, 8, 9]

and I want to extract the second row in variable r, so after that

r = [4, 5, 6].

How I can do that?

Answer 1

To get the second row use

r = a(2,:);

Answer 2

r = a(2,$);

A very good tutorial may be found here: http://hkumath.hku.hk/~nkt/Scilab/IntroToScilab.html