Re: Is there a way to let @ defined function handle return multiple values?

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Function-Handles.html
>
> I only see @ can be used to define function handles with one return
> value. Is it possible to define a function handle to return two
> values? Thanks.
>
>
> I assume you're asking about in-line functions?   For that, use deal().  A
> trivial example is below.
>
> fun = @(x,y) deal (x, y);
>
> [a, b] = fun (1, 2)
>
> a =  1
>
> b =  2
>
>
> Ben
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All solutions given before are valid, you can also stick to the single
value and return a matrix/cell with the different values and deal them
afterwards.

Z =@(x) [x+1, x.^2];
x = [1; 2; 3];
X = Z(x);
xp1 = X(:,1);
x2 = X(:,2);