What is the @ operator in MATLAB?

Question

I\'ve only used MATLAB 6.5 before. I got some programs that is using \'@\'. Can someone tell me what is it?

By the way, does MATLAB 6.5 support this operator?

Answer 1

It used to declare Anonymous Functions in Matlab.

I think the terms is "Function Handle".

Practically it covers the inability of Matlab to declare a function at any place in any M file.

You may see it here: What is your favourite MATLAB/Octave programming trick?

I found it to be useful in Image Processing along with the "blockproc" command.