Comma-Separated Lists
In this section...
“What Is a Comma-Separated List?” on page 2-79
“Generating a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-79
“Assigning Output from a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-81
“Assigning to a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-81
“How to Use the Comma-Separated Lists” on page 2-82
“Fast Fourier Transform Example” on page 2-84
What Is a Comma-Separated List?
Typing in a series of numbers separated by commas gives you what is called a comma-separated list.
The MATLAB software returns each value individually:
1,2,3
ans =
1
ans =
2
ans =
3
Such a list, by itself, is not very useful. But when used with large and more complex data structures
like MATLAB structures and cell arrays, the comma-separated list can enable you to simplify your
MATLAB code.
Generating a Comma-Separated List
This section describes how to generate a comma-separated list from either a cell array or a MATLAB
structure.
Generating a List from a Cell Array
Extracting multiple elements from a cell array yields a comma-separated list. Given a 4-by-6 cell array
as shown here
C = cell(4,6);
for k = 1:24
C{k} = k*2;
end
C
C =
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