Different result when adding variables

This is in MATLAB R2016a. The addition
1:3 + [0 0 5]
gives
1 2 3
if we assign
x = 1:3;
and
y = [0 0 5];
then x+y is
1 2 8

 采纳的回答

You are doing two different operation sequences, so why the surprise that you get two different results?
First Case
>> 1:3 + [0 0 5]
ans =
1 2 3
because of the operator precedence (plus is higher than colon) is equivalent to
>> 1: (3 + [0 0 5])
ans =
1 2 3
which is equivalent to
>> 1:[3,3,8]
ans =
1 2 3
and thus is just
>> 1:3
ans =
1 2 3
because the colon operator only uses the first element of the vector and ignore the rest: "If you specify nonscalar arrays, MATLAB interprets j:i:k as j(1):i(1):k(1)."
Second Case
>> x = 1:3;
>> y = [0 0 5];
>> x+y
ans =
1 2 8
performs an element-wise addition on two vectors.
Summary
Beginners often forget about operator precedence and to read the documentation...

2 个评论

Jim
Jim 2016-5-19
编辑:Jim 2016-5-19
I just thought the colon operator had priority over the plus operator...
Summary: always use parentheses to be sure, especially if you are programming in different languages
To elaborate slightly on Stephen's answer, the plus operator is at precedence level 6 while the colon operator is at level 7.

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