ABSTRACT
This chapter intends to introduce the very basic usage of the MATLAB environment. It targets the reader who is not familiar with MATLAB, but has a very basic understanding of programming concepts. MATLAB is a proprietary numerical computing environment and programming language, developed by MathWorks. It offers a strong computing framework with strong visualization tools, in an easy to use programming environment. The tools, mainly function, are arranged into groups for similar application that are called ToolBox. Equally important with data manipulation is the ability to work with files and directories. MATLAB offers a great variety of data visualization tools. In MATLAB a number of common flow control methods are provided, so let's have a look of how the people can use them to improve their programming skills. In the editor, and generally in any text that will be read by MATLAB, the authors can add comments by using the % (percentage) symbol.
