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Basic Matlab
Matrix definition
a=[1,2 ; 3,4] =>
a= 1 2
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Vector is a matrix with one column or one row.
a=[1;2;3;4;5 ;; ] one column
b=[1,2,3,4,5,6 ,,..] one row

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Basic Matlab
Example
a=[1,2,3,4,5];
b=[a;a;a]

Example
a=[1;2;3;4;5];
b=[a,a,a]

b=

b=

12345
12345
12345

Example (transpose)
a=[1;2;3;4;5];
b=a
b= 1 2 3 4 5

1111
2222
3333
4444
5555

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Basic Matlab
Strings
a=[a,b,c]
a= abc

Strings
a=[a,b,c]
a= abc

Strings
a=[a,b,c]
b=[a,c,c]

b=[a;a;a]

b=[a,a,a]

c=(a==b);

b=

b=

c= 1 0 1

abc
abc
abc

abcabcabc

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Basic Matlab
1 2
A

3 4
5 6
B

7 8
6 8
A B

10 12
19 22
A* B

43
50

5 12
A. * B

21
32

1 4
A. ^ 2

9 16
sin(1) sin(2)
sin( A)

sin(3) sin(4)

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Basic Matlab
A=zeros(a1, a2, a3, an);
A is an n dimensional matrix of zeros.
A=ones(a1, a2, a3, an);
A is an n dimensional matrix of ones.
size(A) return the size of A at each diminution.
size(A,Dim) return the size of A at the diminution Dim.

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Basic Matlab
A(m,n) returns the value of the matrix in row-m
and column-n.
b=A(1:end,1)

: b will be equal to column 1 of A

b=A(5:10,5:10) : b will a-6x6 matrix containing all

values of A from rows 5-10 and columns 5-10.

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Basic Matlab
Functions in Matlab
function [output variables]=function_name (input variables)

Input and output variables, can be of any type.

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Basic Matlab
Functions in Matlab
function [out_1,out_2,out_3] = Function_Dec (in_1,in_2,in_3)
out_1=in_1+in_2+in_3;
out_2=[ 'hello' ; 'world' ];
out_3=[1,2,3,4,5];
return;

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Basic Matlab
Functions in Matlab
input:
[a,b,c]=Function_dec(5,3,2)

input:
[a,b,c]=Function_dec([1,2,3],[6,5,4],[3,4,5])

output:
a = 10
b = hello
world

output:
a = 10 11 12
b=
hello
world

c=

c=1

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Basic Matlab

Bit-wise operations

Variables must be integers

BITAND
BITOR
BITXOR
BITGET
BITSET
BITSHIFT

(a,b)
(a,b)
(a,b)
(a,bit-num)
(a,bit-num,1/0)
(a,+/- shift_size)

Bit-wise AND.
Bit-wise OR.
Bit-wise XOR.
Get bit.
Set bit.
Bit-wise shift.

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Basic Matlab
conditions
If ( Boolean expression)
.
end;
Boolean expression
== : Is Equal
~=: Not Equal
> : Is grater then
< : Is less Then
>=: Is grater then or equal to
<=: Is less then or equal to

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Basic Matlab
conditions
switch switch_expr
case case_expr,
statement, ..., statement
case {case_expr1, case_expr2, case_expr3,...}
statement, ..., statement
...
otherwise,
statement, ..., statement

end

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Basic Matlab
Loops
for j=start:step:end
.
end;
example:
for j=-1:0.2:3
.
end;

while Boolean expression,

.
end;
example:
while a>b,
.
end;

break - Terminate execution of WHILE or FOR loop.

break terminates the execution of FOR and WHILE loops.
In nested loops, BREAK exits from the innermost loop only.

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Basic Matlab
Drawing

plot(X,Y) plots vector Y versus vector X

y
m
c
r
g
b
w
k

yellow
magenta
cyan
red
green
blue
white
black

.
o
x
+
*
s
d
v
^
<
>
p
h

point
circle
x-mark
plus
star
square
diamond
triangle (down)
triangle (up)
triangle (left)
triangle (right)
pentagram
hexagram

- solid
: dotted
-. dashdot
-- dashed

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Basic Matlab
Drawing
Drawing a circle
t=0:0.1:2*pi;

Drawing a doted circle.

t=0:0.1:2*pi;

x=10*cos(t);
y=10*sin(t);
plot (x,y);

x=10*cos(t);
y=10*sin(t);
plot (x,y,.);

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Basic Matlab
Drawing
ezplot(x^2+y^2=1);

ezplot(x^2/5+y^2/20=1);

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Basic Matlab
Drawing
a=0:0.2:2*pi;
b=ones(1,length(a));
c=sin(a'*b);
figure;
subplot(1,2,1);
surf(c);

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Basic Matlab
Drawing
figure;
t=0:0.1:2*pi+0.1;
b=ones(1,length(t));
z=b'*(1:1:length(t));
x=(10*sin(z)+15).*sin(t'*b);
y=(10*sin(z)+15).*cos(t'*b);
surf(x,y,z);

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Basic Matlab
Some useful commands
figure
drawnow
hold on

-open new figure.

-draw to screen immediately.
-draw the next draw to the same figure and axes.
-Transpose
- remark

help command- return the help information on the command.

lookfor Word - return a list of all commands that have
the desired word in their help.

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Basic Matlab
Adding a path to a library
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Adding a path to a library

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Adding a path to a library
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Building GUIs with MATLAB

GUIs

Oren Meirom
Omikron Delta

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What is a Callback?

A callback is a sequence of commands which are

implemented by activating a graphics object:
e.g. CreateFcn, CallBack, ButtonDownFcn, DeleteFcn.

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The 10 styles of Matlab Uicontrol objects

Push Button.
Toggle Button.
Check Box.
Radio Button.
Editable Text.
List Box.
Pop-up Menu.
Slider.
Frame.
Static Text

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Push/Toggle Buttons
The push button is widely prevalent uicontrol
style that is used primarily to indicate that a
desired action should immediately take place.
The toggle button look just like push button,
except there is no intermediate state.Rather, the
button will remain in its selected or not selected
state after the user clicks on it.

>>mcpush

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Check Box
Useful for representing two states of an option
that you may want to provide (usually as on and
off).
In its off state the check box will consist of an
empty or unfilled square. In the on state, the
check boxs square will contain a V sign.

>>mccheckbox,mccheckbox1

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Radio Button
Similar to the check box in that there are two
states associated with each other.
Usually two or more radio buttons are linked
together as a group.They are linked in the sense
that only one of the buttons will be in its selected
state.

>>mcradiox

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Editable Text
Used in situations that require the user to enter
strings or characters or numbers. The strings , in
turn, are used by the application for which the
interface has been built.
Clicking anywhere within this object will change
the mouse from a pointer to a text insertion
indicator.

>>mcedit, mceditf

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List Boxes
New style provided by MATLAB 5.x
Very similar to pop-up menus.
>>mccheckboxwith a list box is that you
The main difference
can make the set of options visible to the user at
all times.

>>mclistbox

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Pop-up Menus
Used in situations where multiple choices need to
be available to the user.
When the user clicks and holds the mouse button
anywhere within the object, a list of choices
appear.

>>mcpopup

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Sliders
Useful in representing a fixed range of values
from which to choose.
The slider has no way of explicitly indicating the
numeric value that the slider represents.
Therefor, it is recommended that an editable text
or static text style uicontrol accompany the
slider.

>>mcslider, mcslider2

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Frames
Provide a solid background that helps blend a set
of uicontrols into one complete and cohesive
interface.
Used as an effective method of organizing the
GUI in a logical and intuitive fashion.

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Static Text
Available for creating labels, status messages or
other information pertinent to the user.
Static text does not perform any action if the user
clicks on any part of the object. In addition , the
user can not edit the information that is displayed.

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Properties that Track User Actions

ButtonDownFcn- When clicking the mouse button while the pointer is located over or near the object.
WindowButtonDownFcn- When clicking the mouse button down within the figure
boundaries.

WindowButtonUpFcn- When clicking the mouse button up within the figure boundaries.
WindowButtonMotionFcn- When the mouse pointer moves within the figure boundaries.
KeyboardFcn- When the figure is active.
CreatFcn- When creating an object.
DeleteFcn- When deleting an object.
ResizeFcn- When resizing the figure.

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Some useful instructions.

AXES(axes_handle) - make the axes, current.

Object_H=GCBO

- to get the object that make

the callback.

RBUTTON(Radio_H) - use to select and deselect

radio buttons with the
same Tag Name

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Setting figure.
h0 = figure('Color',[0.8 0.8 0.8], ...
'Units','Normal', ...
'Position',[0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3], ...
'Tag','Fig1');
%Setting figure name
set(h0,'Name','Check and radio');

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Setting Push Button.

h1 =uicontrol ('Parent',h0, 'Units','Normal','Position',[0.1
0.3 0.3 0.4] ,'Tag','Pushbutton1');
%Setting the callBack Function
set(h1,'Callback','Button_1_callBack_Function');
%Setting the string on the button
set(h1,'String','Push.B_1');
%Setting Tool Tip String
set(h1,'TooltipString','Push Me To Call The CallBack Function!');
%Setting The Text Color on the button (the foreground color)

set(h1,'ForegroundColor',[0.0,.0,0.0]);
%setting the background color
set(h1,'BackgroundColor',[0.0,1.0,0.0]);

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Edit - Box call back function.

EditBox_H=GCBO;
EditBoxString=get (EditBox_H,'String')

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