Why does putting a space after a function give a vector output?

I'm trying to pin down some behaviour I don't quite understand. In the following code:

floor 12

I expected this to return an error. However it returns

ans = 49 50

this seems to correspond in some way that 1 represents 49 and 2 represents 50. We can do a similar thing like

floor randomcharacters

or even with other inbuilt functions

abs 55.3

Does anyone know why exactly matlab returns these outputs?

Paul

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

Is that an assignment or something??

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/599011-floor-function-with-a-space-giving-an-array-output#answer_499585?s_tid=prof_contriblnk

[Paul Bowen]

Thanks madhan, that answers my question entirely! I couldn't find it before.

It isn't an assignment, it was a question a student asked in a lab and I had not come across this behaviour before. Thanks again!