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14.11.

2016 Matrices and Arrays - MATLAB & Simulink

Matrices and Arrays


is an abbreviation for "matrix laboratory." While other
programming languages mostly work with numbers one at a time, Open Script
MATLAB® is designed to operate primarily on whole matrices and arrays.

All MATLAB variables are multidimensional , no matter what type of data. A is a two-dimensional array
often used for linear algebra.

To create an array with four elements in a single row, separate the elements with either a comma (,) or a space.

a = [1 2 3 4]

a =

1 2 3 4

This type of array is a .

To create a matrix that has multiple rows, separate the rows with semicolons.

a = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 10]

a =

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 10

Another way to create a matrix is to use a function, such as ones, zeros, or rand. For example, create a 5-by-1
column vector of zeros.

z = zeros(5,1)

z =

0
0
0
0
0

MATLAB allows you to process all of the values in a matrix using a single arithmetic operator or function.

a + 10

ans =

11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 20

sin(a)

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ans =

0.8415 0.9093 0.1411


-0.7568 -0.9589 -0.2794
0.6570 0.9894 -0.5440

To transpose a matrix, use a single quote ('):

a'

ans =

1 4 7
2 5 8
3 6 10

You can perform standard matrix multiplication, which computes the inner products between rows and columns, using
the * operator. For example, confirm that a matrix times its inverse returns the identity matrix:

p = a*inv(a)

p =

1.0000 0 -0.0000
0 1.0000 0
0 0 1.0000

Notice that p is not a matrix of integer values. MATLAB stores numbers as floating-point values, and arithmetic
operations are sensitive to small differences between the actual value and its floating-point representation. You can
display more decimal digits using the format command:

format long
p = a*inv(a)

p =

1.000000000000000 0 -0.000000000000000
0 1.000000000000000 0
0 0 0.999999999999998

Reset the display to the shorter format using

format short

format affects only the display of numbers, not the way MATLAB computes or saves them.

To perform element-wise multiplication rather than matrix multiplication, use the .* operator:

p = a.*a

p =

1 4 9
16 25 36
49 64 100

The matrix operators for multiplication, division, and power each have a corresponding array operator that operates
element-wise. For example, raise each element of a to the third power:

a.^3
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