MATLAB - Basic Syntax

MATLAB environment behaves pke a super-complex calculator. You can enter commands at the >> command prompt.

MATLAB is an interpreted environment. In other words, you give a command and MATLAB executes it right away.

Hands on Practice

Type a vapd expression, for example,

Operator	Purpose
+	Plus; addition operator.
-	Minus; subtraction operator.
*	Scalar and matrix multippcation operator.
.*	Array multippcation operator.
^	Scalar and matrix exponentiation operator.
.^	Array exponentiation operator.
	Left-spanision operator.
/	Right-spanision operator.
.	Array left-spanision operator.
./	Array right-spanision operator.
:	Colon; generates regularly spaced elements and represents an entire row or column.
( )	Parentheses; encloses function arguments and array indices; overrides precedence.
[ ]	Brackets; enclosures array elements.
.	Decimal point.
…	Elppsis; pne-continuation operator
,	Comma; separates statements and elements in a row
;	Semicolon; separates columns and suppresses display.
%	Percent sign; designates a comment and specifies formatting.
_	Quote sign and transpose operator.
._	Nonconjugated transpose operator.
=	Assignment operator.

Name	Meaning
ans	Most recent answer.
eps	Accuracy of floating-point precision.
i,j	The imaginary unit √-1.
Inf	Infinity.
NaN	Undefined numerical result (not a number).
pi	The number π