How MATLAB Represents .NET Operators

MATLAB^® supports overloaded operators, such as the C# operator symbols + and *, as shown in this table. MATLAB implements all other overloaded operators, such as % and +=, by their static method names, op_Modulus and op_AdditionAssignment. For .NET operator overloading usage guidelines, refer to Microsoft^® documentation.

C++ Operator Symbol	.NET Operator	MATLAB Method
+ (binary)	op_Addition	plus, +
- (binary)	op_Subtraction	minus, -
* (binary)	op_Multiply	mtimes, *
/	op_Division	mrdivide, /
&&	op_LogicalAnd	and, &
||	op_LogicalOr	or, |
==	op_Equality	eq, ==
>	op_GreaterThan	gt, >
<	op_LessThan	lt, <
!=	op_Inequality	ne, ~=
>=	op_GreaterThanOrEqual	ge, >=
<=	op_LessThanOrEqual	le, <=
- (unary)	op_UnaryNegation	uminus, -a
+ (unary)	op_UnaryPlus	uplus, +a

To call an overloaded operator in MATLAB, use the operator symbol. For example, to compare two dates, use the == symbol:

netDate = System.DateTime.Now;
netDate.DayOfWeek == System.DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek

ans = 
   1

To call the .NET operator, use the static method syntax:

namespace.ClassName.MethodName(args)

For example, to use the op_Equality method, type:

System.DateTime.op_Equality(netDate,System.DateTime.Now)

ans = 
   0