Summary of MATLAB Onramp
Summary of MATLAB Onramp
Basic Syntax
Example Description
x = pi Create variables and assign values with the equal sign (=).
The left side (x) is the variable name, and the right side (pi) is its value.
y = sin(- Provide inputs to a function using parentheses.
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Desktop Management
Function Example Description
save save data.ma Save your current workspace to a MAT-file.
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load load data.ma Load the variables in a MAT-file to the workspace.
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clear clear Clear all variables from the workspace.
clc clc Clear all text from the Command Window.
format format long Change how numeric output appears in the Command Window.
Array Types
Example Description
4 scalar
[3 5] row vector
[1;3] column vector
[3 4 5; 6 7 8] matrix
Matrix Creation
Example Description
rand(2) Create a square matrix with 2 rows and 2 columns.
zeros(2,3 Create a rectangular matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns of 0s.
Example Description
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ones(2,3) Create a rectangular matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns of 1s.
Array Indexing
Example Description
A(end,2) Access the element in the second column of the last row.
A(2,:) Access the entire second row.
A(1:3,:) Access all columns of the first three rows.
A(2) = 11 Change the value of the second element of an array to 11.
Array Operations
Example Description
[1 2; 3 4] + 1 Perform array addition.
ans =
2 3
4 5
[1 1; 1 1]*[2 2; 2 2] Perform matrix multiplication.
ans =
4 4
4 4
[1 1; 1 1].*[2 2; 2 2] Perform element-wise multiplication.
ans =
2 2
2 2
Multiple Outputs
Example Description
[xrow,xcol] = size(x Save the number of rows and columns in x to two different variables.
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[xMax,idx] = max(x) Calculate the maximum value of x and its corresponding index value.
Documentation
Example Description
doc rand Open the documentation page for the randi function.
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Plots
Example Description
plot(x,y,"ro--",LineWidth=5 Plot a red (r) dashed (--) line with a
) circle (o) marker, with a heavy line
width.
hold off Create new axes for the next plotted line.
title("My Title") Add a title to a plot.
xlabel("x") Add labels to axes.
ylabel("y")
legend("a","b","c") Add a legend to a plot.
Tables
Example Description
data.HeightYards Extract the variable HeightYards from the
table data.
data.HeightMeters = Derive a table variable from existing data.
data.HeightYards*0.9144
Logical Indexing
Example Description
[5 10 15] > 12 Compare the elements of a vector to the value 12.
v1(v1 > 6) Extract all elements of v1 that are greater than 6.
x(x==999) = 1 Replace all values in x that are equal to 999 with the
value 1.
Programming
Example Description
if x > 0.5 If x is greater than 0.5, set y to 3.
y = 3
else Otherwise, set y to 4.
y = 4
end
for c = The loop counter (c) progresses through the
1:3 values 1:3 (1, 2, and 3).