MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

Comma-Separated Lists

In this section...

“What Is a Comma-Separated List?” on page 2-78

“Generating a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-78

“Assigning Output from a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-80

“Assigning to a Comma-Separated List” on page 2-81

“How to Use the Comma-Separated Lists” on page 2-83

“Fast Fourier Transform Example” on page 2-85

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.

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