Basics of MATLAB and Beyond – Andrew Knight – 1st Edition

I Basics of MATLAB
1 First Steps in MATLAB
1.1 Starting MATLAB
1.2 First Steps
1.3 Matrices
1.4 Variables
1.5 The Colon Operator
1.6 Linspace
1.7 Plotting Vectors
2 Typing into MATLAB
2.1 Command Line Editing
2.2 Smart Recall
2.3 Long Lines
2.4 Copying and Pasting
3 Matrices
3.1 Typing Matrices
3.2 Concatenating Matrices
3.3 Useful Matrix Generators
3.4 Subscripting
3.5 End as a subscript
3.6 Deleting Rows or Columns
3.7 Matrix Arithmetic
3.8 Transpose
4 Basic Graphics
4.1 Plotting Many Lines
4.2 Adding Plots
4.3 Plotting Matrices
4.4 Clearing the Figure Window
4.5 Subplots
4.6 Three-Dimensional Plots
4.7 Axes
4.8 Labels
5 More Matrix Algebra
6 Basic Data Analysis
7 Graphics of Functions of Two Variables
7.1 Basic Plots
7.2 Colour Maps
7.3 Colour Bar
7.4 Good and Bad Colour Maps
7.5 Extracting Logical Domains
7.6 Nonrectangular Surface Domains
8 M-Files
8.1 Scripts
8.2 Functions
8.3 Flow Control
8.4 Comparing Strings
9 Data Files
9.1 MATLAB Format
9.2 ASCII Format
9.3 Other Formats
10 Directories
11 Startup
12 Using MATLAB on Different Platforms
13 Log Scales
14 Curve Fitting—Matrix Division
15 Missing Data
16 Polar Plots
17 Fourier Transform
18 Power Spectrum
19 Sounds in MATLAB
20 Time-Frequency Analysis
21 Line Animation
22 SPTool
23 Handle Graphics
23.1 Custom Plotting Functions
23.2 Set and Get
23.3 Graphical Object Hierarchy
24 Demos
II Beyond the Basics
25 Sparse Arrays
25.1 Example: Airfoil
25.2 Example: Communication Network
26 Text Strings
26.1 String Matrices
26.2 Comparing Strings
26.3 String Manipulations
26.4 Converting Numbers to Strings
26.5 Using Strings as Commands
27 Cell Arrays
28 Structures
28.1 Example: Meteorological Database
28.2 Example: Capturing the List of Variables
29 Multidimensional Arrays
29.1 Generating Multidimensional Grids
29.2 Operations with Multidimensional Arrays
29.3 RGB Images
29.4 Example: Sonar
29.5 Multidimensional Cell Arrays
29.6 Multidimensional Structures
30 Saving and Loading Data
30.1 MATLAB Format
30.2 Other Formats
31 Handle Graphics
31.1 Get and Set
31.2 Default Object Properties
31.3 Current Objects
32 Axes Effects
32.1 The Axis Command
32.2 Tick Marks and Labels
32.3 Subplots
32.4 Double Axes
32.5 Axes Labels
33 Text in Graphics
33.1 Symbols and Greek Letters
33.2 Symbols in Tick Labels
33.3 Global Object Placement
34 Graphical User Interfaces
34.1 Callbacks
34.2 UIControls
34.3 Exclusive Radio Buttons
34.4 Variables in GUIs
34.5 The Tag Property
34.6 UIMenus
34.7 Fast Drawing
34.8 Guide
34.9 Other Aids
35 Printing Graphics
35.1 Print Size: Orient
35.2 Print Size: WYSIWYG
35.3 Including Figures in Other Applications
36 Irregular Grids
36.1 Interpolation over a Rectangular Grid
36.2 Triangular Gridding
37 Three-dimensional Modelling
37.1 Patches
37.2 Light Objects
38 MATLAB Programming
38.1 Vectorising Code
38.2 M-File Subfunctions
38.3 Debugging
38.4 Profiler
39 Answers to Exercises (Part I)
40 Answers to Exercises (Part II)