vili Contents Built-in Functions 24 User-Defined Functions 25 Graphics 26 Graphing with ezplot 26 Modifying Graphs 27 Graphing with plot 28 Plotting Multiple Curves 30 3 Interacting with MATLAB 31 The MATLAB Interface 31 The Desktop 31 Menu and Tool Bars 33 The Workspace 33 The Working Directory 34 Using the Command Window 35 M-Files 36 Script M-Files 37 Function M-Files 39 Loops 41 Presenting Your Results 41 Diary Files 42 Presenting Graphics 43 Pretty Printing 45 A General Procedure 45 Fine-Tuning Your M-Files 46 Practice Set A:Algebra and Arithmetic 48 4 Beyond the Basics 50 Suppressing Output 50 Data Classes 51 String Manipulation 53 Symbolic and Floating Point Numbers 53 Functions and Expressions 54 Substitution 56 More about M-Files 56 Variables in Script M-Files 56 Variables in Function M-Files 57 Structure of Function M-Files 57viii Contents Built-in Functions 24 User-Defined Functions 25 Graphics 26 Graphing with ezplot 26 Modifying Graphs 27 Graphing with plot 28 Plotting Multiple Curves 30 3 Interacting with MATLAB 31 The MATLAB Interface 31 The Desktop 31 Menu and Tool Bars 33 The Workspace 33 The Working Directory 34 Using the Command Window 35 M-Files 36 Script M-Files 37 Function M-Files 39 Loops 41 Presenting Your Results 41 Diary Files 42 Presenting Graphics 43 Pretty Printing 45 A General Procedure 45 Fine-Tuning Your M-Files 46 Practice Set A: Algebra and Arithmetic 48 4 Beyond the Basics 50 Suppressing Output 50 Data Classes 51 String Manipulation 53 Symbolic and Floating Point Numbers 53 Functions and Expressions 54 Substitution 56 More about M-Files 56 Variables in Script M-Files 56 Variables in Function M-Files 57 Structure of Function M-Files 57