solve command returns sym instead of numerical answer

The code below is intended to return values for T for any number N and creates a a system of equations to do so.
clear
clc
n=input('enter n value :');
T=sym('T', [n 1]);
for x=1:n
if x==1
eqmatrix(x)=(0==2*T(x+1)-(2+1/(n^2))*T(x)+1/(4*n^2));
elseif 1<x && x<n
eqmatrix(x)=(0==T(x+1)+T(x-1)-(2+(1/(n^2)))*T(x)+1/(4*n^2));
elseif x==n
eqmatrix(x)=(0==2*T(x-1)-(2+1/(n^2))*T(x)+1/(4*n^2));
end
end
solve(eqmatrix)
This program returns a sym matrix instead of the numerical answers I was hoping for. What am I doing wrong?
enter n value :5
ans =
T1: [1x1 sym]
T2: [1x1 sym]
T3: [1x1 sym]
T4: [1x1 sym]
T5: [1x1 sym]

Answers (2)

solve() always returns symbolic answers, even if the results have no symbols in them. You may wish to use double() to convert to double precision values.
It gives numeric answers. You simply aren't asking it to display them.
Ts = solve(eqmatrix)
then, since Ts is a structure, use:
Tn = structfun(@double,Ts)
to produce their double equivalents:
Tn =
250.0000e-003
250.0000e-003
250.0000e-003
250.0000e-003
250.0000e-003

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on 30 Oct 2012

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