title: What does the MATLAB *. operator do?
body: <p>I see this in a MATLAB m-script, don't know what the <code>*.</code> operator is:</p>
  <pre><code>6*.5 = 3
  10*.1 = 1
  10*.30 = 3
  </code></pre>
  <p>So, what is the <code>*.</code> operator doing?</p>