MATLAB Programming

Contents
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Data Structures
Creating and Concatenating Matrices ............... 1-3
Constructing a Simple Matrix ....................... 1-3
Specialized Matrix Functions ........................ 1-5
Concatenating Matrices ............................ 1-7
Matrix Concatenation Functions ..................... 1-8
Generating a Numeric Sequence ..................... 1-10
Combining Unlike Data Types ....................... 1-12
Matrix Indexing ................................... 1-18
Accessing Single Elements .......................... 1-18
Linear Indexing ................................... 1-19
Functions That Control Indexing Style ................ 1-19
Accessing Multiple Elements ........................ 1-20
Logical Indexing .................................. 1-23
Indexing on Assignment ............................ 1-23
Getting Information About a Matrix ................. 1-24
Dimensions of the Matrix ........................... 1-24
Data Types Used in the Matrix ...................... 1-25
Data Structures Used in the Matrix .................. 1-26
Resizing and Reshaping Matrices ................... 1-27
Expanding the Size of a Matrix ...................... 1-27
Diminishing the Size of a Matrix ..................... 1-31
Reshaping a Matrix ................................ 1-32
Preallocating Memory .............................. 1-34
Shifting and Sorting Matrices ...................... 1-37
Shift and Sort Functions ............................ 1-37
Shifting the Location of Matrix Elements .............. 1-37
Sorting the Data in Each Column .................... 1-39
Sorting the Data in Each Row ....................... 1-39
Sorting Row Vectors ............................... 1-40
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