One is the colon operator and the other is the linspace function.
Mat lab linspace.
Generate linearly spaced vectors.
Y linspace x1 x2 n generates n points the spacing between the points is x2 x1 n 1.
Linspace function in matlab.
Linspace is similar to the colon operator but gives direct control over the number of points and always includes the endpoints.
The linspace function generates linearly spaced vectors.
The principal difference is that with the colon operator you define the interval between successive elements and let the length of the resulting vector vary and in linspace you define the length of the vector and the function calculates the interval to fit the length.
There are two principal ways to create vectors in matlab.
In this article we will understand a very useful function of matlab called linspace.
This function will generate a vector of values linearly spaced between two endpoints.
It is similar to the colon operator but gives direct control over the number of points.
See my answer below and the cyclist s comment above richard on 19 jan 2012.
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Y logspace a b generates a row vector y of 50 logarithmically spaced points between decades 10 a and 10 b the logspace function is especially useful for creating frequency vectors.
It will need two inputs for the endpoints and an optional input to specify the number of points to include in the two endpoints.
Matlab function reference.
Y linspace a b y linspace a b n description.