public APMatrix removeCross(int r, int c)
    {
    	{
		APMatrix lmatrix1 = new APMatrix(this.matrix.length-1, this.matrix[0].length-1, true);
		int[][] micro = new int [this.matrix.length-1][this.matrix[0].length-1];

			  if(r<this.matrix.length && c<this.matrix[0].length)
				{
				for(int i =0; i<this.matrix.length-1; i++) //going through the rows
				{

					if(i!=r-1) //checks if i is equal to the number of rows
					{

					for(int j = 0; j<this.matrix[0].length-1; j++) //going through the columns
						{
				if(j!=c) //copies all but the one deleted
				{
					if(j<c-1 && i<r-1)//top left
						{
							micro[i][j]=this.matrix[i][j];
						}
					if(j>c-1 && i<r-1)//top right
						{
							micro[i][j]=this.matrix[i][j+1];
						}
					if(j<c-1&& i>r-1)//bottom left
						{
							micro[i][j]=this.matrix[i+1][j];
						}
					else
						{
						micro[i][j]=this.matrix[i+1][j+1];
						}
				}

						 }
					}
				}
					return lmatrix1;
				}
				else
				{
				System.out.println("Those r and c values are not possible.");
				return this;
				}
          }
    }