What is ''why' command

What exactly the 'why' command gives?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

>> help why
why    Provides succinct answers to almost any question.
  why, by itself, provides a random answer.
  why(N) provides the N-th answer.
  Please embellish or modify this function to suit your own tastes.

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[Arun Badigannavar]

intresting

[Jan]

In fact, interesting.

Answer 2

[Patrick Kamdem]

Try typing "why" in MATLAB (minus the quotes). Each time you get a response, try the why command again.