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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Subject Name : ENGINEERING COMPUTATION WITH MATLAB

Subject Code : U19ECO41

Prepared by : Mr. I.Shivasankkar

Verified by: Approved by:

UNIT – II LOOPS & CONTROL STATEMENTS

Introduction; Relational & Logical operations - Example programs - Operator precedence- Control
& Decision statements- IF - IF ELSE - NESTED IF ELSE - SWITCH - TRY &CATCH - FOR -
WHILE - NESTED FOR - FOR with IF statements, MATLAB programorganization, Debugging
methods - Error trapping using eval & lastern commands.

RELATIONAL OPERATORS

MATLAB relational operators include all common comparisons, as shown in thefollowing table:

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LOGICAL OPERATORS

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OPERATOR PRECEDENCE

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CONTROL AND DECISION STATEMENTS

LOOPS

for Loop

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nested for Loop

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while loop

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BRANCHES CONTROL STRUCTURES

if Control Structure

if Structure

if-else Structure

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if-elseif-else Structure

nested if Structure

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switch Statement

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break Statement

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continue Statement

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error Statement

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try-catch Structure

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ERRORS AND WARNINGS

Types of Errors

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ERROR HANDLING USING FUNCTIONS eval and lasterr

Displaying Error Messages

Displaying Warnings

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MATLAB DEBUGGER

Setting Breakpoints

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Examining Variables

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Changing Workspace Context

Stepping through Code and Continuing Execution

Ending the Debugging Session

Debugging from the Command Line

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

2 marks

1. What is a relational operator?

2. What is a logical operator?

3. What is a breakpoint?

4. What is the need of using stack pull-down menu?

5. Write the syntax of ‘if’ statement.

6. Write the syntax of ‘for’ statement.

7. Write the syntax of ‘switch’ statement.

8. What is the function of looping structures?

5 marks

1. Illustrate on the usage of relational operators along with mathematical expression with an example.

2. Demonstrate on logical ‘AND’ operator with an example program.

3. Explain briefly on operator precedence through an example.

4. Summarize briefly on the ‘switch’ statement structure.

5. Illustrate the process of using ‘try-catch’ structure while executing a program.

6. Explain the concepts of error handling using functions ‘eval’ and ‘lasterr’.

10 marks

1. Develop a MATLAB program to add the numbers till the number entered is 0, using while loop.

2. Develop a MATLAB program to find the largest of the three numbers using if-elseif-else structure.

3. Explain in detail about relational and logical operators with example programs.

4. Demonstrate in detail about the debugging methods in MATLAB.

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