# disp

## Purpose

Display text or matrix.

## Synopsis

    disp(X)

## Description

`disp(X)` displays a matrix, without printing the matrix name. If `X` contains a text string, the string is displayed.

Another way to display a matrix on the screen is to type its name, but this prints a leading `"X =`," which is not always desirable.

## Examples

One use of `disp` in an M-file is to display a matrix with column labels:

    disp('      Corn      Oats      Hay')
    disp(rand(5,3))

which results in

          Corn      Oats      Hay
        0.2113    0.8474    0.2749
        0.0820    0.4524    0.8807
        0.7599    0.8075    0.6538
        0.0087    0.4832    0.4899
        0.8096    0.6135    0.7741

This shows the use of `disp` on both data and text strings.

## See Also

    num2str, setstr, sprintf

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