A = [16 5 9; 4 2 11; 7 14 9]; % Create matrix A(2,3) % Extract the element in row 2, column 3 ans = 11 A(1:2,2:3) % Extract elements in rows 1 and 2, and columns 2 and 3 ans = 5 9 2 11
v = [16 5 9 4 2 11 7 14]; v(3) % Extract the third element (ans = 9)