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MATLAB Tutorial, Part 2: Plotting Parametric Curves

This document provides a tutorial on plotting and functions in MATLAB. It demonstrates how to create 3D plots of parametric curves and surfaces. It also shows how to write MATLAB functions to compute things like the dot product of vectors, factorials using for, while and if statements, and a script to call these functions. Functions and scripts allow breaking problems into modular reusable pieces of code.

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MATLAB Tutorial, Part 2: Plotting Parametric Curves

This document provides a tutorial on plotting and functions in MATLAB. It demonstrates how to create 3D plots of parametric curves and surfaces. It also shows how to write MATLAB functions to compute things like the dot product of vectors, factorials using for, while and if statements, and a script to call these functions. Functions and scripts allow breaking problems into modular reusable pieces of code.

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E154 V.

Khayms
Introduction to Engineering Fall 2003
Mathematics

MATLAB Tutorial, Part 2

1. Plotting in 3D 2. Creating a simple script

Plotting parametric curves a) Open new .m file


b) Type in commands
>> t=0:0.1:4*pi;
>> x=cos(t); % Creating a plot
>> y=sin(t); clear;
>> z=t; x=linspace(0,15,1000);
>> plot3(x,y,z); y=sin(x).*x;
>> grid on plot(x,y)
grid on

c) Save file as
plot_demo1.m
d) Execute script:

>> plot_demo1

Plotting surfaces

>> [x,y]=meshgrid(-2:0.1:2,-2:0.1:2);
>> z=sin(x.^2+y.^2);
>> surface(x,y,z)
>> shading('interp');
>> grid on 3. Creating a function
>> colorbar
a) Open new .m file
b) Type in commands

% This function computes dot


% product of vectors a and b

function [ans]=dot_product(a,b)
ans=a(1)*b(1)+a(2)*b(2)+a(3)*b(3);
c) Save file as for i=1:n
dot_product.m product=product*i;
d) Execute function: end

>> a=[1 2 3]; % This function computes the value


>> b=[2 3 4]; % of n factorial using while loop
>> [ans]=dot_product(a,b)
function [product]=factorial2(n)
ans = product=1;
i=1;
20 while i<=n
product=product*i;
4. Using functions i=i+1;
end
a) Open new .m file
b) Type in commands
% This function computes the value
% This script uses the dot_product % of n factorial using if statements
% function
function [product]=factorial3(n)
clear; product=1;
a=[1 2 3]; i=1;
b=[2 3 4]; while (1)
c=dot_product(a,b) product=product*i;
proj_a_onto_b=c/norm(b) i=i+1;
if i>n
c) Save file as projection.m break
d) Execute script end
end
>> projection

c=

20

proj_a_onto_b =

3.7139

5. Programming in MATLAB

% This function computes the value


% of n factorial using for loop

function [product]=factorial1(n)
product=1;

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