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Language Fundamentals
Syntax, array indexing and manipulation, data types, operators
MATLAB is an abbreviation for "matrix laboratory." While other programming languages usually work with numbers one at a time, MATLAB® operates on whole matrices and arrays. Language fundamentals include basic operations, such as creating variables, array indexing, arithmetic, and data types.
Categories
- Entering Commands
Build and run MATLAB statements
- Matrices and Arrays
Array creation, combining, reshaping, rearranging, and indexing
- Data Types
Numeric arrays, characters and strings, tables, structures, and cell arrays; data type conversion
- Operators and Elementary Operations
Arithmetic, relational, and logical operators, special characters, rounding, set functions
- Loops and Conditional Statements
Control flow and branching using keywords, such asif,for, andwhile
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