Matlab Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting

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Homework Statement

Hi all, I'm writing a program to solve a system of linear algebraic equations using the method of Gaussian elimination. The only thing I can't figure out is how to perform the actual pivot.
In the %Forward elimination nest, I can't figure out how I am supposed to find the max_row. Is it just any row that has the maximum value or is it specific to the pivot row? Most of the function is translated from pseudo code posted by my professor and the only part I can't translate is how to get the max_row. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Homework Equations

function x=Lab7gauss(A,b)
%Solves a given system of linear equations Ax=b using the Gauss Elimination
%method. Equations in format Ax=b.%Function code
A=input('Enter the coefficient matrix: ');
b=input('Enter the right hand side vector b: ');
[m,n]=size(A);
if m~=n
    error('Coefficient matrix A must be square')
end
Ab=[A,b];
nc=n+1;

%Forward elimination

for p=1:n-1     %p is current pivot row
    %partial pivoting
    max_row=max(A);
    if max_row~=p
        p=max_row;
        max_row=p;
    end
    for i=p+1:n     %operate on all rows below pivot
        factor = Ab(i,p)/Ab(p,p);
        for c=p:nc
        Ab(i,c)=Ab(i,c)-factor*Ab(p,c);
        end
    end
end

%back substitution
x(n)=Ab(n,nc)/Ab(n,n);
for k=n-1:-1:1
    x(k)=Ab(k,nc);
    for j=k+1:n
        x(k)=x(k)-Ab(k,j)*x(j);
    end
    x(k)=x(k)/Ab(k,k);
end
[C,I]=max(A)

 

[jedishrfu]

While a bit late, I found a discussion on a similar Matlab code explaining how each component works with pivoting. Perhaps, that will help with this discussion

https://www.delftstack.com/howto/matlab/partial-pivoting-matlab/

Also I found some similar code on the Matlab website

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcen...sian-elimination-method-with-partial-pivoting