Thread Subject: array question

hey guys... I am trying to make an array by just copy and pasting an example right out of The Math Workds website. The website shows the results I should be getting to be a little different then what I get. I want to understand why.
For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type

For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type
A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi};
This results in the array shown below.



there example shows that for cell 1,1 I should actually get Matirx A with the integers, but when I put it in the Matlab I get:
>> A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi}

A =

          [3x3 double] 'Anne Smith'
    [3.0000 + 7.0000i] [1x9 double]


please let me know why my cells 1,1 and 2,2 are just a discription of what I want. Is the information there for future use and I just cant see it. Is there something i can do so I can see it.

thanks

"Sean Douglas" <seanjdouglas@hotmail.com> wrote in message <h4cd2l$bnr$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
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> hey guys... I am trying to make an array by just copy and pasting an example right out of The Math Workds website. The website shows the results I should be getting to be a little different then what I get. I want to understand why.
> For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type
>
> For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type
> A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi};
> This results in the array shown below.
>
>
>
> there example shows that for cell 1,1 I should actually get Matirx A with the integers, but when I put it in the Matlab I get:
> >> A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi}
>
> A =
>
> [3x3 double] 'Anne Smith'
> [3.0000 + 7.0000i] [1x9 double]
>
>
> please let me know why my cells 1,1 and 2,2 are just a discription of what I want. Is the information there for future use and I just cant see it. Is there something i can do so I can see it.
>
> thanks

The information is there. It just is too big to fit in the one line given to that cell in the print out (since it's a 3x3 matrix). If you type A{1,1}, you will get the data in cell 1,1.

"Sean Douglas" <seanjdouglas@hotmail.com> wrote in message <h4cd2l$bnr$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
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>
> hey guys... I am trying to make an array by just copy and pasting an example right out of The Math Workds website. The website shows the results I should be getting to be a little different then what I get. I want to understand why.
> For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type
>
> For example, to create a 2-by-2 cell array A, type
> A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi};
> This results in the array shown below.
>
>
>
> there example shows that for cell 1,1 I should actually get Matirx A with the integers, but when I put it in the Matlab I get:
> >> A = {[1 4 3; 0 5 8; 7 2 9], 'Anne Smith'; 3+7i, -pi:pi/4:pi}
>
> A =
>
> [3x3 double] 'Anne Smith'
> [3.0000 + 7.0000i] [1x9 double]
>
>
> please let me know why my cells 1,1 and 2,2 are just a discription of what I want. Is the information there for future use and I just cant see it. Is there something i can do so I can see it.
>
> thanks

The information you entered is actually there, it just doesn't display all the data because it only provides 1 line to describe each cell. If you type A{1,1} you will see the actual data, or you can double click on A in the Workspace (where it lists all the current variables) then click on the (1,1) spot and it will show the actual array that is stored there