For example, if you want C to be int8, you can do the following:
c = 0;
C = int 8(C);
For matrices, if you want the int8 type, it looks like this:
C = zero (500,500);
C = int 8(C);
That is, first assign the variable to 0, 1 or a certain value. Then type conversion is forced.
Or c? =? Zero (500,500,' int 8');
Perhaps, you have solved it yourself (see time 2008), and it is ok to give it to others.