I want to define multiple variables at the same time. For example, I want to define
a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
like this.
So I made a matrix with [a,b,c]:
x = [a, b, c];
y = [1, 2, 3];
x = y
So I want to get the following answer.
a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
If I use
[a, b, c] = deal(1, 2, 3)
then, I can get
a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
But I want to use matrix x instead of [a, b, c]
So if I use,
x = deal(1,2,3)
there is an error.
Is there any solution?
Maybe I don't understand the question but if you want to use the matrix x instead of [a, b, c] why don't you just define it as
x = [1, 2, 3];
From your question it sounds to me as if you are overcomplicating the problem. You begin by wanting to declare
a = 1;
b = 2;
c = 3;
but what you want instead according to the end of your question is
x = [1, 2, 3];
If you define x as above you can the refer to the individual elements of x like
>> x(1), x(2), x(3)
ans =
1
ans =
2
ans =
3
Now you have the best of both worlds with 1 definition. You can refer to a, b and c using x(1), x(2), x(3) instead and you've only had to define x once with x = [1, 2, 3];.
You cannot deal into a numeric array, but you can deal into a cell array and then concatenate all the elements in the cell array, like this:
[x{1:3}] = deal(1, 2, 3); % x is a cell array {1, 2, 3}
x = [x{:}]; % x is now a numeric array [1, 2, 3]
