MATLAB® as a Programming Language

While MATLAB® can be used as an elaborate calculator and plotting program, to get the most of MATLAB, you will need to be able to do some basic programming. There are five key programming concepts which will enable you to write efficient scripts which automate repetitive tasks: relational operators, logical operators, conditional statements, for loops and while loops. This chapter is aimed at readers who have little or no previous programming experience. If you have no experience of coding, these concepts may initially appear a little daunting. However, just like learning a new language, the more you practice and try to incorporate the methods into your own work, the quicker you will learn until you reach a point where it becomes part of your natural language.