index returned array directly

I'm pretty sure the answer to this question is no but I'm hoping to be surprised. Is it possible to directly index a returned array without first assigning a variable? I created a simple trivial example below to explain what I mean.

Simple Example By variable assignment:

x = 1:10;
y = find( x>5 );  % y is a temporary variable
desired = y(1:2)  % y1 is the desired matrix

Simple Example by Direct Index

x = 1:10;
desired = find( x>5 )[1:2]  % 'suggested' code

To be clear the second line above is not meant to, nor does it work. I'm providing a comparison of working and theoretical code to suggest what I mean by 'direct index'.

William

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

No. This topic has been discussed many, many times on the newsgroup.

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

For this specific case:

desired = x(find( x>5,2,'first'))

For the more general case (i.e. not FIND)

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/4536-getting-only-first-component-from-vector-matrix-output

[William]

Sean de is correct for the case given but I should have been more clear. I am looking for the general case, I arbitrarily chose find as an example of when this might be useful.