Why is Symbolic Math Toolbox Giving Decimal Answers?

When I ask symbolic math toolbox for symbolic outputs, it gives them in a decimal, but symbolic. I would like sym(pi) to give π and sym(sqrt(3)) to give . I've set my path to default and typed the command "reset(symengine)" and the commands "restoredefaultpath; rehash toolboxcache;" I've deleted and redownloaded both Matlab and the Symbolic toolbox. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

[Paul]

Check your sympref

The defaults are

sympref

ans = struct with fields:
           FourierParameters: [1    -1]
           HeavisideAtOrigin: 1/2
            AbbreviateOutput: 1
               TypesetOutput: 1
         FloatingPointOutput: 0
      PolynomialDisplayStyle: 'default'
    MatrixWithSquareBrackets: 0

Resulting in

[sym(pi) sym(sqrt(3))]

ans = 

But, if you change this pref

sympref('FloatingPointOutput',true);
sympref

ans = struct with fields:
           FourierParameters: [1    -1]
           HeavisideAtOrigin: 0.5000
            AbbreviateOutput: 1
               TypesetOutput: 1
         FloatingPointOutput: 1
      PolynomialDisplayStyle: 'default'
    MatrixWithSquareBrackets: 0

then

[sym(pi) sym(sqrt(3))]

ans = 

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

sympref('FloatingPointOutput', 0)

ans = logical
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