Master Outline

These pages are a work in progress. A ``Not Finished'' in the outline indicates that part or all of the detailed information is missing. Before starting you should know how to download the examples from these pages

1. An Introduction to MATLAB
   • Starting and stopping
   • Orientation: Windows and such (Not Finished)
     • Command window
     • Figure window(s)
     • Editor window(s)
     • Help window(s)
   • Using MATLAB as a calculator
     • Assigning values to variables
     • Using MATLAB's built-in functions
   • Using on-line help
   • Suppressing output with the semicolon
   • Setting the MATLAB path

2. MATLAB Variables
   • scalars
     • Creating
     • Assigning values
     • Scalar operations
   • vectors
     • Creating
     • Assigning values
     • Addressing individual elements
     • Colon notation
     • Vector operations
   • matrices (Not Finished)
     • creating
     • assigning values
     • addressing individual elements
     • colon notation
     • matrix operations
   • Strings (Not Finished)
     • creating
     • assigning values
     • addressing individual elements
     • colon notation
     • string operations

3. Plotting
   • Line plots
     • The basic plot command
     • A simple line plot
     • Logarithmic axis scaling
   • Symbol plots
     • Choosing symbol and line types
     • A simple symbol plot
   • Multiple curves on the same plot
     • Plotting the data
     • Labelling it with the legend command
   • Loading Data into MATLAB for Plotting plots
     • The load command
     • More flexible data import with the readColData command
   • Finishing Touches (Not Finished)
     • Controlling the axis limits
     • Multiple plots in a figure window
     • Saving plots to a file
   • Contour Plots (Not Finished)
   • Surface Plots (Not Finished)
   • Vector Plots (Not Finished)

4. Programming MATLAB
   • Scripts
     • Scripts versus Functions
     • Creating a script m-file
     • Using (and abusing) scripts
     • Side effects on the MATLAB workspace
   • MATLAB Functions -- The Basics
     • Functions versus Scripts
     • Anatomy of a MATLAB function
     • Calling MATLAB Functions
     • Local Variables
     • Flow Control
   • MATLAB Functions -- Intermediate Features (Not Finished)
     • Variable numbers of input and output parameters
     • Global variables
   • Debugging MATLAB Functions (Not Finished)
     • Built-in debugging commands
     • Debugging Strategies
   • Improving the Speed of MATLAB Calculations
     • Using vector operations instead of loops
     • Pre-allocating memory for vectors and matrices

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