dot

Scilab Symbol
Last update : 13/01/2005

dot - (.) symbol

### Calling Sequence

  `123.33`
  `a.*b`
  `[123,..`
  `456]`

### Description

  .Dot is used to mark decimal point for numbers : 3.25 and 0.001
  .<op>used in cunjunction with other operator symbols (`* / \ ^ '` ) to form other operators. Element-by-element multiplicative operations are obtained using `.* , .^ , ./ , .\` or `.'` . For example, C = A ./ B is the matrix with elements c(i,j) = a(i,j)/b(i,j). Kronecker product is noted .*. . Note that when dot follows a number it is alway prt of the number so 2.*x is evaluated as 2.0*x and 2 .*x is evaluated as (2).*x
  ..Continuation. Two or more decimal points at the end of a line causes the following line to be a continuation.

### Examples

    1.345
    x=[1 2 3];x.^2 .*x // a space is required between 2 and dot
    [123,..
     456]

### See Also

`star` , `hat` , `slash` , `backslash` ,