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hi, i am looking for a way to replicate the exact values that i get from a variable in matlab.
i have a variable, fitmodel fm1, with the coefficients of the polynomial  that fit the data. if i use the symbolic values of these coefficients in a consequent equation i get different result than if i use the numeric values of the coefficients that are showed for these variables.
supposing the case:
Linear model Poly9:
       fm1(x) = p1*x^9 + p2*x^8 + p3*x^7 + p4*x^6 + 
                    p5*x^5 + p6*x^4 + p7*x^3 + p8*x^2 + p9*x + p10
     Coefficients (with 95% confidence bounds):
       p1 =   8.32e-007  (8.257e-007, 8.383e-007)
       p2 = -5.217e-005  (-5.25e-005, -5.185e-005)
       p3 =    0.001308  (0.001301, 0.001315)
       p4 =    -0.01684  (-0.01693, -0.01676)
       p5 =      0.1189  (0.1183, 0.1195)
       p6 =     -0.4585  (-0.461, -0.456)
       p7 =      0.9485  (0.9422, 0.9547)
       p8 =      -1.185  (-1.193, -1.176)
       p9 =       1.063  (1.058, 1.068)
       p10 =     -0.5639  (-0.565, -0.5629)

i get different result if i use fm1.p1 than if i use 8.32/10^7.
nonetheless i need to use the numerical data, not the variable itself; so i'd like to ask you about how can i extract the exact value of the variables? 
thank you so very much!

Orchy