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9.7 An introduction to matlab: the colon

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You can use the colon several ways in MATLAB (see help :). Its basic meaning is a vector of sequential values. For example, type

to get

For increments other than 1, use statements like

Most MATLAB functions will accept vector inputs and produce vector out- puts. The statement

builds a vector of integers from 1 to 10 and takes the square root of each of those numbers. Try it.

Now for another subtlety–what is the effect of each of the following statements and why?

Appending to a Matrix or Vector. A matrix or vector can be enlarged in size by appending new values to the old values. Let: x=[1 3 5]

x = [ x 6810 ] ⇒ x = [ 1356810 ] y = [ x ; 1 : 6 ] ⇒ y = 1 3 5 6 8 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 .
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Source:  OpenStax, A first course in electrical and computer engineering. OpenStax CNX. Sep 14, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10685/1.2
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