Stop MATLAB from print ans, and just display z

Hi, I am making a function that will take 2 imputs and sub them into an equation.

When I use the fucntion it displays Z and also prints ans, How do I stop the ans from being printed.

function [Z] = Company(B1,B2)

Z = 2*B1 + 3*B2;

disp(Z)

end

Thank you

Answer 1

[Sarvesh Kale]

Hi Alice Kukuruzovic,

When you make a call to Company then the disp function will execute and it will also return a value Z, if the Company function does not have a lvalue to it, it will print the returned Z value, to avoid that use a semicolon after function call

Company(3,4) % this will print the ans 
%
Company(3,4);    % this will not print the ans
a = Company(3,4); % even this will not print ans

I hope this answers your queries.

[Alice K]

It does, Thank you!

Answer 2

[Shubham]

Hi Alice, If you don't want to get `ans` variable to be printed in the command window. You can try this code:

function Company(B1,B2)
    Z = 2*B1 + 3*B2;
    disp(Z)
end

In your code, you have taken Z variable as output argument. So, let's say if you are calling your function like Company(5,6) then this command gives 28 and ans=28 because by default it creates ans variable to be in place of Z variable that you have declared as output argument. Instead of doing this, if you would write Z=Company(5,6), this will give you 28 and Z=28. Hope this clarify your doubt!