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Matlab Notes

This document provides essential MATLAB commands and functionalities, including how to clear the command window, create scripts, and manipulate arrays and matrices. It covers basic operations, indexing, and mathematical functions, as well as tips for running scripts and accessing help documentation. Key points include the use of 1-based indexing and element-wise operations.

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Matlab Notes

This document provides essential MATLAB commands and functionalities, including how to clear the command window, create scripts, and manipulate arrays and matrices. It covers basic operations, indexing, and mathematical functions, as well as tips for running scripts and accessing help documentation. Key points include the use of 1-based indexing and element-wise operations.

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MATLAB Notes
@Soumil Gupta

Basic Commands →

type clc to clear the command window.

type clearvars to clear all the workspace variables.

type whos to see the detailed list of all variables right on the command
window. notably, it shows the type of the variable also. alternatively,
double click on the variable on the workspace to get more information
about that variable (helpful with matrices)

type var = ‘hello’ to create a string in MATLAB. the data type of this
var is char .

use , to separate statements. e.g.: x=1, y=2 .

add a ; at the end of your command to suppress the output.

type var = "hello" to create a string in MATLAB. the data type of this
var is string.

press the up arrow on your keyboard to see the list of all the previous
commands you’ve run.

Create a new script →

MATLAB Notes 1
A script is different from the command window. It is a like coding a C
file.

Go to Home → New → Script .

To run the file, hit Save → Run

Keep in mind that if you don’t want a variable to be printed when the
program is run, then use the ; operator at the end of the line.

Hit Ctrl + Enter to run the program.

Use % to add comments.

Always start your script with clc, clearvals, close all

Arrays and Matrices →

Vectors and Arrays are terms which can be used interchangeably in


MATLAB.

creates a horizontal array of size 10(1row by 10columns)


x = 1: 10

with elements from 1 to 10.

x = 1:1:10 creates a horizontal array with elements starting from 1, with
a jump value of 1and ending at 10.

To change the dimension of the array (i.e. transpose), use the operator
‘ e.g.: x’

linspace: To generate a horizontal array with numbers evenly spaced,


use linspace command. linspace( start number, end number, number of
elements). By default, the number of elements generated is 100.

Manually assign an array: x = [10 19 -1 0] . The space serves the


purpose of the comma. You can also use a comma ,

Make a 2D Array / Matrix: A = [1 , 2 ; 3, 4] . The ; marks the start of a


new row.

All Linear Algebra Rules are followed by MATLAB. e.g, A+2 adds 2 to all
the elements of the matrix A.

Element Wise Operation: What if you want to run operations not on the
matrix itself but on the elements of the matrix, for example, you want to
square all the elements of a matrix A: type A.^2 . The . operator refers
to the element-wise operations.

MATLAB Notes 2
Make Zero Matrix: O = zeros(3). For custom size: O = zeros(3,1) , this
gives a 3row by 1column matrix with all entries equal to 0.

Make All elements of matrix 1: I = ones(3). For custom size: I =


ones(3,1) , this gives a 3row by 1column matrix with all entries equal to

1.
Make Identity Matrix: I = eye(3)

Access elements of a matrix the same way you did in C, but use ()
instead of [] . e.g, A(2,3) . For a 1D array you just to have to specify one
index. You are free to change the value at any time by accessing the
element.

IMPORTANT: MATLAB uses 1−based indexing instead of the traditional


0−based indexing in other languages.
A(end) gives you the last element of the array A

A(end-10) gives you the 10thelement from the end of the array A.

Extract entire row/column from a matrix: To extract entire row, e,g: A(2,

:) . To extract entire column, e,g: A(:,2) .

A(2,1:2) gives all the element of second row from first to second
column.

Math Functions →

click on the fx option to get the list of all math functions available on
​

MATLAB

type help function_name to get all the required parameters for the
function.

use plot(x, y) to plot the graph. the first parameter will be on the x-axis
and the second parameter will be on the y-axis.

x = linspace(0,5);
y=(-(x-3).^2)+10;
plot(x,y);
max(y) %gives the maximum value of y
min(y) %gives the minimum value of y

type doc function_name to open the documentation of the function.

MATLAB Notes 3
MATLAB Notes 4

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