help how do I multiply a scalar by a cell (element) and store in a scalar

[Jerry Baucum]

Hi,

I know this sounds stupid but I've just spent three hours searching
the internet trying to figure out how to:


Sample =
{
  [1,1] = -0.12300
  [1,2] =  0.23400
}

value = pi * Sample(1,2)

I'm running up against the error

error: binary operator `*' not implemented for `scalar' by `cell' operations

I've tried many different perturbations of the above to no avail.
All I want to do is take an element from a matrix, multiply it by pi
and save it in a scalar variable.  WTF?

-- 
Jerry