Golang Program To Interchange Elements Of First And Last In A Matrix Across Columns

In this article, we will write a go language program to interchange elements of the first and last column in a matrix.

Interchange Elements Of The First And Last Column In A Matrix Using An External Function

In this program, we will write a go language program to interchange the elements of the first and last column of a 3 X 3 matrix using an external function.

Algorithm

Step 1 − Import the fmt package.

Step 2 − Create a function to interchange the first and last columns of a matrix. In this function, we have defined two variables of integer type and assigned values to them.

Step 3 − Use for loop to iterate over the matrix elements and store each element temporarily in the t variable initialized above.

Step 4 − Now, store the elements of the last column in place of the first one and store back the value stored in the temporary variable to the last column.

Step 5 − Repeat these processes till whole column values are interchanged.

Step 6 − Now, start the main() function. Here, initialized a 3 X 3 matrix and print it on the screen.

Step 7 − Call the matrixInter() function by passing the matrix as an argument to the function.

Step 8 − Now, print the matrix on the screen using for loops and fmt.Println() function.

Example

package main
import "fmt"

// function to interchange columns
func matrixInter(mat [][]int) {
   var t int = 0
   var col int = 3
   for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
      t = mat[i][0]
      mat[i][0] = mat[i][col-1]
      mat[i][col-1] = t
   }
}

// creating the main() function
func main() {
   mat := [][]int{
      {10, 1, 2},
      {4, 5, 6},
      {8, 9, 10},
   }
   fmt.Println("The given matrix is: \n")
   for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
      for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
         fmt.Print(mat[i][j], "\t")
      }
      fmt.Println()
   }
   fmt.Println()
   matrixInter(mat)
   fmt.Println("The matrix obtained after interchanging first and last column is: \n")
   for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
      for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
         fmt.Print(mat[i][j], "\t")
      }
      fmt.Println()
   }
}

Output

The given matrix is: 

10	1	2	
4	5	6	
8	9	10	

The matrix obtained after interchanging first and last column is: 

2	1	10	
6	5	4	
10	9	8

Interchange First And Last Column Of A Matrix Of Order 4 Or Above

In this program, we will see that how we can interchange the elements of first and last columns of a matrix of order 4 or above.

Algorithm

Step 1 − Import the fmt package.

Step 2 − Now, start the main() function. Here, initialize a 4 X 4 matrix and print it on the screen.

Step 3 − Define two variables of integer type and assign values to them. Use for loop to iterate over the matrix elements and store each element temporarily in the t variable initialized above.

Step 4 − Now, store the elements of last column in place of first one and store back the value stored in temporarily variable to the last column.

Step 5 − Repeat these processes until whole column values are interchanged.

Step 6 − Now, print the matrix on the screen using for loops and fmt.Println() function.

Example

package main
import "fmt"

// calling the main() function
func main() {
   mat := [][]int{
      {8, 9, 7, 6},
      {4, 7, 6, 5},
      {3, 2, 1, 8},
      {9, 9, 7, 7},
   }
   fmt.Println("The given matrix is: \n")
   for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
      for j := 0; j < 4; j++ {
         fmt.Print(mat[i][j], "\t")
      }
      fmt.Println()
   }
   fmt.Println()
   var t int = 0
   var col int = 4
   for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
      t = mat[i][0]
      mat[i][0] = mat[i][col-1]
      mat[i][col-1] = t
   }
   fmt.Println("The matrix obtained after interchanging first and last column is: \n")
   for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
      for j := 0; j < 4; j++ {
         fmt.Print(mat[i][j], "\t")
      }
      fmt.Println()
   }
}

Output

The given matrix is: 

8	9	7	6	
4	7	6	5	
3	2	1	8	
9	9	7	7	

The matrix obtained after interchanging first and last column is: 

6	9	7	8	
5	7	6	4	
8	2	1	3	
7	9	7	9	

Conclusion

We have successfully compiled and executed a go language program to interchange the elements of the first and last columns of a matrix along with examples. In the first example, we have used the logic to interchange elements of a 3 X 3 matrix while in the second one we are extending the logic to matrices of the order 4 or above.