Re: end indexing

[Laurent Jacques]

On Wednesday 31 October 2001 23:13, Brian Crounse wrote:
> Laurent,
>
> I would use either
>
>       a(2:length(a))
>
> or
>
>       a(2:size(a,2))

Of course, but this "end" term, present in matlab, is very handy in the case 
of multidmensional array. It simplifies notation.
For instance,

>> a = rand(5,5);
>> a(2:end-1,3:end)

is easier to write and to understand than

>> a(2:size(a,1)-1, 3:size(a,2))

Laurent.



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