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MATLAB Colon Notation

GNU Octave tutorialcolon(:)is one of the most useful operators in MATLAB. It is used to create vectors, index arrays, andSpecify the iteration

.1to10Please write to create a row vector containing-

1:10

MATLAB executes this statement and returns a row vector containing1to10a row vector of integers-

ans =                                                                           
                                                                                
   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10

If you want to specify an increment value instead of a single value, for example-

100: -5: 50

MATLAB executes the statement and returns the following result-

ans =
   100    95    90    85    80    75    70    65    60    55    50

Let's take another example-

0:pi/8:pi

MATLAB executes the statement and returns the following result-

ans =
   Columns 1 through 7
      0      0.3927    0.7854    1.1781    1.5708    1.9635    2.3562
   Columns 8 through 9
      2.7489    3.1416

You can use the colon operator to create index vectors to select rows, columns, or array elements.

The following table describes its use (let's have a matrix A)-

FormatPurpose
A(:,j)

is the j-th column of A.

A(i,:)is the i-th row of A.
A(:,:)is equivalent to a two-dimensional array. For matrices, this is the same as A.
A(j:k)is A(j), A(j+1), ..., A(k).
A(:,j:k)is A(:,j), A(:,j + 1), ..., A(:,:).
A(:,:,k)is the k-thofpage of the three-dimensional array A
A(i,j,k,:)is a vector in the three-dimensional array A. A vector includes A(i,j,k,1), A(i,j,k,2), A(i,j,k,3).
A(:)All elements of A are considered as a single column. On the left side of the assignment statement, A(:) fills A and retains the previous shape. In this case, the right side must contain the same number of elements as A.

Online Example

Create a script file and enter the following code-

A = [1 2 3 4; 4 5 6 7; 7 8 9 10]
A(:,2)          % The second column of A
A(:,2:3)      % The second column and third column of A
A(2:3,2:3)    % Second row and third row, as well as second column and third column

When the file is executed, it displays the following result-

A =
      1     2     3     4
      4     5     6     7
      7     8     9    10
ans =
      2
      5
      8
ans =
      2     3
      5     6
      8     9
ans =
      5     6
      8     9