Author Craig Lent’s 1st edition of Learning to Program with MATLAB: Building GUI Tools teaches the core concepts of computer programming, such as arrays, loops, function, basic data structures, etc., using MATLAB. The text has a focus on the fundamentals of programming and builds up to an emphasis on GUI tools, covering text-based programs first, then programs that produce graphics. This creates a visual expression of the underlying mathematics of a problem or design. Brief and to-the-point, the text includes material that can be converted with supplementary reference material designed to entice users to retain their copy.
Author(s): Craig S. Lent
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 308
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
I: MATLAB Programming......Page 15
1: Getting Started......Page 17
Manipulating windows......Page 18
1.2: MATLAB variables......Page 19
Variable assignment statements......Page 21
Variable names......Page 22
1.3: Numbers and functions......Page 23
1.5: Writing simple MATLAB scripts......Page 25
1.7: Using the debugger......Page 28
2: Strings and Vectors......Page 34
2.1: String basics......Page 35
2.3: Getting information from the user......Page 36
2.4: Vectors......Page 37
2.5: Operations on vectors......Page 38
2.6: Special vector functions......Page 41
Statistical functions......Page 42
2.7: Using rand and randi......Page 43
3: Plotting......Page 48
3.1: The plot command......Page 49
3.2: Tabulating and plotting a simple function......Page 53
3.3: Bar graphs and histograms......Page 57
Multiple plots with a single plot command......Page 60
Combining multiple plots with a hold command......Page 62
3.5: Adding lines and text......Page 65
4: Matrices......Page 70
4.1: Entering and manipulating matrices......Page 71
4.2: Operations on matrices......Page 74
4.3: Solving linear systems: The backslash operator......Page 79
Extended example: Solving circuit problems......Page 80
4.4: Special matrix functions......Page 86
5: Control Flow Commands......Page 89
5.1: Conditional execution: The if statement......Page 90
5.2: Logical expressions......Page 93
5.3: Logical variables......Page 95
5.4: for loops......Page 96
5.5: while loops......Page 99
Switch-case statement......Page 101
Break statement (not recommended)......Page 102
6: Animation......Page 108
6.1: Basic animation......Page 109
6.2: Animating function plots......Page 113
One-dimensional motion: Constant speed......Page 117
Motion with constant acceleration......Page 120
Time-marching dynamics: Nonconstant force......Page 123
7: Writing Your Own MATLAB Functions......Page 131
7.1: MATLAB function files......Page 132
Declaring MATLAB functions......Page 133
7.3: Local workspaces......Page 134
7.6: Other functional forms......Page 135
Subfunctions......Page 136
Nested functions......Page 141
Anonymous functions......Page 142
8: More MATLAB Data Classes and Structures......Page 151
8.1: Cell arrays......Page 152
8.2: Structures......Page 153
8.3: Complex numbers......Page 154
8.5: Other data classes and data structures......Page 155
II: Building GUI Tools......Page 159
9.1: Getting started with GUIDE......Page 161
Saving the GUI to file......Page 164
9.2: Starting an action with a GUI element......Page 165
Building SliderTool......Page 168
Communicating with GUI elements from the command line......Page 171
9.4: Synchronizing information with a GUI element......Page 175
9.5: Key points from this chapter......Page 177
10: Transforming a MATLAB Program into a GUI Tool......Page 179
10.1: Creating a GUI tool step by step......Page 180
10.2: Further GUI design considerations......Page 191
11: GUI Components......Page 203
III: Advanced Topics......Page 221
12: More GUI Techniques......Page 223
12.1: Waitbars......Page 224
Saving and loading data in .mat files......Page 225
A GUI interface to file names using uiputfile and uigetfile......Page 226
12.3: Reading and writing formatted text files......Page 229
12.4: The input dialog......Page 233
12.5: The question dialog......Page 234
12.6: Sharing application data between functions......Page 235
12.7: Responding to keyboard input......Page 236
Mouse-click response......Page 237
Mouse events and object dragging......Page 239
12.9: Creating menus in GUIDE......Page 242
13: More Graphics......Page 246
13.1: Logarithmic plots......Page 247
13.2: Plotting functions on two axes......Page 250
13.3: Plotting surfaces......Page 251
13.4: Plotting vector fields......Page 257
Importing and manipulating bit-mapped images......Page 259
Placing images on surface objects......Page 267
13.6: Rotating composite objects in three dimensions......Page 268
14: More Mathematics......Page 274
Derivatives of mathematical functions expressed as MATLAB functions......Page 275
Derivatives of tabulated functions......Page 277
Integrating tabulated functions......Page 279
Integrating mathematical functions expressed as MATLAB functions......Page 284
14.3: Zeros of a function of one variable......Page 287
Finding a minimum of a function of one variable......Page 289
Multidimensional minimization......Page 291
Fitting to an arbitrary function by multidimensional minimization......Page 292
Solving simultaneous nonlinear equations by multidimensional minimization......Page 295
14.5: Solving ordinary differential equations......Page 298
14.6: Eigenvalues and eigenvectors......Page 303
Appendix A: Hierarchy of Handle Graphics Objects......Page 307
Appendix B: Using LATEX Commands......Page 309
Index......Page 315
