MATLAB code question

Question

I am working on converting a MATLAB program to C and I don't know MATLAB at all. Can anyone tell me what the '/ does in MATLAB?

var1=acos(v1true*varW1'/(norm(v1true)));

I know what ./ does, it causes MATLAB to divide term by term. But I don't know about '/

Thanks, DemiSheep

Answer 1

' is the conjugate or Hermitian transpose. If you wish to do a normal transpose, use .'

Answer 2

Yes, in your case you are taking transpose of varW1 dividing it with the norm(v1true) then multiplying it with v1true.

Answer 3

As Brandon said, ' is the conjugate or Hermitian transpose (also known as linear algebraic transpose), and .' is the array transpose. For more information see MATLAB's Arithmetic Operators page.