Intro
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to MATLAB
Menu Panel and Help
The MATLAB Environment
Working in the Command Window
Command Window and Variables
Using Variables
When to Use the Command Window
Different Variables and Data Sets in MATLAB
Numerical Data/Arrays
Not a Number
Character Type of Variables
Function Handle
Logical Arrays
Table Arrays
Cell Arrays
Structure Arrays
Complex Numbers
Precision
M-file and MLX-file Editors

M-file Editor
MLX-file Editor
% Comments
Closing the MATLAB Window
Summary
References
Exercises for Self-Testing
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Exercise 18
Exercise 19
Exercise 20
Exercise 21
Exercise 22
Exercise 23
Exercise 24
Exercise 25
Exercise 26
Exercise 27
Exercise 28
Exercise 29
Exercise 30
Exercise 31
Exercise 32

Exercise 33
Exercise 34
Exercise 35
Exercise 36
Exercise 37
Exercise 38
Exercise 39
Exercise 40
Exercise 41
Exercise 42
Exercise 43
Exercise 44
Exercise 45
Chapter 2: Programming Essentials
Writing M/MLX-Files
How to Create an M/MLX-File
Warnings in Scripts
Errors in Scripts
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Cell Mode
Debugging Mode
M-Lint Code Check
Code Profiling
Dependency Report
P-Codes
Some Remarks on Scripts/M/MLX-Files
Display and Print Operators: display, sprintf, and fprintf

Example 1
Example 2
fprintf( )
Control Statements: [if, else, elseif, end], [switch, case, end]
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
Example 4
Loop Control Statements: while, for, continue, break, end
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Example 6
Example 7
Example 8
Example 9
Example 10
Example 11
Memory Allocation
Example 12
Example 13
Example 14
Example 15
Example 16
Example 17
Example 18
Example 19
Symbol References in Programming
Asterisk
At Sign
Colon
Comma

Curly Brackets
Dollar Sign
Dot
Dot-Dot
Dot-Dot-Dot (Ellipsis)
Parentheses
Percent
Semicolon
Single Quotes
Slash and Backslash
Square Brackets
Function Files
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Most Common Errors with the Function Files
Varying Number of Inputs and Outputs
Example 5
Example 6
Example 7
Task 1
Task 2
Nested and Subfunctions of Function Files
Example 8
Function Files Within M-Files
Example 9
Summary of Scripts and Function Files
Inline Functions
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3