What’s the difference between & and && in MATLAB?

The single ampersand & is the logical AND operator. The double ampersand && is again a logical AND operator that employs short-circuiting behaviour. Short-circuiting just means the second operand (right hand side) is evaluated only when the result is not fully determined by the first operand (left hand side) A & B (A and B … Read more

A tool to convert MATLAB code to Python

There are several tools for converting Matlab to Python code. The only one that’s seen recent activity (last commit from June 2018) is Small Matlab to Python compiler (also developed here: SMOP@chiselapp). Other options include: LiberMate: translate from Matlab to Python and SciPy (Requires Python 2, last update 4 years ago). OMPC: Matlab to Python (a bit outdated). Mat2py: Matlab … Read more

Differences between Octave and MATLAB

Rather than provide you with a complete list of differences, I’ll give you my view on the matter. If you read carefully the wiki page you provide, you’ll often see sentences like “Octave supports both, while MATLAB requires the first” etc. This shows that Octave’s developers try to make Octave syntax “superior” to MATLAB’s. This attitude makes … Read more