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Summary of Key Points

8 October, 2015 - 17:29
  1. MATLAB has the common functions found on a scientific calculator and can be operated in a similar way,
  2. MATLAB can store values in variables. Variables are case sensitive and some variables are reserved by MATLAB (e.g. pi stores 3.1416),
  3. Variable Editor can be used to enter or manipulate matrices,
  4. The coefficients of simultaneous linear equations and polynomials are used to form a row vector. MATLAB then can be used to solve the equations,
  5. The format function is used to control the number of digits displayed,
  6. Three periods "..." at the end of the line is used to split a long statement over multiple lines,
  7. The percent symbol % separates the comments from the code, anything following % symbol is ignored by MATLAB.