MATLAB Practice Room

For the PSUC end-sem, Thu 26 Nov. Read the short idea, look at the Command Window example, then answer. Each answer is checked as you go and shows what MATLAB would print. Your progress stays on this phone.

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Exam trap list

C habits that break in MATLAB

In C

In MATLAB

Arrays start at index 0

Arrays start at index 1; v(0) is an error

a[2]

a(2), round brackets

{ } around blocks

Every if, for, while, function closes with end

!= for not equal

~=

; ends every statement

; only hides the output; without it MATLAB prints the result

Declare int x; first

No declarations; x = 5 creates x

printf

fprintf (same format codes) or disp

for(i=1;i<=n;i++)

for i = 1:n ... end

Comment with //

Comment with %

* multiplies numbers

* is matrix multiplication; .* multiplies element by element