I want to assign multiple arrays of data simultaneously to different variable

I want to assign multiple arrays of data simultaneously to different variable, but I think my syntax is wrong, Can anybody help me out here? A simple version of the code is gioven below.

D=[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10];

[p q r]= [D(1:2) D(2:5) D(6:10)]

[Stephen23]

"I want to assign multiple arrays of data simultaneously to different variable, but I think my syntax is wrong"

It looks as if you are trying to write Python code. If you want to understand what your MATLAB code is actually doing:

• On the RHS square brackets are a concatenation operator (not a "list" operator, which MATLAB does not have). So your RHS concatenates some arrays together into one array, and is equivalent to this: D([1:2,2:10])
• On the LHS square brackets are used to capture multiple function outputs. However array concatenation only returns one output, so the code you show will not work: one output cannot be directly assigned to three outputs.

Square brackets are used a lot in MATLAB, you need to understand what they mean and how to use them:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/matlab-operators-and-special-characters.html#bvg3oy_-5

[TM Abir Ahsan]

@Stephen23 Yes, I understand your point. I think if these were single variables instead of array then my RHS inputs would have been assigned to the individual variables concatanated on the LHS. I was just curious as of why MATLAB could not do the same for arrays instead of single values on the RHS. The deal function is doing exactly what I was looking for here. Thanks for your comment :)

Answer 1

[Voss]

D = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10];
[p q r] = deal(D(1:2), D(2:5), D(6:10))

p = 1×2

1 2

q = 1×4

2 3 4 5

r = 1×5

6 7 8 9 10

[TM Abir Ahsan]

Amazing! Thanks @Voss, I had no idea about the deal func. Thanks a bunch. This reduced a lot of line of my codes.