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The document provides an overview of variable creation in MATLAB, emphasizing that all variables are multidimensional arrays. It details various methods for creating arrays, including by listing components, using functions like linspace and rand, and through concatenation. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for creating specific types of vectors and matrices.

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part1_ Variables in MATLAB (1)

The document provides an overview of variable creation in MATLAB, emphasizing that all variables are multidimensional arrays. It details various methods for creating arrays, including by listing components, using functions like linspace and rand, and through concatenation. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for creating specific types of vectors and matrices.

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Variables in MATLAB

1st principal
All MATLAB variables are
multidimensional arrays, no matter what type of
data.

two-dimensional arrays
Array Creation
row vector

• By components listing
>>a= [1 2 3 4]
>>a= [ 1 ,2 ,3 ,4]

a=1234
Array Creation
row vector

• By components description
>>a= 1:4
a=1234
>>a= 1:2:8
a=1357
>>a=1: -1: 9
a=[] %empty
Array Creation
row vector
• MATLAB functions
linspace, logspace, rand, ones, zeros,
>> linspace(initial, final, cpt)
>> linspace(2, 9, 5)
ans =
2.0000 3.7500 5.5000 7.2500 9.0000

>>logspace(2, 9, 5)
ans =
100.00 5623.41 316227.77 17782794.10
1000000000.00
Array Creation
row vector
• Other methods :
– concatenation
>>a=[1 2 3], b=[5 6 7],
>> c=[a, b]
c=
123 567
– Import data
MAT files : >>Load or File menu
Array Creation
column vector
• By components • By components
listing description
>>a= [ 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4] >> a=(1:4)’
>>a= ( 1:2:8)’ 1
a= a= 3
1
2 >>a=(1: -1: 9)’ 5
3 7
a=[] %empty
4
Array Creation
column vector
• MATLAB functions • concatenation 1
>> linspace(2, 9, 5)‘ >> a=(1:4)’ 2
3
ans = >>b= ( 1:2:8)’
4
2.0000 >>C=[a ; b]
1
3.7500 3
5.5000 5
7.2500 7
• Import data
9.0000
Array Creation
matrix
• By components listing
>>a= [ 1 2 3 ; 4 5 6 ; 7 8 9]
a=
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

• By components description
a= [1 : 3 ; 4 : 6 ; 7 : 9]
b=[(1:3:7)', (2:3:8)' , (3:3:9)']
Array Creation
matrix
• MATLAB functions
>> function_name(rows? , columns?)
>> ones(3,5) >>rand(2,4)
>> zeros(3,5) >>randi([-3,2], 2,5)
Square matrices
>>ones(3)
>>zeros(4)
>>rand(2)
Can we create vectors using these functions?
Array Creation
matrix
• Concatenation variable size
convenient arrays size A 2X1
D 2X2
>>C=[Z B; A D F] F 2X4
Z 3X2
B 3X5
C ?
ans ?
>>cat(2,A,F)% [A,F].
ans ?
>>cat(1,D,Z)% [D;Z].
Array Creation
practice
• Create a vector of odd values from 1 to 10
• Create a matrix of 4 rows by 4 columns of
value 3
• Create a matrix of 2x5 random integer values
ranged from 1 to 6
Array Creation
practice

>>A=1 : 2 : 10

>>M=3*ones(4)

>>Z=randi([1,6],2,5)

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