MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications 5th Edition

Appendix: Summary of Characters, Commands, and Functions

The following tables list MATLAB’s characters, commands, and functions that are covered in the book. The items are grouped by subjects.

Characters and arithmetic operators

Character	Description	Page
+	Addition.	11, 64
–	Subtraction.	11, 64
*	Scalar and array multiplication.	11, 65
.*	Element-by-element multiplication of arrays.	72
/	Right division.	11, 71
\	Left division.	11, 70
./	Element-by-element right division.	72
.\	Element-by-element left division.	72
^	Exponentiation.	11
.^	Element-by-element exponentiation.	72
:	Colon; creates vectors with equally spaced elements, represents range of elements in arrays.	37, 44
=	Assignment operator.	16
( )	Parentheses; sets precedence, encloses input arguments in functions and subscripts of arrays.	11, 42, 44, 224
[ ]	Brackets; forms arrays. encloses output arguments in functions.	37, 38, 39, 224
,	Comma; separates array subscripts and function arguments, separates commands in the same line.	9, 17, 42-45, 224
;	Semicolon; suppresses display, ends row in array.	10, 39
′	Single quote; matrix transpose, creates string.	41, 53-55
...	Ellipsis; continuation of line.	10
%	Percent; denotes a comment, specifies output format.	10

Relational and logical operators

Character	Description	Page
<	Less than	176
>	Greater than.	176
<=	Less than or equal.	176
>=	Greater than or equal.	176
==	Equal.	176
~=	Not equal.	176
&	Logical ...