not - Find logical NOT - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Syntax

Description

~[A](#bu3um2z-A) returns a logical array or a table of logical values of the same size as A. The output contains logical 1 (true) values whereA is zero and logical 0 (false) values where A is nonzero.

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not([A](#bu3um2z-A)) is an alternate way to execute ~A, but is rarely used. It enables operator overloading for classes.

Examples

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Create a 3-by-3 identity matrix.

A = 3×3

 1     0     0
 0     1     0
 0     0     1

Find the logical negation of A. The new matrix has type logical.

B = 3×3 logical array

0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

Execute code based on a condition using the logical not operator in the context of an if loop.

Create a logical variable A.

Use A to write an if/else code block. Wrap the if/else block in a for loop so that it executes four times.

for k = 1:4 if ~A disp('IF block') A = true; else disp('ELSE block') end end

ELSE block ELSE block ELSE block

On the first iteration, A is false, so the if block executes since ~A is true. However, the if block also changes the value of A to true. In the remaining iterations, ~A is false and the else block executes.

Since R2023a

Create a table and perform a logical NOT of it. To perform a logical NOT of a table or timetable, all its variables must have data types that support logical operations.

A = table([0;2],[0;4],VariableNames=["V1","V2"],RowNames=["R1","R2"])

A=2×2 table V1 V2 __ __

R1    0     0 
R2    2     4

ans=2×2 table V1 V2
_____ _____

R1    true     true 
R2    false    false

Input Arguments

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Input array, specified as a numeric scalar, vector, matrix, multidimensional array, table, or timetable.

Tips

You also can use the ~ symbol as a placeholder output argument in a function call. For example, [~,i] = max(A) suppresses the first output of the max function, returning only the indices of the maximum values. For more information about suppressing function arguments, see Ignore Inputs in Function Definitions and Ignore Function Outputs.

Extended Capabilities

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Thenot function fully supports tall arrays. For more information, see Tall Arrays.

The not function fully supports GPU arrays. To run the function on a GPU, specify the input data as a gpuArray (Parallel Computing Toolbox). For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions on a GPU (Parallel Computing Toolbox).

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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The not operator supports operations directly on tables and timetables without indexing to access their variables. All variables must have data types that support the operation. For more information, see Direct Calculations on Tables and Timetables.