How can I suppress the 'ans' output?

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Jeroen
Jeroen on 18 Apr 2013
When my code looks like this
function [ z ] = summie( x,y )
z=x+y;
disp(['The summie is: ', num2str(z)])
end
and I typ in the command window for example
summie(1,2)
This is displayed:
The summie is: 3
ans =
3
Is there a way to suppress the 'ans' output, so that only
The summie is: 3
is displayed?

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Sagar Damle
Sagar Damle on 19 Apr 2013
Edited: Matt J on 19 Apr 2013
Use this function :-
function summie( x,y )
z=x+y;
disp(['The summie is: ', num2str(z)])
end
That is, do not send 'z' as output. In other words,return type of your function should be 'void' to suppress the 'ans' output. Search this PDF on internet –
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Department of Financial and Risk Engineering User-Defined Functions in Matlab K. Ming Leung
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Jeroen
Jeroen on 19 Apr 2013
Edited: Jeroen on 19 Apr 2013
This works perfectly. Thanks a lot Matt!
--EDIT: oops, I meant Sagar indeed... Therefore: thanks a lot Sagar! ;) But thank you for your help too Matt. Why can't I accept 2 answers? Know what, I'll give you my vote!
Matt J
Matt J on 19 Apr 2013
I think you meant to thank Sagar. However, consider also my solution with varargout. It is similar to Sagar's solution, but allows you to continue to have an optional output argument.

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Matt J
Matt J on 18 Apr 2013
Add a semicolon to the end of the function call
sum(1,2);
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Matt J
Matt J on 19 Apr 2013
function varargout = summie( x,y )
z=x+y;
disp(['The summie is: ', num2str(z)])
if nargout
varargout{1}=z;
end
end
Jeroen
Jeroen on 19 Apr 2013
This works perfectly aswell! Thanks Matt!

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