What happened to simple function?

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In summary, the "simple" function in MATLAB was replaced by "simplify". However, the "simplify" function only shows the simplest answer, whereas "simple" in the textbook showed multiple ways to simplify an expression. "Simple" was removed after R2014b and the current documentation for the "simplify" function can be found at the provided link.
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Hello All,
I have a question regarding the simple function in MATLAB.
My textbook talks about it and it looks very useful, it will show you a bunch of steps of how to simplify an expression or equation.
I am using MATLAB R2018b and it looks like the function is gone. I am wondering if something took its place? it looks super useful.
Thanks so much
 
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The "simple" function was replaced by "simplify".
 
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Hmmm. When I type simplify it only shows me the simplest answer, versus in my textbook when you type simple it shows a ton of different answers, going through each possible way to simplify it until you get to the "simplest" one.
 

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