Why does putting a space after a function give a vector output?

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I'm trying to pin down some behaviour I don't quite understand. In the following code:
floor 12
I expected this to return an error. However it returns
ans = 49 50
this seems to correspond in some way that 1 represents 49 and 2 represents 50. We can do a similar thing like
floor randomcharacters
or even with other inbuilt functions
abs 55.3
Does anyone know why exactly matlab returns these outputs?
Paul

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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 24 Sep 2020
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Paul Bowen
Paul Bowen on 24 Sep 2020
Thanks madhan, that answers my question entirely! I couldn't find it before.
It isn't an assignment, it was a question a student asked in a lab and I had not come across this behaviour before. Thanks again!

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