Is it possible to assign multiple variables to one number?

For example, is there a much more efficient way of doing this:

a = 0;
b = 0; 
c = 0;

And so on; essentially, I am trying to set a-z equal to 0. I am just trying to make my script seem less long. Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

[Jan]

If you really have 26 variables with a single charater name 'a' to 'z' which are all scalars, use one vector:

a = zeros(1, 26);

and a(2) instead of b.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

[a, b, c] = deal(0);

[Ale Kat]

excellent

[Pedro Cabrera Santana]

great answer!

Answer 3

[Bharath Rangaswamy]

Hi Shawn,

There is no way to assign multiple variables to one number.

Best,

Bharath