MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

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Purpose Overloaded method to display an object
Syntax display(X)
display
Description display(X) prints the value of a variable or expression, X. MATLAB calls
display(X) when it interprets a variable or expression, X, that is not
terminated by a semicolon. For example, sin(A) calls display, while sin(A);
does not.
If X is an instance of a MATLAB class, then MATLAB calls the display method
of that class, if such a method exists. If the class has no display method or if X
is not an instance of a MATLAB class, then the MATLAB builtin display
function is called.
Examples A typical implementation of display calls disp to do most of the work and looks
like this.
function display(X)
if isequal(get(0,'FormatSpacing'),'compact')
disp([inputname(1) ' =']);
disp(X)
else
disp(' ')
disp([inputname(1) ' =']);
disp(' ');
disp(X)
end
The expression magic(3), with no terminating semicolon, calls this function as
display(magic(3)).
magic(3)
ans =
8 1 6
3 5 7
4 9 2
As an example of a class display method, the function below implements the
display method for objects of the MATLAB class, polynom.
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