det : singular matrix warning

[Rolf Fabian]

Hi,


Currently, I'm frequently using determinants. 

The following feature is annoying:

det with a singular input matrix prints a warning to the screen terminal
If det is called in an e.g. iterative  program, a lot of such warnings may
be displayed.

:)det(reshape(1:9,3,3))
warning: det: matrix singular to machine precision, rcond = 0
ans = 0

How to switch-off such warnings ?
I didn't find any hint in the manuals.

BTW, why is such a warning displayed at all ?
To me, it doesn't make any sense  because 
if det(A)  returned zero, I'll know that A is singular.

What's the reason to warn me in addition?

Bye
Rolf



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