How to assign variable to matrix positions

Given matrix A , assign the second coloumn of A to a varible v.

A = [1:5; 6:10; 11:15; 16:20];

i tried using the syms command but failed

and also the value it stores for v is 118, thats whats comming if a i try to assign it

[Anand Shanker Trivedi]

i am also facing the same problem

so what should i do

what is the value of V?

can you help me please

[Walter Roberson]

I do not understand what syms has to do with this question??

[Walter Roberson]

Is the idea that you are trying to create an "alias" for the second column of A, named v, such that if you were to assign to v(3) then A(3,2) would also change?

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

v = sym(A(:,2))