What is the advantage of fliplr, flipud?

It's easy to flip along a dim using `end:-1:1`. So why design the builtin fliplr, flipud functions?

Answer 1

[per isakson]

YMMV

• higher level; easier to read and remember
• fliplr is faster for large vectors (R2018a)

[Sean de Wolski]

• Works long any arbitrary dimensional array:

x = rand(3,3,3,3,3);
flipud(x)

Though flip() is now the preferred means.

• Easier for users not fluent in indexing.