FYI this was introduced as a compatible extension in Dyalog APL 13.0, along with a similar extension to Take and Drop:
MAT 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 31 32 33 34 2↑MAT 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 1↓MAT 21 22 23 24 31 32 33 34 Jay. On 31 October 2016 at 23:34, Christian Robert <christian.rob...@polymtl.ca> wrote: > )sic > > > MAT > 11 12 13 14 > 21 22 23 24 > 31 32 33 34 > > 2 1 ⌷ MAT > 21 > 2 (1 2) ⌷ MAT > 21 22 > > MAT[3;] > 31 32 33 34 > 3 ⌷ MAT > RANK ERROR > 3⌷MAT > ^ ^ > > ⍝ I was expecting the whple third line as result > > Xtian. > >