String matrices

Matrices of Strings

BIDMat includes a String Matrix type called CSMat. This is simply a dense matrix whose elements are Java strings. CSMat supports "structural" operations like slicing and horizontal and vertical concatenation, but none of the algebraic options. It also doesnt support comparison operators for now. CSMat's can be stored in a Matlab (v7.3) file in a format compatible with Matlab. They will be read/written.