Chapter 2

Introduction to MATLAB Programming

Contents

2.1 Algorithms

2.2 MATLAB Scripts

2.3 Input and Output

2.4 Scripts with Input and Output

2.5 Scripts to Produce and Customize Simple Plots

2.6 Introduction to File Input/Output (Load and Save)

2.7 User-Defined Functions That Return a Single Value

Key Terms

computer program

scripts

algorithm

top-down design

external file

default input device

prompting

default output device

execute/run

high-level languages

machine language

executable

compiler

source code

object code

interpreter

script files

documentation

comments

input/output (I/O)

user

empty string

error message

formatting

format string

place holder

conversion characters

newline character

field width

leading blanks

trailing zeros

plot symbols ...

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