Name

colon — (Matlab function) Colon

Matlab/Scilab equivalent

Matlab Scilab
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Particular cases

Using colon with empty matrices

In Matlab if almost one operand is an empty matrix, then result is an empty matrix what gives an error message in Scilab.

Using colon with NaNs and Infs

In Matlab if almost one operand is an empty matrix, then result is a NaN what make Scilab returning an error.