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    This 8-week course covers fundamental MATLAB concepts including matrices, functions, selection, loops, data types, and file input/output. Each week focuses on a different topic, such as matrices and operators, functions, the programmer's toolbox, selection using if statements, loops, data types like numbers and characters, and reading/writing different file types in MATLAB. The course is based on a video series and electronic textbook that provide a deeper understanding of MATLAB programming.

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    This 8-week course covers fundamental MATLAB concepts including matrices, functions, selection, loops, data types, and file input/output. Each week focuses on a different topic, such as matrices and operators, functions, the programmer's toolbox, selection using if statements, loops, data types like numbers and characters, and reading/writing different file types in MATLAB. The course is based on a video series and electronic textbook that provide a deeper understanding of MATLAB programming.

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    This 8-week course covers fundamental MATLAB concepts including matrices, functions, selection, loops, data types, and file input/output. Each week focuses on a different topic, such as matrices and operators, functions, the programmer's toolbox, selection using if statements, loops, data types like numbers and characters, and reading/writing different file types in MATLAB. The course is based on a video series and electronic textbook that provide a deeper understanding of MATLAB programming.

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    1/31/2019 Syllabus | Coursera

    The course is based on a video series developed at Vanderbilt University, named Computer
    Programming with MATLAB. It is based on an electronic textbook by the same authors which is a
    recommended reading for this course. You will nd the book invaluable in understanding
    MATLAB deeper and it will also help with the programming assignments. The book also covers
    more advanced features of MATLAB such as Object Oriented Programming and Graphical User
    Interfaces that this MOOC does not get into. The course is divided into the following 8 weekly
    modules:

    Lesson 1: Introduction to MATLAB

    We will learn how to start MATLAB and will familiarize ourselves with its user interface. We will
    learn how to use MATLAB as a sophisticated calculator. We will learn about syntax and semantics.
    We will see ways in which MATLAB provides help. Finally, we will learn how to create plots in
    MATLAB.

    Lesson 2: Matrices and Operators

    The basic unit with which we work in MATLAB is the matrix. We solve problems by manipulating
    matrices, and operators are the primary means by which we manipulate them. We will learn how
    to de ne matrices, extract parts of them and combine them to form new matrices. We will learn
    how to use operators to add, subtract, multiply, and divide matrices, and we will learn that there
    are several di erent types of multiplication and division. Finally, we will learn MATLAB’s rules for
    determining the order in which operators are carried out when more than one of them appear in
    the same expression.

    Lesson 3: Functions

    Functions let us break up complex problems into smaller, more manageable parts. We will learn
    how functions let us create reusable software components that can be applied in many di erent
    programs. We will learn how the environment inside a function is separated from the outside via
    a well de ned interface through which it communicates with that outside world. We will learn
    how to de ne a function to allow input to it when it initiates its execution and output from it when
    it is done.

    Lesson 4: Programmer’s Toolbox

    MATLAB has useful built-in functions and we will explore many of them in this section. We will
    learn about polymorphism and how MATLAB exploits it to change a function's behavior on the
    basis of the number and type of its inputs. Because random numbers play an important role in
    computer programming, we will learn how to use the MATLAB random number generator. We will
    learn how to get input from the keyboard, how to print to the Command Window, and how to plot
    graphs in a Figure window. Finally, we will learn how to nd programming errors with the help of
    the debugger.
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    Lesson 5: Selection

    Selection is the means by which MATLAB makes decisions about the order in which it executes its
    statements. We will learn how to use the if-statement, which is the most important method of
    selection. We will learn how to use relational operators and logical operators. We will learn how to
    write polymorphic functions and how to make functions resistant to error.

    Lesson 6: Loops

    Loops give computers their power. We will learn how to use both of MATLAB's loop constructs:
    the for-loop and the while-loop. We will learn how the break-statement works, and we will use
    nested loops. We will learn how to make loops more e cient. We will learn about logical indexing
    and will see how to use it to produce implicit loops that are e cient and easy for a user to
    understand.

    Lesson 7: Data Types

    Computers operate on bits, but humans think in terms of numbers, words, and other types of
    data. Like any good language, MATLAB organizes bits into convenient data types. We will study
    those types in this section. We will learn that there are ten types of numbers and that there are
    conversion functions to change one type into another. We will learn much more about character
    arrays and how the characters in them are encoded as numbers. Two new videos added in
    December 2018 cover the string and datetime datatype respectively. We will learn how to
    produce heterogeneous collections of data via structs and cells.

    Lesson 8: File Input/Output

    Files are named areas in permanent memory for storing data that can be used as input or output
    to MATLAB and to other programs. We will be introduced to MATLAB’s most important methods
    for reading and writing les. We will learn how to create, read from, and write into MAT- les, Excel
    les, text les, and binary les. We will learn how to navigate among folders with MATLAB
    commands.

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