MATLAB Programming

Identifying Numeric Types .......................... 2-27
Display Format for Numeric Values ................... 2-27
Function Summary ................................ 2-29
Logical Types ..................................... 2-33
Creating a Logical Array ........................... 2-33
How Logical Arrays Are Used ....................... 2-35
Identifying Logical Arrays .......................... 2-37
Characters and Strings ............................. 2-38
Creating Character Arrays .......................... 2-38
Cell Arrays of Strings .............................. 2-40
Formatting Strings ................................ 2-43
String Comparisons ............................... 2-56
Searching and Replacing ........................... 2-59
Converting from Numeric to String ................... 2-60
Converting from String to Numeric ................... 2-62
Function Summary ................................ 2-64
Dates and Times ................................... 2-67
Types of Date Formats ............................. 2-67
Conversions Between Date Formats .................. 2-69
Date String Formats ............................... 2-69
Output Formats ................................... 2-70
Current Date and Time ............................. 2-72
Function Summary ................................ 2-72
Structures ........................................ 2-75
Building Structure Arrays .......................... 2-76
Accessing Data in Structure Arrays ................... 2-79
Using Dynamic Field Names ........................ 2-81
Finding the Size of Structure Arrays .................. 2-82
Adding Fields to Structures ......................... 2-83
Deleting Fields from Structures ...................... 2-84
Applying Functions and Operators ................... 2-84
Writing Functions to Operate on Structures ............ 2-85
Organizing Data in Structure Arrays ................. 2-86
Nesting Structures ................................ 2-92
Function Summary ................................ 2-93
Cell Arrays ........................................ 2-94
Cell Array Operators ............................... 2-95
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