disp (MATLAB Functions)

MATLAB Function Reference

disp

Display text or array

Syntax

```
disp(X)
```

Description

disp(X) displays an array, without printing the array name. If X contains a text string, the string is displayed.

Another way to display an array on the screen is to type its name, but this prints a leading "X =," which is not always desirable.

Note that disp does not display empty arrays.

Examples

One use of disp in an M-file is to display a matrix with column labels:

disp('         Corn         Oats         Hay')
disp(rand(5,3))

which results in

         Corn         Oats         Hay
        0.2113        0.8474        0.2749
        0.0820        0.4524        0.8807
        0.7599        0.8075        0.6538
        0.0087        0.4832        0.4899
        0.8096        0.6135        0.7741

See Also

format, int2str, num2str, rats, sprintf

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