Thread Subject: change the form of the ans prompt?

Hello

when I type
>> x=5

the matlab prompt gives me

x=

      5

I find this very disturbing.

I would much prefer to have

x=5

all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain the setting I want?

thanks
Uwe Brauer

On 1/27/2012 1:00 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
...

> I would much prefer to have
>
> x=5
>
> all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain
> the setting I want?
...

doc format

If Matlab doesn't remember in new session, put the form you want in
startup.m

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On 1/27/2012 2:00 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Hello
>
> when I type
>>> x=5
>
> the matlab prompt gives me
>
> x=
>
> 5
>
> I find this very disturbing.
>
> I would much prefer to have
>
> x=5
>
> all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain
> the setting I want?
>
> thanks
> Uwe Brauer

Uwe,

You can overload the display method for the double class and make it do
anything you want. To do this, create a directory "@double" and put it
inside a directory that is on your path (do not put @double on the
path). Then create display.m inside @double. In display.m you can
define any behavior you want, but beware! It's trickier than you might
think to get this right. You have to handle scalars and matrices of any
size. Good luck.



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dpb <none@non.net> wrote in message <jfut07$11c$2@speranza.aioe.org>...
> On 1/27/2012 1:00 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> ...
>
> > I would much prefer to have
> >
> > x=5
> >
> > all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain
> > the setting I want?
> ...
>
> doc format
>
> If Matlab doesn't remember in new session, put the form you want in
> startup.m
>
> --
yes I know about format. And I have looked it up a dozen of times, but
where to I set it up as I desribed above?

Doug Schwarz <see@sig.for.address.edu> wrote in message <uKCUq.1620$1B1.487@newsfe14.iad>...
> On 1/27/2012 2:00 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > when I type
> >>> x=5
> >
> > the matlab prompt gives me
> >
> > x=
> >
> > 5
> >
> > I find this very disturbing.
> >
> > I would much prefer to have
> >
> > x=5
> >
> > all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain
> > the setting I want?
> >
> > thanks
> > Uwe Brauer
>
> Uwe,
>
> You can overload the display method for the double class and make it do
> anything you want. To do this, create a directory "@double" and put it
> inside a directory that is on your path (do not put @double on the
> path). Then create display.m inside @double. In display.m you can
> define any behavior you want, but beware! It's trickier than you might
> think to get this right. You have to handle scalars and matrices of any
> size. Good luck.
>
>
>
Doug
Thanks for the instructions. I just searched in my matlab directories, display.m and it seems that each toolbox has its own display.m.

What is the best one to start?

I basically use Matlab ode functions, or write up my own ode alg.

Uwe

On 1/27/2012 2:41 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Doug Schwarz <see@sig.for.address.edu> wrote in message
> <uKCUq.1620$1B1.487@newsfe14.iad>...
>> On 1/27/2012 2:00 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > when I type
>> >>> x=5
>> >
>> > the matlab prompt gives me
>> >
>> > x=
>> >
>> > 5
>> >
>> > I find this very disturbing.
>> >
>> > I would much prefer to have
>> >
>> > x=5
>> >
>> > all in the same line! is there any variable which I could use to obtain
>> > the setting I want?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > Uwe Brauer
>>
>> Uwe,
>>
>> You can overload the display method for the double class and make it
>> do anything you want. To do this, create a directory "@double" and put
>> it inside a directory that is on your path (do not put @double on the
>> path). Then create display.m inside @double. In display.m you can
>> define any behavior you want, but beware! It's trickier than you might
>> think to get this right. You have to handle scalars and matrices of
>> any size. Good luck.
>>
>>
>>
> Doug
> Thanks for the instructions. I just searched in my matlab directories,
> display.m and it seems that each toolbox has its own display.m.
>
> What is the best one to start?
>
> I basically use Matlab ode functions, or write up my own ode alg.
>
> Uwe

You don't want to use one of the existing display.m functions, you need
to create a new one for the double class. The default display used by
double is built-in, but this new file (@double/display.m) will be called
once it exists. You might want to write it so a simple scalar is
displayed the way you wrote, but anything larger gets passed to the
built-in version (using the "builtin" function).



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