refactor: eliminate the row-major check for each element

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Author: prajjwalbajpai

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/lapack/base/dgetc2/lib/base.js

@@ -114,31 +114,38 @@ function dgetc2( N, A, strideA1, strideA2, offsetA, IPIV, strideIPIV, offsetIPIV
 		// Find max element in matrix A
 		xmax = 0.0;
 
+		ix1 = offsetA + ( i*( strideA1 + strideA2 ) ); // Index of `A( i, i )`
+
 		if ( isRowMajor( [ strideA1, strideA2 ] ) ) {
 			dx0 = strideA2;
 			dx1 = strideA1 - ( N*strideA2 ) + ( i*dx0 );
+
+			for ( i1 = i; i1 < N; i1++ ) {
+				for ( i0 = i; i0 < N; i0++ ) {
+					if ( abs( A[ ix1 ] ) >= xmax ) {
+						xmax = abs( A[ ix1 ] );
+						ipv = i1;
+						jpv = i0;
+					}
+					ix1 += dx0;
+				}
+				ix1 += dx1;
+			}
 		} else { // column-major
 			dx0 = strideA1;
 			dx1 = strideA2 - ( N*strideA1 ) + ( i*dx0 );
-		}
-
-		ix1 = offsetA + ( i*( strideA1 + strideA2 ) ); // Index of `A( i, i )`
 
-		for ( i1 = i; i1 < N; i1++ ) {
-			for ( i0 = i; i0 < N; i0++ ) {
-				if ( abs( A[ ix1 ] ) >= xmax ) {
-					xmax = abs( A[ ix1 ] );
-					if ( isRowMajor( [ strideA1, strideA2 ] ) ) {
-						ipv = i1;
-						jpv = i0;
-					} else { // column-major
+			for ( i1 = i; i1 < N; i1++ ) {
+				for ( i0 = i; i0 < N; i0++ ) {
+					if ( abs( A[ ix1 ] ) >= xmax ) {
+						xmax = abs( A[ ix1 ] );
 						ipv = i0;
 						jpv = i1;
 					}
+					ix1 += dx0;
 				}
-				ix1 += dx0;
+				ix1 += dx1;
 			}
-			ix1 += dx1;
 		}
 
 		if ( i === 0 ) {