Matrix2f M = Matrix2f::Random(); Matrix2f m; m = M; cout << "Here is the matrix m:" << endl << m << endl; cout << "Now we want to copy a column into a row." << endl; cout << "If we do m.col(1) = m.row(0), then m becomes:" << endl; m.col(1) = m.row(0); cout << m << endl << "which is wrong!" << endl; cout << "Now let us instead do m.col(1) = m.row(0).eval(). Then m becomes" << endl; m = M; m.col(1) = m.row(0).eval(); cout << m << endl << "which is right." << endl;