Vector, Matrix, Array,

and Cell
Dr. Susovan Jana
Assistant Professor & Assistant HOD
Department of Computer Science & Engineering (IoT)
Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, INDIA
Email (O): susovan.jana@iem.edu.in
Email (P): jana.susovan2@gmail.com
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Vector in MATLAB
❑ A vector is a one-dimensional array of numbers.
❑ MATLAB allows creating two types of vectors −
─ Row vectors
─ Example: x=[2 5 7 3]
─ Column vectors
─ Example: x=[2
5
7
3]

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Vector Creation in MATLAB
❑ Syntax for Row Vector
─ x=[<values separated by one space or comma>]
─ x=[2 5 7 3]
─ x=[2, 5, 7, 3]
❑ Syntax for Column Vector
─ x=[<values separated by semi-colon>]
─ x=[2; 5; 7; 3]

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Vector Creation
❑ x = j:k
─ x = 1:10
─ Create a unit-spaced vector of
numbers between 1 and 10.
The colon operator uses a
default increment of +1.
❑ x = j:i:k
─ x = 1:2:10
─ X=10:-2:1
─ Create a vector whose
elements incremented or
decremented by 2.

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Matrices and Arrays
❑ All MATLAB variables are multidimensional arrays, no
matter what type of data.
❑ A matrix is a two-dimensional array often used for
linear algebra.

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Matrix Creation
❑ Matrix creation with zeros
& ones
─ x=zeros(3)
─ x=zeros(3,2)
─ x=ones(3)
─ x=ones(3,2)

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Matrix Creation
❑ Matrix with integer values
─ a=[1 3 6; 2 5 8; 4 7 9]
─ b=[1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9]
❑ Matrix with complex number
─ c = [3+4i, 4+3j; -i, 10j]

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Concatenating two Matrix
❑ Horizontally
─ x=[a, b]
❑ Vertically
─ x=[a; b]

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Accessing Values from Matrix
❑ Indexing starts from 1 in MATLAB
❑ Syntax
─ <array name>(<row index>, <column index>)
─ <array name>(<starting row index> : <ending row index> , <starting
column index> : <ending column index> )
─ <array name>(<row index>, <starting column index> : <ending
column index> )
─ <array name>(<starting row index> : <ending row index> , <column
index> )
─ <array name>(<row index>, : )
─ <array name>( : , <column index> )

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Access Single Value
❑ Syntax
─ <array name>(<row index>, <column index>)
❑ Example
─ a(2, 3)

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Access 2D Array from a 2D Array
❑ Syntax
─ <array name>(<starting row index> : <ending row index> ,
<starting column index> : <ending column index> )
❑ Example
─ a(1 : 2, 2 : 3)

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Access Values from a Single Row/Column
❑ Syntax
1. <array name>(<row index>,
<starting column index> : <ending
column index> )
2. <array name>(<starting row index>
: <ending row index> , <column
index> )
❑ Example
1. a(3, 1:2)
2. a(1:2, 3)

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Access a Complete Row/Column
❑ Syntax
1. <array name>(<row index>, : )
2. <array name>( : , <column index> )
❑ Example
1. a(2, : )
2. a( : , 2)

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Modifying Values in Matrix
❑ Syntax
─ <array name>(<row index>, <column index>)
❑ Example
─ a (1:2, 1:2)=[11 13; 12 15]

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Deletion of any row & column
❑ Delete any row
─ Syntax: <matrix>(<row position>, : )
─ Example: x( 2 , : ) = []
❑ Delete any column
─ Syntax: <matrix>(: , <column position>)
─ Example: x( : , 5 ) = []

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Addition on Matrix
❑ Syntax
1. <value> + <matrix name>
2. <matrix name> + <matrix name>
❑ Example
1. 5 + a
2. a + b

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Subtraction on Matrix
❑ Syntax
1. <matrix name> - <value>
2. <matrix name> - <matrix name>
❑ Example
1. a - 5
2. a - b

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Multiplication on Matrix
❑ Syntax
1. <value> * <matrix name>
or
<value> .* <matrix name>
2. <matrix name 1> .* <matrix name 2>
3. <matrix name 1> * <matrix name 2>
❑ Example
1. 5 * a
or
2. 5 .* a
3. a .* b
4. a * b

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Division on Matrix
❑ Syntax
1. <matrix name> / <value>
or
<matrix name> ./ <value>
2. <matrix name 1> ./ <matrix name 2>
3. <matrix name 1> / <matrix name 2>
❑ Example
1. a / 2
or
a ./2
2. a ./ b
3. a / b

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String Array
❑ You can represent text in MATLAB® using string
arrays.
❑ Each element of a string array stores a sequence of
characters.
❑ The sequences can have different lengths without
padding, such as "yes" and "no".
❑ A string array that has only one element is also called
a string scalar.

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String Array
❑ You can index into, reshape, and concatenate string
arrays using standard array operations, and you can
append text to them using the + operator.
❑ If a string array represents numbers, then you can
convert it to a numeric array using the double
function.

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String Creation
❑ Syntax
─ <name> = “<text>”
❑ Example
─ str = "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!“
❑ Get length by calling strlength function

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Character Array Creation
❑ Syntax
─ <array name>=‘<text>’
❑ Example
─ ca='My name is Mr. Xyz.‘
❑ Get size using size function
─ size(ca)

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Convert All Letters in String to
Lowercase Characters
❑ Syntax
─ lower(<string name>)
❑ Example
─ lower(str)
❑ For uppercase call
upper in same way

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Remove Something from String
❑ Syntax
─ erase(<string name>, “<character to erase>")
❑ Example
─ erase(str,"!")

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Split String on Space Characters
❑ It discards spaces and returns
a string array
─ split(<string name>)
❑ Split by specified delimiter
─ split(<string name>,<delimiter>)
❑ Example
─ split(str)
❑ Join
─ join(ans)

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Find the Unique Words in String
❑ Syntax
─ unique(<string name>)
❑ Example
─ unique(str)

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Conversion to String Array
❑ Syntax
─ string(<name of variable>)
❑ Example
─ st=string(A)

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Convert Strings That Represent
Numbers
❑ Syntax
─ double(<name of string array>)
❑ Example
─ double(str)

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Cell Array
❑ A cell array is a data type with indexed data
containers called cells, where each cell can contain
any type of data.
❑ Cell arrays commonly contain either lists of text,
combinations of text and numbers, or numeric arrays
of different sizes.
❑ Refer to sets of cells by enclosing indices in smooth
parentheses, ().
❑ Access the contents of cells by indexing with curly
braces, {}.
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Creation of Cell Array
❑ When you have data to put into a cell array, create
the array using the cell array construction operator,
{}.
❑ C = {1,2,3; ‘Aditi', rand(5,10,2), {11; 22; 33}}

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Create a Blank Cell Array
❑ Syntax
─ <name>=cell(<size 1>, …., <size n>)
❑ Example
─ C=cell(2)
─ C=cell(2, 3)

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Assign Value to Cell Array
❑ Syntax
─ <cell name>(<row index>,<column index>)={<value>}
❑ Example
─ C(1, 1)={'MATLAB'}
─ C(2, : )={[2 5 3], ‘Rahul’, 25.3}
─ C(1, 2 : 3 )={[2 5; 4 3], ‘Aditi’}

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Access Cells
❑ Syntax
─ <cell name>=(<row index>, <column index>)
─ <cell name>={<row index>, <column index>}
❑ Example
─ C(1, 2)
─ C{1, 2}

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Cell to Matrix
❑ C = {[1], [2 3 4]; [5; 9], [6 7 8; 10 11 12]}
❑ A=cell2mat(C)

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