Matlab Tutorials

Controlling Command Window Input and Output

The format Function

The format function controls the numeric format of the values displayed. The function affects only how numbers are displayed, not how MATLAB software computes or saves them. Here are the different formats, together with the resulting output produced from a vector x with components of different magnitudes. Read More

while

while Repeat statements an indefinite number of times.
The general form of a while statement is: Read More

return

return Return to invoking function.
return causes a return to the invoking function or to the keyboard.
It also terminates the KEYBOARD mode. Read More

elseif

elseif IF statement condition.
elseif is used with IF. The statements after the elseif are
executed if the expression is true and all the preceding IF and
elseif expressions are false. An expression is considered true if
the real part has all non-zero elements. Read More

if

if if statement condition.
The general form of the if statement is Read More

for

for Repeat statements a specific number of times.
The general form of a for statement is: Read More

end

end Terminate scope of FOR, WHILE, SWITCH, TRY, and IF statements. Without END’s, FOR, WHILE, SWITCH, TRY, and IF wait for further input. Each end is paired with the closest previous unpaired FOR, WHILE, SWITCH, TRY or IF and serves to terminate its scope. Read More