how can i change data type of any variable

how can i change data type of any variable. i am using R2012a matlab. because by default its taking every value as a decimal.

[Stephen23]

"decimal" is not a MATLAB data type:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/data-types_data-types.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/numeric-types.html

"how can i change data type of any variable"

By reading the documentation, and doing the introductory tutorials:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/getting-started-with-matlab.html

Answer 1

[Jan]

The default type used by Matlab is double (not "decimal"). You cannot change the default type, but you can easily specify a different type for a variable:

a = uint8(17)

But with

b = 17

the type of b is double.