/*
Copyright (C) 2011 Fredrik Johansson
This file is part of FLINT.
FLINT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version. See <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#include "fmpz.h"
#include "fmpz_mat.h"
slong
fmpz_mat_find_pivot_smallest(const fmpz_mat_t mat,
slong start_row, slong end_row, slong c)
{
slong r, smallest = -1;
fmpz * currptr, * smallptr = NULL;
for (r = start_row; r < end_row; r++)
{
currptr = fmpz_mat_entry(mat, r, c);
if (!fmpz_is_zero(currptr))
{
if (0 > smallest || fmpz_cmpabs(currptr, smallptr) < 0)
{
smallest = r;
smallptr = currptr;
}
}
}
return smallest;
}