Scilab Function

colon (:) - colon operator

### Description

- : : Colon. Used in subscripts and loops.
- j:k is the vector

(empty if `J>K`).

- j:d:k is the vector

The colon notation can also be used to pick out selected rows, columns and elements of vectors and matrices.

- A(:) is the vector of all the elements of `A` regarded as a single column.
- A(:,j) is the `j`-th column of `A`
- A(j:k) is
- A(:,j:k) is
- A(:)=w fills the matrix `A` with entries of `w` (taken column by column if `w` is a matrix).

### See Also

`matrix`