This document provides an outline for a chapter on basic MATLAB programming. It introduces MATLAB as a high-level programming language with specialized toolboxes. The key features covered are the MATLAB command window, command execution, use of M-files and functions, and data storage and loading capabilities. The document also describes the main components of the MATLAB screen, including the command window, current directory, workspace, and command history.

1. Basic Elements of MATLAB Programming
Chapter 2

2. Outline:
What is Matlab?
Matlab Screen
Variables, array, matrix, indexing
Operators (Arithmetic, relational, logical )
Display Facilities
Flow Control
Using of M-File
Writing User Defined Functions
Conclusion

3. What is Matlab?
 Matlab is basically a high level language which has many specialized
toolboxes for making things easier for us
 How high?
Assembly
High Level
Languages such as
C, Pascal etc.
Matlab

4. What are we interested in?
 Matlab is too broad for our purposes in this course.
 The features we are going to require is
Matlab
Command
Line
m-files
functions
mat-files
Command execution
like DOS command
window
Series of
Matlab
commands
Input
Output
capability
Data
storage/
loading

5. Matlab Screen
 Command Window
- type commands
 Current Directory
- View folders and m-files
 Workspace
- View program variables
- Double click on a variable
to see it in the Array Editor
 Command History
- view past commands
- save a whole session
using diary

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