2.13 Matrix Operations

The following table gives the syntax of the basic matrix operations available in Scilab.

SYMBOL	OPERATION
[ ]	matrix definition, concatenation
;	row separator
( )	extraction m=a(k)
( )	insertion: a(k)=m
'	transpose
+	addition
-	subtraction
*	multiplication
\	left division
/	right division
^	exponent
.*	elementwise multiplication
.\	elementwise left division
./	elementwise right division
.^	elementwise exponent
.*.	kronecker product
./.	kronecker right division
.\.	kronecker left division