Use of ":"operator in matlab?

Let say i have a matrix; x=[2 3;4 5] % 2 rows 2 columns

then i enter command , x(:)=[2;3;4;5] % 4 rows 1 column

What is happening here?

Is there any possiblity that i get 1 row 4 columns?If yes,how?

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

(:) forces the matrix to a column vector, all you need is

 reshape(matrix, 1, [])

[Stephen23]

"(:) forces the matrix to a column vector"

Only when used in an expression or the RHS of an assignment. On the LHS it simply refers to all elements of the array (in linear index order) and does not change the size or shape of the LHS array at all. See:

https://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/08/09/essence-of-indexing/

[madhan ravi]

“Only when used on the RHS of an assignment”

Exactly what the OP was asking and I was referring too. Was expecting your comment a bit earlier though ;). But thank you for explaining the details.