how does matlab read matrix

Hi, simple quick question: how does Matlab read matrix? From left to right or from top to bottom?

[Jan]

What exactly does "read" mean?

[Tomas]

read means the way function takes variables from matrix.

[Walter Roberson]

Functions do not take variables from matrices, with the exception of varargin.

[Jan]

The question is still not clear. Perhaps it helps, if you explain what you are trying to achieve.

Answer 1

[Jan]

The values are store in column order in the memory:

A = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9];
A(:)
>> [1; 4; 7; 2; 5; 8; 3; 6; 9]

This means: The 1st element is 1 stored in the data of the matrix A is 1, the 2nd is 4.

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

 A=[1 2 3;4 5 6;7 8 9]

the result is

     1     2     3
     4     5     6
     7     8     9

[Jan]

Does this answer the question?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Maybe