Re: problem with column specification in matrices

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, John W. Eaton wrote:

> In an expression like
>
>   [n (1+1./n).^n]
>
> should that be interpreted as two expressions
>
>   [n, (1+1./n).^n]
>
> or as one, with n indexed by the second expression (that's what you'd
> get without the square brackets).
>
> IMHO, it was bad design for Matlab to make whitespace magic inside the
> square brackets.


Thanks, John.  I was a little perplexed when [n n] did what I expected.  I
guess the bottom line is this:  A comma will always work for me.

Mike



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