Numeric Literals

Understanding the Language

Numeric Literals

Matrix literals with multiple elements have the elements enclosed in braces. Use commas to separate the rows of a matrix. For example, the statement

   x={1 2 3 4 5 6};

assigns a row vector to the matrix X:

              X
              1         2         3         4         5         6

The statement

   y={1,2,3,4,5};

assigns a column vector to the matrix Y:

The statement

   z={1 2, 3 4, 5 6};

assigns a 3 ×2 matrix literal to the matrix Z:

                               Z
                               1         2
                               3         4
                               5         6

The following assignment

   w=3#z;

creates a matrix W that is three times the matrix Z:

                                  W
                                  3         6
                                  9        12
                                 15        18

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