From 4dc5701a98ab3a2767c806e42f0444b5f446c2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mashcode <marc@marcshifflett.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:48:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] programming assignment initial commit

---
 cachematrix.R | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cachematrix.R b/cachematrix.R
index a50be65aa44..40a0caaca20 100644
--- a/cachematrix.R
+++ b/cachematrix.R
@@ -1,15 +1,44 @@
 ## Put comments here that give an overall description of what your
 ## functions do
-
 ## Write a short comment describing this function
-
+## This creates a cachematrix object where x is defined as a matrix
 makeCacheMatrix <- function(x = matrix()) {
-
+        ## NULL is assigned the variable m
+        m <- NULL
+        ## Sets the value of the matrix
+        set <- function(y) {
+                ## y is superassigned x which is defined as a matrix
+                x <<- y
+                ## NULL is superassigned to m
+                m <<- NULL
+        }
+        ## Get the value of the matrix depending on the supplied vector
+        get <- function() x
+        ## Sets the value and gets the value of the inverse
+        setinverse <- function(solve) m <<- solve
+        getinverse <- function() m
+                list(set = set, get = get,
+                     setinverse = setinverse,
+                     getinverse = getinverse)
 }
 
-
-## Write a short comment describing this function
-
+## cacheSolve function takes the arguments x, in this case a matrix,and ... 
 cacheSolve <- function(x, ...) {
         ## Return a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
+        ## gets the inverse of the matrix and assigns it to m
+        m <- x$getinverse()
+        
+        ## if m is NOT a null value, previously solved, then print message
+        if(!is.null(m)) {
+                message("getting cached data")
+                return(m)
+        }
+        ## otherwise assign the get function a name 'data'
+        data <- x$get()
+        ## and passes in 'data' as an argument in the solve function assigned to m
+        m <- solve(data, ...)
+        ## ...which sets the inverse of the cached matrix 
+        x$setinverse(m)
+        m 
 }
+

From 9087fb098ec5819088619fb94763daac3a70b447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mashcode <marc@marcshifflett.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:58:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] programming assignment updated comments

---
 cachematrix.R | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cachematrix.R b/cachematrix.R
index 40a0caaca20..3f2a72cd6b6 100644
--- a/cachematrix.R
+++ b/cachematrix.R
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-## Put comments here that give an overall description of what your
-## functions do
+## Put comments here that give an overall description of what your functions do
 ## Write a short comment describing this function
-## This creates a cachematrix object where x is defined as a matrix
+## This function ncreates a CacheMatrix object where x is defined as a matrix
 makeCacheMatrix <- function(x = matrix()) {
         ## NULL is assigned the variable m
         m <- NULL
-        ## Sets the value of the matrix
+        ## Set the value of the matrix
         set <- function(y) {
                 ## y is superassigned x which is defined as a matrix
                 x <<- y
@@ -16,26 +15,29 @@ makeCacheMatrix <- function(x = matrix()) {
         get <- function() x
         ## Sets the value and gets the value of the inverse
         setinverse <- function(solve) m <<- solve
+        ## The following is code I can't comment on intelligently
+        ## A list of elements of getinverse?
         getinverse <- function() m
                 list(set = set, get = get,
                      setinverse = setinverse,
                      getinverse = getinverse)
 }
 
-## cacheSolve function takes the arguments x, in this case a matrix,and ... 
+## The cacheSolve function takes the arguments x, in this case a matrix,and ... 
 cacheSolve <- function(x, ...) {
-        ## Return a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
+        ## ...returns a matrix that is the inverse of 'x'
         ## gets the inverse of the matrix and assigns it to m
         m <- x$getinverse()
         
-        ## if m is NOT a null value, previously solved, then print message
+        ## if solution is previously cached print message
+        ## else return null
         if(!is.null(m)) {
                 message("getting cached data")
                 return(m)
         }
         ## otherwise assign the get function a name 'data'
         data <- x$get()
-        ## and passes in 'data' as an argument in the solve function assigned to m
+        ## and pass in 'data' as an argument in the solve function assigned to m
         m <- solve(data, ...)
         ## ...which sets the inverse of the cached matrix 
         x$setinverse(m)