VCOLON Condenses its arguments, like X(:). [Y1,Y2, ... YN]=VCOLON(X1,X2, ... XN) is equivalent to Y1=X1(:); Y2=X2(:); ... YN=XN(:); VCOLON(X1,X2,...XN) with no output arguments overwrites the original input variables. __________________________________________________________________ This is part of JLAB --- type 'help jlab' for more information (C) 2000, 2004 J.M. Lilly --- type 'help jlab_license' for details