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Intro Matlab

The document discusses the MATLAB software environment. It describes MATLAB as a matrix laboratory originally created to provide access to matrix software libraries. It outlines the basic MATLAB desktop interface including the current folder, command window, workspace, and command history panels. It provides tips for using documentation, managing files and commands, writing comments, stepping through code, and basic plotting in MATLAB.

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Intro Matlab

The document discusses the MATLAB software environment. It describes MATLAB as a matrix laboratory originally created to provide access to matrix software libraries. It outlines the basic MATLAB desktop interface including the current folder, command window, workspace, and command history panels. It provides tips for using documentation, managing files and commands, writing comments, stepping through code, and basic plotting in MATLAB.

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http://ocw.mit.

edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-
science/6-094-introduction-to-matlab-january-iap-2010/lecture-notes/

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/index.html#mathematics



The name MATLAB stands for MATrix LABoratory. MATLAB was
written originally
to provide easy access to matrix software developed by the LINPACK
(linear system package)
and EISPACK (Eigen system package) projects (Houcque, 2005)

Layout
The desktop includes these panels:

Current Folder Access your files.
Command Window Enter commands at the command line, indicated by the prompt (>>).
Workspace Explore data that you create or import from files.
Command History

Note
Good house keeping
MatLab have one of the best documentations
Doc, help, lookfor edit
help command searches for an exact function name match
lookfor command searches the quick summary information in each function for a match
doc function opens the on-line version of the help manual.
Managing the workspace and command window: who, clear, clc
keep track of everything done during a MATLAB session with the diary command.
>> diary

To continue a line, type ...
Always write comments for your code
Running code step by step
To perform element-wise multiplication rather than matrix multiplication, use the .* operator


Variable
Script
Function
MatLab
Simulink
Mupad

Import
Read

Examples

1/(2+3^2)+4/5*6/7 versus 1/2+3^2+4/5*6/7

floating point number
MATLAB by default displays only 4 decimals
doc format

starts at 0,
takes steps (or increments) of,
stops when * is reached.
xlabel('x = 0:2\pi')
>> ylabel('Sine of x')
>> title('Plot of the Sine function'
Houcque, D. (2005). Introduction to MatLab for Engineering Students. Michigan: Northwestern
University.

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