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Preface
This tutorial introduces the fundamental ideas for programming in MATLAB. The objective is to help you at solving the kinds of mathematical problems that you will likely encounter as an engineering student, as well as a researcher. It requires no prior knowledge of MATLAB or programming experience but if you have a strong background in mathematics and computer programming then you can quickly learn how MATLAB can help you with your course work and design projects. However, for those of you who are just starting out learning MATLAB, then this tutorial is for you. Remember, it is assumed throughout all chapters that you are following along, using MATLAB and entering all commands shown. The questions and answers of the exercises, will be given during the workshop went off. On completion of the workshop, participants should be able to: Use MATLAB to solve certain mathematical problems. Produce a simple MATLAB program files (m-files). Use MATLAB effectively and also being ready to explore more of MATLAB on your own. Enjoy the MATLAB! ;-) Notes: You can e-mail me if you have any problems or corrections about these pieces of code, or if you would like to add your own tips to those described in this document. Khairul Anuar Ishak e-mail: nuarscc@yahoo.com
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MATLAB tutorial of fundamental programming

Contents
1 Introduction to MATLAB What is MATLAB? MATLAB System The Advantages of MATLAB Disadvantages of MATLAB 2 Getting Started Starting MATLAB Ending a Session 3 MATLAB Basics Variables and Arrays Arithmetic Operations Common MATLAB Functions 4 Plotting and Visualization Plotting in MATLAB Images in MATLAB 5 Programming Data Types M-File Programming Flow Control 30 25 25 27 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 8 9 9 14 16 17 17 24

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to MATLAB What is MATLAB?

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to MATLAB

What is MATLAB?
MATLAB (short for MATrix LABoratory) is a special-purpose computer program optimized to perform engineering and scientific calculations. It is a high-performance language for technical computing. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. Typical uses include: Math and computation Algorithm development Modelling, simulation and prototyping Data analysis, exploration and visualization Scientific and engineering graphics Application development, including Graphical User Interface (GUI) building

MATLAB is an interactive system whose basic data element is an array that does not require dimensioning. This allows you to solve many technical computing problems, especially those with matrix and vector formulations, in a fraction of the time it would take to write a program in a scalar non-interactive language such as C, C++ or Fortran. MATLAB has evolved over a period of years with input from many users. In university environments, it is the standard instructional tool for introductory and advanced courses in mathematics, engineering and science. In industry, MATLAB is the tool of choice for highproductivity research, development and analysis. MATLAB features a family of application-specific solution called Toolboxes. Very important to most users of MATLAB, toolboxes allow you to learn and apply specialized technology. Toolboxes are comprehensive collections of MATLAB function (m-files) that extend the MATLAB environment to solve particular classes of problems. Areas in which toolboxes are available include signal processing, control systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic, wavelets, image processing, simulation and many others.

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to MATLAB MATLAB System

MATLAB System
The MATLAB system consists of five main parts: 1. The MATLAB language. This is a high-level matrix/array language with control flow statements, functions, data structures, input/output, and object-oriented programming features. It allows both programming in the small to rapidly create quick and dirty throw-away programs, and programming in the large to create complete large and complex application programs. 2. The MATLAB working environment. This is the set of tools and facilities that you work with as the MATLAB user or programmer. It includes facilities for managing the variables in your workspace and importing and exporting data. It also includes tools for developing, managing, debugging, and profiling M-files, MATLABs applications. 3. Handle Graphics. This is the MATLAB graphics system. It includes high-level commands for two-dimensional and three-dimensional data visualization, image processing, animation, and presentation graphics. It also includes low-level commands that allow you to fully customize the appearance of graphics as well as to build complete Graphical User Interfaces on your MATLAB applications. 4. The MATLAB mathematical function library. This is a vast collection of computational algorithms ranging from elementary functions like sum, sine, cosine, and complex arithmetic, to more sophisticated functions like matrix inverse, matrix eigenvalues, Bessel functions, and fast Fourier transforms. 5. The MATLAB Application Program Interface (API). This is a library that allows you to write C and Fortran programs that interact with MATLAB. It include facilities for calling routines from MATLAB (dynamic linking), calling MATLAB as a computational engine, and for reading and writing MAT-files.

The Advantages of MATLAB

MATLAB has many advantages compared to conventional computer languages for technical problem solving. Among them are: 1. Ease of Use. MATLAB is an interpreted language. Program may be easily written and modified with the built-in integrated development environment and debugged with the MATLAB debugger. Because the language is so easy to use, it is ideal for the rapid prototyping of new programs. 2. Platform Independence. MATLAB is supported on many different computer systems, providing a large measure of platform independence. At the time of this writing, the language is supported on Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux, several versions of UNIX and the Macintosh. 3. Predefined Function. MATLAB comes complete with an extensive library of predefined functions that provide tested and pre-packaged solutions to many basic technical tasks. For examples, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, median, etc. these and hundreds of other functions are built right into the MATLAB language, making your job much easier. In addition to the large library of function built into the basic MATLAB language, 2

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to MATLAB Disadvantages of MATLAB there are many special-purpose toolboxes available to help solve complex problems in specific areas. There is also an extensive collection of free user-contributed MATLAB programs that are shared through the MATLAB Web site. 4. Device-Independent Plotting. Unlike most other computer languages, MATLAB has many integral plotting and imaging commands. The plots and images can be displayed on any graphical output device supported by the computer on which MATLAB is running. 5. Graphical User Interface. MATLAB includes tools that allow a programmer to interactively construct a graphical user interface, (GUI) for his or her program. With this capability, the programmer can design sophisticated data-analysis programs that can be operated by relatively inexperienced users. 6. MATLAB Compiler. MATLABs flexibility and platform independence is achieved by compiling MATLAB programs into a device-independent p-code, and then interpreting the p-code instructions at runtime. Unfortunately, the resulting programs can sometimes execute slowly because the MATLAB code is interpreted rather than compiled.

Disadvantages of MATLAB
MATLAB has two principal disadvantages. The first is that it is an interpreted language and therefore can execute more slowly than compiled languages. This problem can be mitigated by properly structuring the MATLAB program, and by the use of the MATLAB compiler to compile the final MATLAB program before distribution and general use. The second disadvantage is cost: a full copy of MATLAB is five to ten times more expensive than a conventional C or Fortran compiler. This relatively high cost is more than offset by then reduced time required for an engineer or scientist to create a working program, so MATLAB is cost-effective for businesses. However, it is too expensive for most individuals to consider purchasing. Fortunately, there is also an inexpensive Student Edition of MATLAB, which is a great tool for students wishing to learn the language. The Student Edition of MATLAB is essentially identical to the full edition.

CHAPTER 2: Getting Started Starting MATLAB

CHAPTER 2 Getting Started

Starting MATLAB
You can start MATLAB by double-clicking on the MATLAB icon or invoking the application from the Start menu of Windows. The main MATLAB window, called the MATLAB Desktop, will then pop-up and it will look like this:

Figure 2.1: The Default MATLAB desktop When MATLAB executes, it can display several types of windows that accept commands or display information. It integrates many tools for managing files, variables and applications within the MATLAB environment. The major tools within or accessible from the MATLAB desktop are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Current Directory Browser The Workspace Window The Command Window The Command History Window The Start Button The Help Window 4

CHAPTER 2: Getting Started Starting MATLAB If desired, this arrangement can be modified by selecting an alternate choice from [View] [Desktop Layout]. By default, most MATLAB tools are docked to the desktop, so that they appear inside the desktop window. However, you can choose to undock any or all tools, making them appear in windows separate from the desktop.

The Command Window

Figure 2.2: The Command Window The Command Window is where the command line prompt for interactive commands is located. Once started, you will notice that inside the MATLAB command window is the text:
To get started, select MATLAB Help from the Help menu. >>

Click in the command window to make it active. When a window becomes active, its titlebar darkens. The >> is called the Command Prompt, and there will be a blinking cursor right after it waiting for you to type something. You can enter interactive commands at the command prompt (>>) and they will be executed on the spot. As an example, lets enter a simple MATLAB command, which is the date command. Click the mouse where the blinking cursor is and then type date and press the ENTER key. MATLAB should then return something like this:
>> date ans = 01-Sep-2006

Where the current date should be returned to you instead of 01-Sep-2006. Congratulation! You have just successfully executed your first MATLAB command!

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The Command History Window

Figure 2.3: The Command History Window The Command History Window, contains a log of commands that have been executed within the command window. This is a convenient feature for tracking when developing or debugging programs or to confirm that commands were executed in a particular sequence during a multistep calculation from the command line.

The Current Directory Browser

Figure 2.4: The Directory Browser The Current Directory Browser displays a current directory with a listing of its contents. There is navigation capability for resetting the current directory to any directory among those set in the path. This window is useful for finding the location of particular files and scripts so that they can be edited, moved, renamed or deleted. The default directory is the Work subdirectory of the original MATLAB installation directory.

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The Workspace Window

Figure 2.5: The Workspace Window The Workspace Window provides an inventory of all the items in the workspace that are currently defined, either by assignment or calculation in the Command Window or by importing with a load or similar command from the MATLAB command line prompt. These items consist of the set of arrays whose elements are variables or constants and which have been constructed or loaded during the current MATLAB session and have remained stored in memory. Those which have been cleared and no longer are in memory will not be included. The Workspace Window shows the name of each variable, its value, its array size, its size in bytes, and the class. Values of a variable or constant can be edited in an Array Editor which is launched by double clicking its icon in the Workspace Window.

The Help Window

Figure 2.6: The Help Window

CHAPTER 2: Getting Started Ending a Session You can access the online help in one of several ways. Typing help at the command prompt will reveal a long list of topics on which help is available. Just to illustrate, try typing help general. Now you see a long list of general purpose MATLAB commands. In addition, you can also get help on the certain command. For example, date command. The output of help also refers to other functions that are related. In this example the help also tells you, See also NOW, CLOCK, DATENUM. You can now get help on these functions using the three different commands as well.
>> help date DATE Current date as date string. S = DATE returns a string containing the date in dd-mmm-yyyy format. See also NOW, CLOCK, DATENUM.

There is a much more user-friendly way to access the online help, namely via the MATLAB Help Browser. Separate from the main desktop layout is a Help desktop with its own layout. This utility can be launched by selecting [Help] [MATLAB Help] from the Help pull down menu. This Help desktop has a right side which contains links to help with functions, help with graphics, and tutorial type documentation.

The Start Button

The Start Button (see figure 2.1) allows a user to access MATLAB tools, desktop tools, help files, etc. it works just like the Start button on a Windows desktop. To start a particular tool, just click on the Start Button and select the tool from the appropriate sub-menu.

Interrupting Calculations
If MATLAB is hung up in a calculation, or is just taking too long to perform an operation, you can usually abort it by typing [CTRL + C] (that is, hold down the key labeled CTRL, and press C).

Ending a Session
One final note, when you are all done with your MATLAB session you need to exit MATLAB. To exit MATLAB, simply type quit or exit at the prompt. You can also click on the special symbol that closes your windows (usually an in the upper right-hand corner). Another way to exit is by selecting [File] [Exit MATLAB]. Before you exit MATLAB, you should be sure to save any variables, print any graphics or other files you need, and in general clean up after yourself.

CHAPTER 3: MATLAB Basics Variables and Arrays

CHAPTER 3 MATLAB Basics

Variables and Arrays

The fundamental unit of data in any MATLAB program is the array. An array is a collection of data values organized into rows and columns and known by a single name. Individual data values within an array are accessed by including the name of the array followed by subscripts in parentheses that identify the row and column of the particular value. Even scalars are treated as arrays by MATLAB they are simply arrays with only one row and one column. There are three fundamental concepts in MATLAB, and in linear algebra, are scalars, vectors and matrices. 1. A scalar is simply just a fancy word for a number (a single value). 2. A vector is an ordered list of numbers (one-dimensional). In MATLAB they can be represented as a row-vector or a column-vector. 3. A matrix is a rectangular array of numbers (multi-dimensional). In MATLAB, a twodimensional matrix is defined by its number of rows and columns.

a = 10

This is a scalar, containing 1 element This is a 14 array containing 4 elements, known as a row vector

b = [1 2 3 4]

1 c= 2 3 1 2 3 d = 4 5 6 7 8 9

This is a 31 array containing 3 elements, known as a column vector

This is a 33 matrix, containing 9 elements

In MATLAB matricies are defined inside a pair of square braces ([]). Punctuation marks of a comma (,), and semicolon (;) are used as a row separator and column separator, respectfully. You can also use a space as a row separator, and a carriage return (the ENTER key) as a column separator as well.

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Examples 3.1

Below are examples of how a scalar, vector and matrix can be created in MATLAB.
>> my_scalar = 3.1415 my_scalar = 3.1415 >> my_vector1 = [1 5 7] my_vector1 = >> my_vector1 = [1, 5, 7] my_vector1 = 1 5 7 >> my_vector2 = [1 5 7] my_vector2 = 1 5 7 1 5 7

>> my_vector2 = [1; 5; 7] my_vector2 = 1 5 7

>> my_matrix = [8 12 19; 7 3 2; 12 4 23; 8 1 1] my_matrix = 8 12 19 7 3 2 12 4 23 8 1 1

Indexing into an Array

Once a vector or a matrix is created you might needed to extract only a subset of the data, and this is done through indexing.
Row 1 Row 2 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 A 2-by-3 Matrix

Figure 3.1: An array is a collection of data values organized into rows and columns

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CHAPTER 3: MATLAB Basics Variables and Arrays Individual elements in an array are addressed by the array name followed by the row and column of the particular element. If the array is a row or column vector, then only one subscript is required. For example, according to the example 3.1: o my_vector2(2) is 5 o my_matrix(3,2) is 4 or my_matrix(7) is 4

The Colon Operator

The colon (:) is one of MATLABs most important operators. It occurs in several different forms.
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Examples 3.2 1. To create an incremental or a decrement vector

>> my_inc_vec1 = [1:7] my_inc_vec1 = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7] >> my_inc_vec2 = [1:2:7] my_inc_vec2 = [ 1 3 5 7] >> my_dec_vec = [5:-2:1] my_dec_vec = [ 5 3 1]

2. To refer portions of a matrix/vector

>> my_matrix = [8 12 19; 7 3 2; 12 4 23; 8 1 1] my_matrix = 8 12 19 7 3 2 12 4 23 8 1 1 >> new_matrix1 = my_matrix(1:3,2:3) new_matrix1 = 12 19 3 2 4 23 >> new_matrix2 = my_matrix(2:4,:) new_matrix2 = 12 4 23 8 1 1

NOTES: If the colon is used by itself within subscript, it refers to all the elements in a row or column of a matrix!

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Concatenating Matrices
Matrix concatenation is the process of joining one or more matrices to make a new matrix. The expression C = [A B] horizontally concatenates matrices A and B. The expression C = [A; B] vertically concatenates them.
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Examples 3.3
>> A = [8 19; 7 2]; >> B = [1 64; 4 5; 3 78]; >> C = [A; B] C = 8 7 1 4 3 19 2 64 5 78

Reshaping a Matrix
Here are a few examples to illustrate some of the ways you can reshape matrices.
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Examples 3.4

Reshape 3-by-4 matrix A to have dimensions 2-by-6.

>> A = [1 4 7 10; 2 5 8 11; 3 6 9 12] A = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

>> B = reshape(A, 2, 6) B = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Examples 3.5

Transpose A so that the row elements become columns or vice versa. You can use either the transpose function or the transpose operator (). To do this:
>> A = [1 4 7 10; 2 5 8 11; 3 6 9 12]; >> B = A B = 1 4 7 10 2 5 8 11 3 6 9 12

General Function for Matrix and Vector

There are many MATLAB features which cannot be included in these introductory notes. Listed below are some of the MATLAB functions regard to matrix and vector. Basic Vector Function MATLAB includes a number of built-in functions that you can use to determine a number of characteristics of a vector. The following are the most commonly used such functions.
size length min max sum sort abs

Returns the dimensions of a matrix Returns the number of elements in a matrix Returns the minimum value contained in a matrix Returns the maximum value contained in a matrix Returns the sum of the elements in a matrix Returns the sorted elements in a matrix Returns the absolute value of the elements in a matrix

Examples 3.6

The following example demonstrates the use some of these functions.

>> A = [3 1 2 4]; >> szA = size(A) szA = 1 4 1 >> mxA = max(A) mxA = stA = lenA = 4 4 1 2 3 4 10 >> stA = sort(A) >> lenA = length(A) >> mnA = min(A) mnA = >> sumA = sum(A) sumA =

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CHAPTER 3: MATLAB Basics Arithmetic Operations Functions to Create a Matrix This following section summarizes the principal functions used in creating and handling matrices. Most of these functions work on multi-dimensional arrays as well.
diag cat ones zeros rand repmat

Create a diagonal matrix from a vector Concatenate matrices along the specified dimension Create a matrix of all ones Create a matrix of all zeros Create a matrix of uniformly distributed random numbers Create a new matrix by replicating or tiling another

Examples 3.7

The following example demonstrates the use some of these functions.

>> A = zeros(2,4) A = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> C = rand(4,3) C = 0.9501 0.2311 0.6068 0.4860 0.8913 0.7621 0.4565 0.0185 0.8214 0.4447 0.6154 0.7919

>> B = 7*ones(1,3) B = 7 7 7

Arithmetic Operations
MATLAB can be used to evaluate simple and complex mathematical expressions. When we move from scalars to vectors (and matrices), some confusion arises when performing arithmetic operations because we can perform some operations either on an element-by-element (array operation) or matrices as whole entities (matrix operation). Expressions use familiar arithmetic operators:

Array Operators
Operation Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division MATLAB Form
A + B A - B A .* B

A ./ B

Comments Array addition is identical Array subtraction is identical Element-by-element multiplication of A and B. Both arrays must be the same shape, or one of them must be a scalar Element-by-element division of A and B. Both arrays must be the same shape, or one of them must be a scalar 14

CHAPTER 3: MATLAB Basics Arithmetic Operations Power

A .^ B

Element-by-element exponentiation of A and B. Both arrays must be the same shape, or one of them must be a scalar

Examples 3.8

The following example demonstrates the use some of these operations.

>> A = [1 4 7 10; 2 5 8 11; 3 6 9 12] A = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 >> A = [1 2 3 4]; >> B = A.^2 B = 1 4 9 16

>> B = [1 2 3 4; 5 6 7 8; 9 10 11 12] B = 1 5 9 2 6 10 3 7 11 4 8 12

>> A = [ 2 4 ; 8 10] A = 2 8 4 10

>> B = [2 4; 2 5] B = 2 2 4 5

>> C = A.*B C = 1 10 27 8 30 60 21 56 99 40 88 144

>> C = A./B C = 1 4 1 2

Matrix Operators
Operation Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Power MATLAB Form
A + B A - B A * B A / B A ^ B

Comments Array addition is identical Array subtraction is identical Matrix multiplication of A and B. The number of columns in A must equal the number of rows in B. Matrix division defined by A * inv(B), where inv(B) is the inverse of matrix B. Matrix exponentiation of A and B. The power is computed by repeated squaring

Examples 3.9
>> A = [ 2 4 ; 8 10]; >> B = [2 4; 2 5]; >> C = A*B C = 12 36 28 82 >> A = [ 2 4 ; 8 10]; >> B = [2 4; 2 5]; >> C = B*A C = 36 44 48 58

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Built-in Variables
MATLAB uses a small number of names for built-in variables. An example is the ans variable, which is automatically created whenever a mathematical expression is not assigned to another variable. Table below lists the built-in variables and their meanings. Although you can reassign the values of these built-in variables, it is not a good idea to do so, because they are used by the built-in functions. Variable
ans eps i,j pi realmax realmin Inf NaN

Meaning Value of an expression when that expression is not assigned to a variable Floating-point precision Unit imaginary number, i = j = 1 , 3.14159265 Largest positive floating-point number Smallest positive floating-point number 1 , a number larger than realmax, the result of evaluating 0 0 Not a number, (e.g., the result of evaluating 0

Examples 3.10
>> x = 0; >> 5/x Warning: Divide by zero ans = Inf >> x = 0; >> x/x Warning: Divide by zero ans = NaN

Common MATLAB Functions

A few of the most common and useful MATLAB functions are shown in table below. These functions will be used in many times. It really helps you when one needs to manage variables and workspace and to perform an elementary mathematical operation.

Managing Variables and Workspace

who whos clear disp clc demo

List current variables List current variables, long form Clear variables and functions from memory Display matrix or text Clear command window Run demonstrations

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Examples 3.11
>> whos Name Size ans 1x1 y 1x1 v 4x5 x 1x3 Bytes 226 8 200 500 Class sym object char array double array double array >> str = [MATLAB Baguss..!]; >> disp(str); MATLAB Baguss..!

Built-in Function of Elementary Math

abs(x) angle(x) exp(x) mod(x) log(x) sqrt(x) sin(x) cos(x) tan(x) ceil(x) fix(x) floor(x) round(x)

Calculates x Returns the phase angle of the complex value x, in radians Calculates ex Remainder or modulo function Calculates the natural logarithm loge x Calculates the square root of x Calculates the sin(x), with x in radians Calculates the cos(x), with x in radians Calculates the tan(x), with x in radians Rounds x to the nearest integer towards positive infinity Rounds x to the nearest integer towards zero Rounds x to the nearest integer towards minus infinity Rounds x to the nearest integer

Examples 3.12
>> z = 2*sin(pi/2)+log(2) z = 2.6931 >> z = round(z) z = 3 >> z = 2*sin(pi/2)+log(2) z = 2.6931 >> z = round(z) z = 3

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CHAPTER 4: Plotting and Visualization Plotting in MATLAB

CHAPTER 4 Plotting and Visualization

Plotting in MATLAB
MATLAB has extensive facilities for displaying vectors and matrices as graphs, as well as annotating and printing these graphs. This section describes a few of the most important graphics functions and provides examples of some typical applications.

Creating a Plot
The plot function has different forms, depending on the input arguments. If y is a vector, plot(y) produces a piecewise linear graph of the elements of y versus the index of the elements of y. If you specify two vectors as arguments, plot(x,y) produces a graph of y versus x. For example, to plot the value of the sine function from zero to 2, use: Creating Line Plots
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Examples 4.1

>> x = 0:pi/100:2*pi; >> y = sin(x); >> plot(x,y);

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CHAPTER 4: Plotting and Visualization Plotting in MATLAB This is the basic command of plotting a graph. Besides that, MATLAB has commands which will let you add titles and labels and others in order to make your figures more readable. However, you need to keep the figure window open while executing these commands.

>> >> >> >>

xlabel(Radian); ylabel(Amplitude); title(Plot of sin(x) vs x); grid on;

The current limits of this plot can be determined from the basic axis function. So, in order to modify the x-axis within [0 2], you need to run this function:

>> axis([0 2*pi -1 1]);

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CHAPTER 4: Plotting and Visualization Plotting in MATLAB Annotating Plots You can adjust the axis tick-mark locations and the labels appearing at each tick mark. For example, this plot of the sine function relabels the x-axis with more meaningful values.
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Example 4.2
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> x = 0:pi/100:2*pi; y = sin(x); plot(x,y); set(gca,XTick,-pi:pi/2:pi); set(gca,XTickLabel,{-pi,-pi/2,0,pi/2,pi}); xlabel('-\pi \leq \Theta \leq \pi'); ylabel('sin(\Theta)'); title('Plot of sin(\Theta)');

Creating a Semilogarithmic Plot Semilogarithmic plot is another type of figuring a graph by rescaling if the new data falls outside the range of the previous axis limits.
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Example 4.3

>> >> >> >>

x = linspace(0,3); y = 10*exp(-2*x); semilogy(x,y); grid on;

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CHAPTER 4: Plotting and Visualization Plotting in MATLAB Specifying the Color and Size of Lines You can control a number of line style characteristics by specifying values for line properties.
LineWidth MarkerEdgeColor MarkerFaceColor MarkerSize

Width of the line in units of points Color of the marker or the edge color for filled markers Color of the face of filled markers Size of the marker in units of points

Example 4.4
>> x = -pi:pi/10:pi; >> y = tan(sin(x)) - sin(tan(x)); >> plot(x,y,'--rs','LineWidth',2,... 'MarkerEdgeColor','k',... 'MarkerFaceColor','g','MarkerSize',10);

Multiple Plots
Often, it is desirable to place more than one plot in a single figure window. This is achieved by three ways: The subplot Function The subplot Function breaks the figure window into an m-by-n matrix of small subplots and selects the ith subplot for the current plot. The plots are numbered along the top row of the figure window, then the second row, and so forth.

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Example 4.5
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> x = linspace(0,2*pi); subplot(2,2,1); plot(x,sin(x)); subplot(2,2,2) plot(x,sin(2*x)); subplot(2,2,3) plot(x,sin(3*x)); subplot(2,2,4) plot(x,sin(4*x));

Multiple plots You can assign different line styles to each data set by passing line style identifier strings to plot and placing a legend on the plot to identify curves drawn with different symbol and line types.
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Example 4.6
>> >> >> >> >> >> x = linspace(0,2*pi); y1 = sin(x); y1 = cos(x); y1 = tan(x); plot(x,y1,x); axis([0 2*pi -1 1]);

The hold Function The hold command will add new plots on top of previously existing plots.
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Example 4.6
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> x = -pi:pi/20:pi; y1 = sin(x); y2 = cos(x); plot(x,y1,'b-'); hold on; plot(x,y2,'g--'); hold off; legend('sin(x)','cos(x)');

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Line Plots in Three-Dimensions

Now, the three-dimension analog of the plot function is plot3. if x, y and z are three vectors of the same length, plot3(x,y,z) generates a line in 3-D through the points whose coordinates are the elements of x, y and z and then produces a 2-D projection of that line on the screen.
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Example 4.7
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Z = [0 : pi/50 : 10*pi]; X = exp(-.2.*Z).*cos(Z); Y = exp(-.2.*Z).*sin(Z); plot3(X,Y,Z,'LineWidth',2); grid on; xlabel('x-axis'); ylabel('y-axis'); zlabel('z-axis');

Three-Dimensional Surface Mesh Plots

The first step in displaying a function of two variables, z = f(x,y), is to generate X and Y matrices consisting of repeated rows and columns, respectively, over the domain of the function. Then use these matrices to evaluate and graph the function. Meshgrid function transforms the domain specified by two-vectors, x and y, into matrices X and Y.
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Example 4.8
>> >> >> >> [X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.5:8); R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2); Z = sin(R)./R; mesh(X,Y,Z);

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CHAPTER 4: Plotting and Visualization Images in MATLAB

Images in MATLAB
The basic data structure in MATLAB is the array, an ordered set of real or complex elements. Thus, MATLAB stores most images as two-dimensional arrays (i.e., matrices), in which each element of the matrix corresponds to a single pixel in the displayed image. For example, an image composed of 200 rows and 300 columns or different colored dots would be stored in MATLAB as a 200-by-300 matrix. Some images, such as RGB, require a threedimensional array, where the first plane in the third dimension represents the red pixel intensities, the second plane represents the green pixel intensities, and the third plane represents the blue pixel intensities. This example reads an 8-bit RGB image into MATLAB and converts it to a grayscale image.
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Example 4.9
>> >> >> >> >> rgb_img = imread('ngc6543a.jpg'); image(rgb_img); pause; graysc_img = rgb2gray(rgb_img); imshow(graysc_img);

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CHAPTER 5: Programming Data Types

CHAPTER 5 Programming

Data Types
There are many different types of data that you can work with in MATLAB. You can build matrices and arrays of floating point and integer data, characters and strings, logical true and false states, etc. you can also develop your own data types using MATLAB classes. Two of the MATLAB data types, structures and cell arrays, provide a way to store dissimilar types of data in the same array. There are 15 fundamental data types (or classes) in MATLAB. Each of these data types is in the form of an array. This array is a minimum of 0-by-0 in size and can grow to an n-dimensional array of any size. Two-dimensional versions of these arrays are called matrices. All of the fundamental data types are shown in lowercase text in the diagram below. Additional data types are user-defined, object-oriented user classes (a subclass of structure), and java classes, that you can use with the MATLAB interface to Java. Matrices of type double and logical may be either full or sparse. For matrices having a small number of nonzero elements, a sparse matrix requires a fraction of the storage space required for an equivalent full matrix. Sparse matrices invoke special methods especially tailored to solve sparse problems.

ARRAY (full or sparse)

logical

char

NUMERIC

CELL

structure

Java Classes

Function handle

int8, unit8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64

single

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int8, unit8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64

char logical

single

double

cell

structure

function handle user class java class

Description Signed and unsigned integer arrays that are 8, 16, 32, and 64 bits in length. Enables you to manipulate integer quantities in a memory efficient manner. These data types cannot be used in mathematical operations. 'Hello' Character array (each character is 16 bits long). This array is also referred to as a string. magic(4) > 10 Logical array. Must contain only logical 1 (true) and logical 0 (false) elements. (Any nonzero values converted to logical become logical 1.) Logical matrices (2-D only) may be sparse. 3*10^38 Single-precision numeric array. Single precision requires less storage than double precision, but has less precision and a smaller range. This data type cannot be used in mathematical operations. 3*10^300 Double-precision numeric array. This is the most 5+6i common MATLAB variable type. Double matrices (2-D only) may be sparse. {17 'hello' Cell array. Elements of cell arrays contain other eye(2)} arrays. Cell arrays collect related data and information of a dissimilar size together. a.day = 12; Structure array. Structure arrays have field names. a.color = 'Red'; The fields contain other arrays. Like cell arrays, a.mat = magic(3); structures collect related data and information together. @humps Handle to a MATLAB function. A function handle can be passed in an argument list and evaluated using feval inline('sin(x)') MATLAB class. This user-defined class is created using MATLAB functions. java.awt.Frame Java class. You can use classes already defined in the Java API or by a third party, or create your own classes in the Java language.
int16(100)

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M-File Programming
MATLAB provides a full programming language that enables you to write a series of MATLAB statements into a file and then execute them with a single command. You write your program in an ordinary text file, giving the file a name of filename.m. The term you use for filename becomes the new command that MATLAB associates with the program. The file extension of .m makes this a MATLAB M-file. M-files can be scripts that simply execute a series of MATLAB statements, or they can be functions that also accept arguments and produce output. You create M-files using a text editor, then use them as you would any other MATLAB function or command. The process looks like this:

Kinds of M-files
There are two kinds of M-files Script M-files Do not accept input arguments or return output arguments Operate on data in the workspace Function M-files Can accept input arguments and return output arguments Internal variables are local to the function by default Useful for automating a series of steps you Useful for extending the MATLAB language need to perform many times for you application

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Scripts
Scripts are the simplest kind of M-file because they have no input or output arguments. They're useful for automating series of MATLAB commands, such as computations that you have to perform repeatedly from the command line. Scripts operate on existing data in the workspace, or they can create new data on which to operate. Any variables that scripts create remain in the workspace after the script finishes so you can use them for further computations.
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Example 5.1

% An M-file script to produce % "flower petal" plots theta = -pi:0.01:pi; rho(1,:) = 2*sin(5*theta).^2; rho(2,:) = cos(10*theta).^3; rho(3,:) = sin(theta).^2; for k = 1:3 polar(theta,rho(k,:)) pause end

% Comment lines % Computations

% Graphics output

Try entering these commands in an M-file called petals.m. This file is now a MATLAB script. Typing petals at the MATLAB command line executes the statements in the script.

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Functions
Functions are M-files that accept input arguments and return output arguments. They operate on variables within their own workspace. This is separate from the workspace you access at the MATLAB command prompt.
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function y = average(x) % AVERAGE Mean of vector elements. % AVERAGE(X), where X is a vector, is the mean of vector elements. % Nonvector input results in an error. [m,n] = size(x); if (~((m == 1) | (n == 1)) | (m == 1 & n == 1)) error('Input must be a vector') end y = sum(x)/length(x); % Actual computation

If you would like, try entering these commands in an M-file called average.m. The average function accepts a single input argument and returns a single output argument. To call the average function, enter

>> z = 1:99; >> average(z) ans = 50

The Function Definition Line The function definition line informs MATLAB that the M-file contains a function, and specifies the argument calling sequence of the function. The function definition line for the average function is

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Flow Control
MATLAB has several flow control constructs:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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if continue break switch and case for while

If

The if statement evaluates a logical expression and executes a group of statements when the expression is true. The optional elseif and else keywords provide for the execution of alternate groups of statements. An end keyword, which matches the if, terminates the last group of statements. The groups of statements are delineated by the four keywords--no braces or brackets are involved.

IF expression statements ELSEIF expression statements ELSE statements END

Continue

The continue statement passes control to the next iteration of the for or while loop in which it appears, skipping any remaining statements in the body of the loop. In nested loops, continue passes control to the next iteration of the for or while loop enclosing it.
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Switch and Case

The switch statement executes groups of statements based on the value of a variable or expression. The keywords case and otherwise delineate the groups. Only the first matching case is executed. There must always be an end to match the switch.

SWITCH expression CASE expression statements CASE expression statements OTHERWISE statements END

For

The for loop repeats a group of statements a fixed, predetermined number of times. A matching end delineates the statements.

FOR variable = expression Statements, ... Statements END

While

The while loop repeats a group of statements an indefinite number of times under control of a logical condition. A matching end delineates the statements.

WHILE expression Statements END

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