st: extract selection of columns from matrix

["Tom Boonen" <tom.boonen.maiden@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I have a matrix:

matrix define A = (1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13 \ 5,6,7,8, 1,2,3,4)
matrix list A

Now I want to extract a matrix B which should contain rows 1..3; and
then the first, third, fifth and all columns higher than five of
matrix A.

I tried:

matrix B = A[1..3,1.3.5...]

But it doesn't work. How can I extract a selection of colums? The
reference manual does not contain an example on this problem. Thanks
for your help!

Tom
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