Ebook: MATLAB® by example: programming basics

Front Cover -- Matlab by Example: Programming Basics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Why This Book Is Different -- How This Book Is Organized -- 1 Matlab Integrated Development Environment -- Lesson 1.1 Basics of the Matlab Integrated Development Environment -- 1.1.1 Matlab Integrated Development Environment -- 1.1.2 Creating Scalar Variables -- 1.1.3 Creating Vector Variables -- 1.1.4 Creating Array Variables -- Lesson 1.2 Matlab Script Files -- 1.2.1 Creating a Script File -- 1.2.2 Naming a Script File -- 1.2.3 Saving a Script File -- 1.2.4 Executing a Script File -- 1.2.5 Matlab Code Readability -- 1.2.6 Commenting Matlab Code -- Lesson 1.3 Matlab Editor-Cell Mode -- 1.3.1 Enabling Cell Mode -- 1.3.2 Separating a Program into Cells -- 1.3.3 Evaluating Code in a Cell -- Answers to Selected Exercises -- Lesson 1.2 -- Exercise 1 -- Exercise 2 -- 2 Scalars in Matlab -- Lesson 2.1 Creating and Naming Matlab Scalar Variables -- 2.1.1 Matlab Special Variables -- 2.1.1.1 Using Matlab Special Variables -- 2.1.1.2 Changing the Values of Matlab Special Variables -- 2.1.2 User-Defined Variables -- 2.1.2.1 Naming a User-Defined Variable -- 2.1.2.2 Matlab is Case Sensitive -- 2.1.2.3 Clearing a User-Defined Variable -- Lesson 2.2 Approximation of Numbers and Discrete Mathematical Operations -- 2.2.1 Approximating Numbers -- 2.2.1.1 round Function -- 2.2.1.2 fix Function -- 2.2.1.3 ceil Function -- 2.2.1.4 floor Function -- 2.2.2 Discrete Mathematical Operations -- 2.2.2.1 Factorizing a Number -- 2.2.2.2 Greatest Common Divisor -- 2.2.2.3 Least Common Multiple -- Lesson 2.3 Mathematical Expressions for Scalar Variables -- 2.3.1 Creating Variables -- 2.3.2 Precedence of Mathematical Operations -- 2.3.3 From Mathematical Expressions to Matlab Expressions -- 2.3.4 From Matlab Expressions to Mathematical Expressions.;This book is designed to guide the reader through each step of writing Matlab programs. The book begins assuming the reader has no previous programming experience, and it uses multiple examples and clear language to introduce concepts and practical tools. The straight-forward and detailed instructions provide quick and thorough learning of Matlab for the beginner, allowing them to improve quickly in a short time. The book consists of ten parts and it discusses in detail the integrated development environment (IDE), scalars, vectors, arrays, adopting structured programming style ...