The magic Function

May 8th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Functions

MATLAB actually has a built-in function that creates magic squares of almost any size.
Not surprisingly, this function is named magic. Read More

The Colon Operator

May 7th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Controls

The colon, :, is one of MATLAB’s most important operators. It occurs in several different
forms. The expression Read More

Manipulating Matrices

March 13th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Documents

Matrices and Magic Squares

Matlab MatrisIn MATLAB, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers. Special meaning is sometimes attached to 1-by-1 matrices, which are scalars, and to matrices with only one row or column, which are vectors. MATLAB has other ways of storing both numeric and nonnumeric data, but in the beginning, it is usually best to think of everything as a matrix. The operations in MATLAB are designed to be as natural as possible. Where other programming languages work with numbers one at a time, MATLAB allows you to work with entire matrices quickly and easily. A good example matrix, used throughout this book, appears in the Renaissance engraving Melancholia I by the German artist and amateur mathematician Albrecht Dürer. Read More