ABSTRACT
This chapter gives an overview of matlab and its basic arithmetic operations and functions, as well as a short introduction to matrices and matrix manipulation. Scalars, vectors, and matrices are not the only types of data that MATLAB offers. Structures are also supported by MATLAB to create variable types that mix numbers, strings, and arrays. A cell is a variable that is similar to structure, but it is more general and has a different notation. A cell can contain any variable from a scalar to a structure, or another cell. Cells enable us to assign a variety of data types to one type of variable, thereby providing a powerful diagnostic tool.
