Double = in one line of code

Can I define a=b=c in one line of code in matlab? if yes what is the syntax?

I do not want to define in double section like a=b; c=b;

[James Tursa]

What do you have against a=b; c=b; ?

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

doc deal

Answer 2

[Andrei Bobrov]

b = 1000;
zz = {b};
[a,c] = zz{[1,1]};

[Rik]

Nice hack, although I think deal is more clear when reading the code. I didn't know this syntax also generated a comma-separated list like {:} does.