left divide discrepancy

I'm sure there is a simple explanation for this...
Lets say I have matrix equation, Ax=B, with A as a 3x3 matrix and x and B as column vectors.
So while in MATLAB, if I input B/A in the command window it says that there is an error using mldivide (left division). HOWEVER, according to the MATLAB help page here, http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/mldivide.html , mldivide, or left matrix division, has the syntax of A\B.
So I guess my question is, what is left division, is it B/A, or A\B? The error script in MATLAB suggests the former, whereas the online help file suggests the later.
Thanks,
Darren

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Which version are you using? For "/" I get messages about mrdivide, not mldivide.

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Wayne King
Wayne King 2012-5-16

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mldivide(A,B) is A\B If B is 3x1 and A is 3x3, then B/A should give you a dimension error, but A\B should give you basically inv(A)*B.

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