colon

colon operator ':'.

Syntax

• R = colon(base, limit)
• R = colon(base, increment, limit

Input argument

• base - a variable
• limit - a variable
• increment - a variable (optional)

Output argument

• C - result

Description

colon creates vectors. It is an usefull function for loop, extraction and insertion.

colon(base, limit) is equivalent to base:limit

colon(base, increment, limit) is equivalent to base:increment:limit

Examples

1:0.5:4

A = 1:6
B = 1:4:12
C = rand(3, 4)
C(:)
C(:, 3)
C(2, :)
C(:, 1, 1)
C(:) = rand(3, 4)

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Author

Allan CORNET