How to add two sets of imported data?

Hi

I am currently working on a program that requires me to add two sets of data that is imported in tables. However whenever I run the code, I get this error message:

Operator '+' is not supported for operands of type 'table'.

Error in MastersDraft_1 (line 3)

Moisture_content = plus(Lime_additioncombinedprdts,Lime_additioncombinedprdtsratio);

How do I fix it?

[KSSV]

You cannot add tables like that. You want to join tables or add the respective columns?

[Jan]

Adding tables is not meaningful in a mathematical sense. AS KSSV has mentioned already, joining the tables might be meant, or adding the contents of the table.

[Ashley Bhugwandin]

How would I add the respective columns?

Thanks

[Peter Perkins]

Please see my post below.

Answer 1

[Peter Perkins]

Ashley, there's a long example in the doc that talks about "how to perform calculations by using the numeric and categorical data that the table contains" at length:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/computations-with-numeric-data-in-table-or-timetable.html

Without more information in your question, the short answer is to do things like

t.X = t.X + 1

or

tplus1 = varfun(@(x)x+1,t)

or perhaps

t{:,["X" "Y" "Z"]) = t{:,["X" "Y" "Z"]) + 1

or

t.Variables = t.Variables + 1