'Examples
>>> from sympy import Matrix, I, zeros, ones
>>> m = Matrix(((1, 2+I), (3, 4)))
>>> m
Matrix([
[1, 2 + I],
[3,     4]])
>>> m[1, 0] = 9
>>> m
Matrix([
[1, 2 + I],
[9,     4]])
>>> m[1, 0] = [[0, 1]]
To replace row r you assign to position r*m where m
is the number of columns:
>>> M = zeros(4)
>>> m = M.cols
>>> M[3*m] = ones(1, m)*2; M
Matrix([
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0],
[2, 2, 2, 2]])
And to replace column c you can assign to position c:
>>> M[2] = ones(m, 1)*4; M
Matrix([
[0, 0, 4, 0],
[0, 0, 4, 0],
[0, 0, 4, 0],
[2, 2, 4, 2]])'

def __setitem__(self, key, value):

    rv = self._setitem(key, value)
    if (rv is not None):
        (i, j, value) = rv
        self._mat[((i * self.cols) + j)] = value
