Summary of MATLAB Onramp
Basic Syntax
Example Description
x = pi Create variables and assign values with the equal sign (=).
The left side (x) is the variable name, and the right side (pi) is its
value.
y = Provide inputs to a function using parentheses.
sin(-5)
Desktop Management
Functi
Example Description
on
save save Save your current workspace to a MAT-file.
data.mat
load load Load the variables in a MAT-file to the workspace.
data.mat
clear clear Clear all variables from the workspace.
clc clc Clear all text from the Command Window.
format format long Change how numeric output appears in the Command
Window.
Array Types
Example Description
4 scalar
[3 5] row vector
[1;3] column
vector
[3 4 5; 6 7 matrix
8]
Evenly Spaced Vectors
Example Description
1:4 Create a vector from 1 to 4, spaced by 1, using the colon operator (:).
1:0.5:4 Create a vector from 1 to 4, spaced by 0.5.
linspace(1,10 Create a vector with 5 elements. The values are evenly spaced from 1 to
,5) 10.
Matrix Creation
Example Description
rand(2) Create a square matrix with 2 rows and 2 columns.
zeros(2, Create a rectangular matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns of 0s.
3)
ones(2,3 Create a rectangular matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns of 1s.
)
Array Indexing
Example Description
A(end,2 Access the element in the second column of the last row.
)
A(2,:) Access the entire second row.
A(1:3,: Access all columns of the first three rows.
)
A(2) = Change the value of the second element of an array to
11 11.
Array Operations
Example Description
[1 2; 3 4] + 1
Perform array addition.
ans =
2 3
4 5
[1 1; 1 1]*[2 2; 2
Perform matrix multiplication.
2]
ans =
4 4
4 4
[1 1; 1 1].*[2 2; 2
Perform element-wise
2]
multiplication.
ans =
2 2
2 2
Multiple Outputs
Example Description
[xrow,xcol] = Save the number of rows and columns in x to two different
size(x) variables.
[xMax,idx] = Calculate the maximum value of x and its corresponding index
max(x) value.
Documentation
Example Description
doc Open the documentation page for the randi
randi function.
Plots
Example Description
plot(x,y,"ro--","LineWidth Plot a red (r) dashed (--) line with a
",5)
circle (o) marker, with a heavy line
width.
hold on Add the next line to the existing plot.
hold off Create new axes for the next plotted
line.
title("My Title") Add a title to a plot.
xlabel("x") Add labels to axes.
ylabel("y")
legend("a","b","c") Add a legend to a plot.
Tables
Example Description
data.HeightYards Extract the variable HeightYards from
the table data.
data.HeightMeters = Derive a table variable from existing
data.HeightYards*0.9144 data.
Logical Indexing
Example Description
[5 10 15] > Compare the elements of a vector to the value 12.
12
v1(v1 > 6) Extract all elements of v1 that are greater than 6.
x(x==999) = Replace all values in x that are equal to 999 with the value
1 1.
Programming
Example Description
if x > 0.5
If x is greater than 0.5, set y to 3.
y = 3
else
y = 4
end Otherwise, set y to 4.
for c =
The loop counter (c) progresses through
1:3
the
disp(c)
values 1:3 (1, 2, and 3).
end
The loop body displays each value of c.
