Reduce square $A$ to upper triangular $U$ using row additions and $s$ row interchanges, without scaling rows. Then $\det A=(-1)^s\prod_i u_{ii}$. If there are no swaps, it is simply the diagonal product. A zero pivot in the final triangular matrix gives determinant zero. Row scaling requires an additional correction factor.
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