Problem 43032. Geometrical meaning of determinant

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James on 11 Oct 2016

When did the "function ans = " trick start working again?

Peng Liu on 12 Oct 2016

It started to work when Cody server upgraded its MATLAB to R2016b. So strictly speaking, it's not just a Cody trick, but a MATLAB R2016b feature. This feature was somewhat discontinued in R2016a, but it works in many earlier versions.

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