Programming with MATLAB

• Learning how to create well-documented M-files in the edit window and invoke them from the command window • Understanding how script and function files differ. • Understanding how to incorporate help comments in functions • Knowing how to set up M-files so that they interactively prompt users for information and display results in the command window • Understanding the role of subfunctions and how the are accessed • Knowing how to create and retrieve data files NM – Berlin Chen 2 Chapter Objectives (2/2) • Learning how to write clear and well-documented M-files by employing structured programming constructs to implement logic and repetition • Recognizing the difference between if...elseif and switch constructs • Recognizing the difference between for...end and while structures • Understanding what is meant by vectorization and why it is beneficial • Knowing how to animate MATLAB plots • Understanding how anonymous functions can be employed to pass function functions to function M-files NM – Berlin Chen 3 M-files • While commands can be entered directly to the command window, MATLAB also allows you to put commands in text files called M-files. M-files are so named because the files are stored with a.m extension. • There are two main kinds of M-fil