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1.
Getting started
2.
Using Matlab as a calculator
3.
Logical expressions and statements
Lecture 1: Matlab basics
Getting started
Current
Workspace
window
Command window
folder
window
Command
history
window
Path where you currently are
Using Matlab as a calculator
You can use Matlab to perform operations which
you would typically do on a standard calculator,
for example calculating
or calculating cos(1.23)
Using Matlab’s help
Matlab has built in help functions which enable you to find out how
to use specific commands
Filling in your command windows
As you progress, the windows of Matlab will sart filling in with
several items which reflect your previous actions
Some
variables
Command window filled up
You created
files
in the
workspace
Command
history
window
Path might have changed because
you are now in different directory
How to encode undefined quantities or infinity?
Specific ways to handle infinity or undefined quantities: Inf and NaN
1/0 is infinity
Infinity divided by anything
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- Spring '08
- HOROWITZ
- Logic, matlab, Equals sign, Division by zero, NaN
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