MATLAB programming

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to MATLAB
1.1 The Advantages of MATLAB
1.2 Disadvantages of MATLAB
1.3 The MATLAB Environment
1.3.1 The MATLAB
Desktop
1.3.2 The Command
Window
1.3.3 The Command
History Window
1.3.4 The Start
Button
1.3.5 The Edit/Debug
Window
1.3.6 Figure
Windows
1.3.7 Docking and
Undocking Windows
1.3.8 The MATLAB
Workspace
1.3.9 The Workspace
Browser
1.3.10 Getting
Help
1.3.11 A Few Important
Commands
1.3.12 The MATLAB Search
Path
1.4 Using MATLAB as a Scratch Pad
1.5 Summary
1.5.1 MATLAB
Summary
1.6 Exercises
CHAPTER 2 MATLAB Basics
2.1 Variables and Arrays
2.2 Creating and Initializing Variables in
MATLAB
2.2.1 Initializing
Variables in Assignment Statements
2.2.2 Initializing with
Shortcut Expressions
2.2.3 Initializing with
Built-In Functions
2.2.4 Initializing
Variables with Keyboard Input
2.3 Multidimensional Arrays
2.3.1 Storing
Multidimensional Arrays in Memory
2.3.2 Accessing
Multidimensional Arrays with One Dimension
2.4 Subarrays
2.4.1 The end
Function
2.4.2 Using Subarrays on
the Left-Hand Side of an Assignment Statement
2.4.3 Assigning a Scalar
to a Subarray
2.5 Special Values
2.6 Displaying Output Data
2.6.1 Changing the
Default Format
2.6.2 The disp
function
2.6.3 Formatted Output
with the fprintf Function
2.7 Data Files
2.8 Scalar and Array Operations
2.8.1 Scalar
Operations
2.8.2 Array and Matrix
Operations
2.9 Hierarchy of Operations
2.10 Built-in MATLAB Functions
2.10.1 Optional
Results
2.10.2 Using MATLAB
Functions with Array Inputs
2.10.3 Common MATLAB
Functions
2.11 Introduction to Plotting
2.11.1 Using Simple xy
Plots
2.11.2 Printing a
Plot
2.11.3 Exporting a Plot
as a Graphical Image
2.11.4 Multiple
Plots
2.11.5 Line Color,Line
Style,Marker Style,and Legends
2.11.6 Logarithmic
Scales
2.12 Examples
2.13 Debugging MATLAB Programs
2.14 Summary
2.14.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
2.14.2 MATLAB
Summary
2.15 Exercises
CHAPTER 3 Branching Statements and Program Design
3.1 Introduction to Top-Down Design
Techniques
3.2 Use of Pseudocode
3.3 The Logical Data Type
3.3.1 Relational
Operators
3.3.2 A Caution About
the == and ~= Operators
3.3.3 Logic
Operators
3.3.4 Logical
Functions
3.4 Branches
3.4.1 The if
Construct
3.4.2 Examples Using if
Constructs
3.4.3 Notes Concerning
the Use of if Constructs
3.4.4 The switch
Construct
3.4.5 The try/catch
Construct
3.5 Additional Plotting Features
3.5.1 Controlling x-and
y-Axis Plotting Limits
3.5.2 Plotting Multiple
Plots on the Same Axes
3.5.3 Creating Multiple
Figures
3.5.4 Subplots
3.5.5 Enhanced Control
of Plotted Lines
3.5.6 Enhanced Control
of Text Strings
3.5.7 Polar Plots
3.5.8 Annotating and
Saving Plots
3.6 More on Debugging MATLAB Programs
3.7 Summary
3.7.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
3.7.2 MATLAB
Summary
3.8 Exercises
CHAPTER 4 Loops
4.1 The while Loop
4.2 The for Loop
4.2.1 Details of
Operation
4.2.2 The MATLAB
Just-in-Time (JIT) Compiler
4.2.3 The break and
continue Statements
4.2.4 Nesting
Loops
4.3 Logical Arrays and Vectorization
4.3.1 Creating the
Equivalent of if/else Constructs with Logical Arrays
4.4 The MATLAB Profiler
4.5 Additional Examples
4.6 Summary
4.6.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
4.6.2 MATLAB
Summary
4.7 Exercises
CHAPTER 5 User-Defined Functions
5.1 Introduction to MATLAB Functions
5.2 Variable Passing in MATLAB:The Pass-by-Value
Scheme
5.3 Optional Arguments
5.4 Sharing Data Using Global Memory
5.5 Preserving Data between Calls to a
Function
5.6 Function Functions
5.7 Subfunctions,Private Functions,and Nested
Functions
5.7.1 Subfunctions
5.7.2 Private
Functions
5.7.3 Nested
Functions
5.7.4 Order of Function
Evaluation
5.8 Summary
5.8.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
5.8.2 MATLAB
Summary
5.9 Exercises
CHAPTER 6 Additional Data Types and Plot Types
6.1 Complex Data
6.1.1 Complex
Variables
6.1.2 Using Complex
Numbers with Relational Operators
6.1.3 Complex
Functions
6.1.4 Plotting Complex
Data
6.2 String Functions
6.2.1 String Conversion
Functions
6.2.2 Creating
Two-Dimensional Character Arrays
6.2.3 Concatenating
Strings
6.2.4 Comparing
Strings
6.2.5 Searching and
Replacing Characters Within a String
6.2.6 Uppercase and
Lowercase Conversion
6.2.7 Trimming
Whitespace from Strings
6.2.8 Numeric-to-String
Conversions
6.2.9 String-to-Numeric
Conversions
6.2.10 Summary
6.3 Multidimensional Arrays
6.4 Additional Data Types
6.4.1 The single Data
Type
6.4.2 Integer Data
Types
6.4.3 Limitations of the
single and Integer Data Types
6.5 Additional Two-Dimensional Plots
6.5.1 Additional Types
of Two-Dimensional Plots
6.5.2 Plotting
Functions
6.5.3 Histograms
6.6 Three-Dimensional Plots
6.6.1 Three-Dimensional
Line Plots
6.6.2 Three-Dimensional
Surface,Mesh,and Contour Plots
6.7 Summary
6.7.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
6.7.2 MATLAB
Summary
6.8 Exercises
CHAPTER 7 Advanced Features: Sparse Arrays,Cell
Arrays,Structures,and Function Handles
7.1 Sparse Arrays
7.1.1 The sparse
Attribute
7.2 Cell Arrays
7.2.1 Creating Cell
Arrays
7.2.2 Using Braces {} as
Cell Constructors
7.2.3 Viewing the
Contents of Cell Arrays
7.2.4 Extending Cell
Arrays
7.2.5 Deleting Cells in
Arrays
7.2.6 Using Data in Cell
Arrays
7.2.7 Cell Arrays of
Strings
7.2.8 The Significance
of Cell Arrays
7.2.9 Summary of cell
Functions
7.3 Structure Arrays
7.3.1 Creating Structure
Arrays
7.3.2 Adding Fields to
Structures
7.3.3 Removing Fields
from Structures
7.3.4 Using Data in
Structure Arrays
7.3.5 The getfield and
setfield Functions
7.3.6 Dynamic Field
Names
7.3.7 Using the size
Function with Structure Arrays
7.3.8 Nesting Structure
Arrays
7.3.9 Summary of
structure Functions
7.4 Function Handles
7.4.1 Creating and Using
Function Handles
7.4.2 The Significance
of Function Handles
7.4.3 Function Handles
and Nested Functions
7.4.4 An Example
Application: Solving Ordinary Differential Equations
7.5 Summary
7.5.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
7.5.2 MATLAB
Summary
7.6 Exercises
CHAPTER 8 Input/Output Functions
8.1 The textread Function
8.2 More about the load and save Commands
8.3 An Introduction to MATLAB File
Processing
8.4 File Opening and Closing
8.4.1 The fopen
Function
8.4.2 The fclose
Function
8.5 Binary I/O Functions
8.5.1 The fwrite
Function
8.5.2 The fread
Function
8.6 Formatted I/O Functions
8.6.1 The fprintf
Function
8.6.2 Understanding
Format Conversion Specifiers
8.6.3 How Format Strings
Are Used
8.6.4 The sprintf
Function
8.6.5 The fscanf
Function
8.6.6 The fgetl
Function
8.6.7 The fgets
Function
8.7 Comparing Formatted and Binary I/O
Functions
8.8 File Positioning and Status Functions
8.8.1 The exist
Function
8.8.2 The ferror
Function
8.8.3 The feof
Function
8.8.4 The ftell
Function
8.8.5 The frewind
Function
8.8.6 The fseek
Function
8.9 The textscan Function
8.10 Function uiimport
8.11 Summary
8.11.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
8.11.2 MATLAB
Summary
8.12 Exercises
CHAPTER 9 Handle Graphics
9.1 The MATLAB Graphics System
9.2 Object Handles
9.3 Examining and Changing Object
Properties
9.3.1 Changing Object
Properties at Creation Time
9.3.2 Changing Object
Properties after Creation Time
9.4 Using set to List Possible Property
Values
9.5 User-Defined Data
9.6 Finding Objects
9.7 Selecting Objects with the Mouse
9.8 Position and Units
9.8.1 Positions of
figure Objects
9.8.2 Positions of axes
and uicontrol Objects
9.8.3 Positions of text
Objects
9.9 Printer Positions
9.10 Default and Factory Properties
9.11 Graphics Object Properties
9.12 Summary
9.12.1 Summary of Good
Programming Practice
9.12.2 MATLAB
Summary
9.13 Exercises