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The document provides an overview of the MATLAB development environment, including: - Getting started with MATLAB and performing calculations at the command line - Using MATLAB functions and the MATLAB desktop environment - Accessing MATLAB help and navigating directories and files - Working with variables in the MATLAB workspace and using useful functions - Debugging and profiling code using the MATLAB editor and profiler

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2 Development Environment

The document provides an overview of the MATLAB development environment, including: - Getting started with MATLAB and performing calculations at the command line - Using MATLAB functions and the MATLAB desktop environment - Accessing MATLAB help and navigating directories and files - Working with variables in the MATLAB workspace and using useful functions - Debugging and profiling code using the MATLAB editor and profiler

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MATLAB Development environment

 Getting Started with MATLAB

 Calculations at Command Line

 Using MATLAB Functions

 MATLAB Desktop Environment

 Getting MATLAB Help


MATLAB Development Environment Introduction - 2

Getting Started with MATLAB


MATLAB Development Environment Introduction - 3

Getting Started with MATLAB


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Quitting MATLAB
• To end your MATLAB
session, select Exit
MATLAB from the File
menu in the desktop

OR

• Using the close button

OR

• Type quit in the Command


Window.
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Calculations at the command line


MATLAB as a calculator Assigning Variables

>> -5 / ( 4.8 + 5.32 ) ^ 2 >> a = 2; Semicolon suppresses


ans = >> b = 5; screen output
-0.048821
>> a ^ b Results assigned to
>> ( 3 + 4 i ) * ( 3 – 4 i ) ans =
ans = “ans” if name not given
32
25

>> cos (pi/2) >> x = 5/2*pi;


ans = >> y = sin (x)
6.1232e-017 y=
>> exp ( acos (0.3) ) 1 Use parentheses ( )
ans = >> z = asin (y)
3.547 z=
for function inputs

Numbers are stored in double-precision floating point format


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Executing a series of Commands


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Script M-files
• Standard ASCII text files
• Contain a series of MATLAB expressions
(Typed as you would at the command line)

• Commands parsed & executed in order


% Comments start with "%" character

pause % Suspend execution - hit any key to continue.


keyboard % Pause & return control to command line.
% Type "return" to continue.

break % Terminate execution of current loop/file.

return% Exit current function


% Return to invoking function/command line.
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Script M-Files (Example)


• Write a script file to generate first ‘n’ elements of fibonacci
series

>> fibo
enter the number of elements to be generated 8
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21
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The MATLAB Workspace


A statement like
z = 10;
Creates a variable named z, stores the value 10 in it, and saves it
in a part of computer memory known as the workspace.

A workspace is the collection of all the variables and arrays that


can be used by MATLAB when a particular command, M-file, or
function is executing.

The MATLAB Command window and script files have a common


workspace
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The MATLAB Workspace


To Clear a variable from the workspace the ‘clear’ command can
be used as shown below.

>> a = 10;
>> b = 20; Clear variable_name clears the specified
variable from the workspace
>> c = a + b ;
>> who
clear clears all the variables from the
Your variables are
workspace
abc
>> clear c;
>> who
Your variables are
ab
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The MATLAB Workspace


A list of the variables and arrays in the current workspace can be
generated with the whos and who commands.

For example, after M-files calc_area is executed, the workspace


contains the following variables:
>> whos
Name Size Bytes Class
area 1x1 8 double array
radius 1x1 8 double array
s 1x32 64 char array
Grand total is 34 elements using 80 bytes

>> who
Your variables are:
area radius s
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Working with Files & Variables

MATLAB Function Usage


CD/PWD, DIR Navigating directories

WHAT Displays files in a directory (grouped by type)


! (bang) Invoke operating system
WHICH Identifies the object referenced
CLEAR Remove function or variable from memory
WHO, WHOS List workspace variables
SIZE Returns the size of a matrix (rows and columns)
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some useful functions used often in MATLAB


>> pwd
ans =
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a\work

>> cd ('C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a')

>> pwd
ans =
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a

>> dir
M-files in the current directory
. .. adplin.m wave.asv wave.m

>> what
M-files in the current directory
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a
adplin wave
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some useful functions used often in MATLAB


>> which mean
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a\toolbox\matlab\datafun\mean.m

>> a=[1 2 3;4 5 6] >> ndims(a)


a= ans =
1 2 3 2
4 5 6

>> size( a )
ans =
2 3

>> length(a)
ans =
3
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Array Editor
For editing 2-D
numeric arrays

double-click

>> openvar A
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Online Help
• The help command >> help
• The help window >> helpwin

>> help cd
CD Change current working directory.
CD directory-spec sets the current directory to the one specified.
CD .. moves to the directory above the current one.
CD, by itself, prints out the current directory.

WD = CD returns the current directory as a string.

Use the functional form of CD, such as CD('directory-spec'),


when the directory specification is stored in a string.

See also PWD.


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More About Getting Help


• The HELP command >> help
• The help window >> helpwin
• MATLAB Documentation

• The MATLAB Help Browser >> helpbrowser


• Online Reference (HTML / PDF) >> doc
• Solution Search Engine
• Index / Contents
• Link to The Mathworks
• FTP site & latest documentation
• Submit Questions, Bugs & Requests
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Which Help Do I Use?


• If there is a type (grouping) of functionality that
you are looking for
>> helpwin
• If you are looking for a specific functionality
Help->Search->Full Text Search
• If you know the function name
>> help function_name
or
>> doc function_name
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MATLAB Editor/Debugger

>> edit %opens new file OR brings editor into focus


>> edit <filename> %opens file named <filename>
>> edit startup %opens the startup.m file (shown)
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Environment
Profiler
MATLAB includes a graphical user interface, the Profiler, to
help you improve the performance of your M-files.

Type profile viewer to open the GUI


Enter statement to profile
Click Start
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Environment

MATLAB Desktop
MATLAB Current Directory
MATLAB Help Window
MATLAB Command History

MATLAB Workspace

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