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Addition

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Syntax

C = A + B
C = plus(A,B)

Description

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C = A + B adds arrays A and B by adding corresponding elements. The sizes of A and B must be the same or be compatible.

If the sizes of A and B are compatible, then the two arrays implicitly expand to match each other. For example, if one of A or B is a scalar, then the scalar is combined with each element of the other array. Also, vectors with different orientations (one row vector and one column vector) implicitly expand to form a matrix.

C = plus(A,B) is an alternate way to execute A + B, but is rarely used. It enables operator overloading for classes.

Examples

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Create an array, A, and add a scalar value to it. 

A = [0 1; 1 0];
C = A + 2
C = 2×2

     2     3
     3     2

The scalar value is added to each entry of A.

Open Live Script

Create two arrays, A and B, and add them together. 

A = [1 0; 2 4];
B = [5 9; 2 1];
C = A + B
C = 2×2

     6     9
     4     5

The elements of A are added to the corresponding elements of B.

Open Live Script

Create a 1-by-2 row vector and 3-by-1 column vector and add them.

a = 1:2;
b = (1:3)';
a + b
ans = 3×2

     2     3
     3     4
     4     5

The result is a 3-by-2 matrix, where each (i,j) element in the matrix is equal to a(j) + b(i):

a=[a1 a2],          b=[b1b2b3],           a+ b=[a1+ b1a2+ b1a1+ b2a2+ b2a1+ b3a2+ b3].

Open Live Script

Create an array, A, and add a column vector to it. The vector is treated as though it is a matrix of the same size as A, so that each element in the vector is added to a row in A.

A = [1 2 3; 4 5 6]
A = 2×3

     1     2     3
     4     5     6


b = [10; 100]
b = 2×1

    10
   100


A + b
ans = 2×3

    11    12    13
   104   105   106
Open Live Script

Create two 1-by-3 string arrays, then concatenate similarly located strings in the arrays.

s1 = string({'Red' 'Blue' 'Green'})
s1 = 1x3 string
    "Red"    "Blue"    "Green"


s2 = string({'Truck' 'Sky' 'Tree'})
s2 = 1x3 string
    "Truck"    "Sky"    "Tree"


s = s1 + s2
s = 1x3 string
    "RedTruck"    "BlueSky"    "GreenTree"

Input Arguments

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Operands, specified as scalars, vectors, matrices, or multidimensional arrays. Numeric or string inputs A and B must either be the same size or have sizes that are compatible (for example, A is an M-by-N matrix and B is a scalar or 1-by-N row vector). For more information, see Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations.

  • Operands with an integer data type cannot be complex.

  • Datetime, duration, and calendar duration arrays must be the same size unless one is a scalar.

  • If one input is a datetime array, duration array, or calendar duration array, then numeric values in the other input are treated as a number of 24-hour days.

  • If one input is a string array, then the other input can be a numeric, logical, character, string, or cell array.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | logical | char | string | datetime | duration | calendarDuration
Complex Number Support: Yes

Compatibility Considerations

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Behavior changed in R2016b

Extended Capabilities

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Topics

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