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    MATLAB is a powerful software tool used in engineering. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming. MATLAB has a command window to interact with it, a workspace to store variables, and uses the current folder to run files. In MATLAB you can perform calculations, create and manipulate matrices and arrays, use built-in functions, and make 2D plots and subplots.

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    MATLAB is a powerful software tool used in engineering. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming. MATLAB has a command window to interact with it, a workspace to store variables, and uses the current folder to run files. In MATLAB you can perform calculations, create and manipulate matrices and arrays, use built-in functions, and make 2D plots and subplots.

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    MATLAB is a powerful software tool used in engineering. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming. MATLAB has a command window to interact with it, a workspace to store variables, and uses the current folder to run files. In MATLAB you can perform calculations, create and manipulate matrices and arrays, use built-in functions, and make 2D plots and subplots.

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    INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB FOR

    CIVIL ENGINEERS

    L. Kanock
    Graduate Civil Engineer
    +265 295 519
    lkanock@gmail.com
    Introduction

    MATLAB (Matrix MATLAB It has powerful


    Laboratory) is a integrates built in routines
    powerful software computation, that enable a
    tool widely used in visualization and variety of
    engineering programming computations.
    environment.
    MATLAB Interaction Environment

    1. The Command Window

    ▪ Where you interact with


    MATLAB
    MATLAB Interaction Environment

    2. Workspace

    ▪ Where your variables are


    stored
    MATLAB Interaction Environment

    3. Current Folder

    ▪ Where your MATLAB active


    working files are stored

    ▪ MATLAB only runs files in


    your current folder
    Using MATLAB as a Calculator

    ▪ Type any Expression you want to evaluate.

    ▪ If You do not specify an output variable, MATLAB uses


    a default variable ans to store the result

    ▪ Note that the variable ans is created and may be


    overwritten if it already exists

    ▪ To avoid this, declare your own variables.


    Create Variables
    ▪ You can assign variables by typing this variable to this
    command line

    ▪ It is displayed in the command window.

    ▪ You can proceed to do the following:


    Matrices and Arrays
    ▪ You can create an array (1xn) Matrix by using square brackets
    separating elements with space or a comma.

    ▪ Create a matrix with multiple rows by separating the rows with


    semi colon.
    Matrices and Arrays Operations
    ▪ You can create Matrices with special functions like zeros,
    rand, and magic.
    Matrices and Arrays Operations
    ▪ Process all the values in Matrix using a single arithmetic
    operator or function
    Matrices and Arrays Operations
    ▪ Perform standard Matrix operations:
    Matrices and Arrays Operations
    ▪ To perform element wise operations use the dot as follows
    Matrices and Arrays Operations
    ▪ Combine Matrices using the following functions:
    Array Indexing
    ▪ Consider the following Matrix: ▪ Locate the elements using
    the following methods

    ▪ Or
    Array Indexing
    ▪ Try indexing outside the size ▪ You can Manipulate values
    of the Matrix: in Matrix

    ▪ What error does it bring?


    The colon operator
    ▪ The colon operator allows you to create equally spaced
    vector.
    ▪ It uses the format:
    start: step: end

    ▪ You can also use the colon operator for array indexing
    Working with Strings
    ▪ Strings are enclosed in
    double quotes.

    ▪ Strings in MATLAB are also


    in Matrix form.

    ▪ Type whos to see their


    nature.
    Working with Inbuilt functions

    ▪ MATLAB has in built functions that you can


    work with
    ▪ There are numerous of these
    ▪ Refer to documentation given
    Making 2D Plots
    Making 2D Plots
    ▪ You can add plots to an
    existing figure.
    Making 2D Plots
    Making Subplots
    ▪ You can have multiple
    graphs in one plot
    ▪ You can use the subplot
    function to do this
    END

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