Task: Reduced row echelon form
C++: #include <algorithm> 
#include <cstddef>
#include <cassert>




























template<typename MatrixType> struct matrix_traits
{
  typedef typename MatrixType::index_type index_type;
  typedef typename MatrixType::value_type value_type;
  static index_type min_row(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.min_row(); }
  static index_type max_row(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.max_row(); }
  static index_type min_column(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.min_column(); }
  static index_type max_column(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.max_column(); }
  static value_type& element(MatrixType& A, index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A(i,k); }
  static value_type element(MatrixType const& A, index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A(i,k); }
};



template<typename T, std::size_t rows, std::size_t columns>
 struct matrix_traits<T[rows][columns]>
{
  typedef std::size_t index_type;
  typedef T value_type;
  static index_type min_row(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return 0; }
  static index_type max_row(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return rows-1; }
  static index_type min_column(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return 0; }
  static index_type max_column(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return columns-1; }
  static value_type& element(T (&A)[rows][columns],
                             index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A[i][k]; }
  static value_type element(T const (&A)[rows][columns],
                            index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A[i][k]; }
};




template<typename MatrixType>
 void swap_rows(MatrixType& A,
                 typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                 typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type k)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  
  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= k);
  assert(k <= mt.max_row(A));

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    std::swap(mt.element(A, i, col), mt.element(A, k, col));
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void divide_row(MatrixType& A,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::value_type v)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(v != 0);

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    mt.element(A, i, col) /= v;
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void add_multiple_row(MatrixType& A,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type k,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::value_type v)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= k);
  assert(k <= mt.max_row(A));

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    mt.element(A, i, col) += v * mt.element(A, k, col);
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void to_reduced_row_echelon_form(MatrixType& A)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  index_type lead = mt.min_row(A);

  for (index_type row = mt.min_row(A); row <= mt.max_row(A); ++row)
  {
    if (lead > mt.max_column(A))
      return;
    index_type i = row;
    while (mt.element(A, i, lead) == 0)
    {
      ++i;
      if (i > mt.max_row(A))
      {
        i = row;
        ++lead;
        if (lead > mt.max_column(A))
          return;
      }
    }
    swap_rows(A, i, row);
    divide_row(A, row, mt.element(A, row, lead));
    for (i = mt.min_row(A); i <= mt.max_row(A); ++i)
    {
      if (i != row)
        add_multiple_row(A, i, row, -mt.element(A, i, lead));
    }
  }
}


#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  double M[3][4] = { {  1, 2, -1,  -4 },
                     {  2, 3, -1, -11 },
                     { -2, 0, -3,  22 } };

  to_reduced_row_echelon_form(M);
  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
  {
    for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
      std::cout << M[i][j] << '\t';
    std::cout << "\n";
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

VB: Private Function ToReducedRowEchelonForm(M As Variant) As Variant
    Dim lead As Integer: lead = 0
    Dim rowCount As Integer: rowCount = UBound(M)
    Dim columnCount As Integer: columnCount = UBound(M(0))
    Dim i As Integer
    For r = 0 To rowCount
        If lead >= columnCount Then
            Exit For
        End If
        i = r
        Do While M(i)(lead) = 0
            i = i + 1
            If i = rowCount Then
                i = r
                lead = lead + 1
                If lead = columnCount Then
                    Exit For
                End If
            End If
        Loop
        Dim tmp As Variant
        tmp = M(r)
        M(r) = M(i)
        M(i) = tmp
        If M(r)(lead) <> 0 Then
            div = M(r)(lead)
            For t = LBound(M(r)) To UBound(M(r))
                M(r)(t) = M(r)(t) / div
            Next t
        End If
        For j = 0 To rowCount
            If j <> r Then
                subt = M(j)(lead)
                For t = LBound(M(j)) To UBound(M(j))
                    M(j)(t) = M(j)(t) - subt * M(r)(t)
                Next t
            End If
        Next j
        lead = lead + 1
    Next r
    ToReducedRowEchelonForm = M
End Function
 
Public Sub main()
    r = ToReducedRowEchelonForm(Array( _
        Array(1, 2, -1, -4), _
        Array(2, 3, -1, -11), _
        Array(-2, 0, -3, 22)))
    For i = LBound(r) To UBound(r)
        Debug.Print Join(r(i), vbTab)
    Next i
End Sub