Why does a commented out line generate an error

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Leo Simon 2018-6-8

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评论： Walter Roberson 2018-6-8

The following code throws an error

CellArray      = {  ... 
                     'X' ...
%                   ,'X' ...  
                    ,'X' ...
                };

The error is:

Dimensions of matrices being concatenated are not consistent.

If I erase the commented out line, there is no error. So my question is: why isn't commenting out a line equivalent to erasing it.

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Walter Roberson 2018-6-8

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编辑：Walter Roberson 2018-6-8

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Using ... is equivalent to bringing the next line up to the end of the current line. So that code is equivalent to

CellArray      = {  'X' %                   ,'X' ...  
                    ,'X' };

The last last of those lines is not brought up to the previous one because the ... itself on the line before it has been commented out.

You need to use

CellArray      = {  ... 
                     'X' ...
  ... %                   ,'X' ...  
                    ,'X' ...
                };

Or, since ... itself acts to comment out the rest of the line,

CellArray      = {  ... 
                     'X' ...
 ...                   ,'X' ...  
                    ,'X' ...
                };

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Leo Simon 2018-6-8

Thanks Walter. Could you explain why ... comments out the rest of the line? I thought it was just a way of continuing two lines

Walter Roberson 2018-6-8

It is by definition.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/matlab-operators-and-special-characters.html

"Three or more periods at the end of a line continues the current command on the next line. If three or more periods occur before the end of a line, then MATLAB ignores the rest of the line and continues to the next line. This effectively makes a comment out of anything on the current line that follows the three periods."

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