Chapter 4: Programming in Matlab - College of the Redwoods
Chapter 4: Programming in Matlab - College of the Redwoods
Chapter 4: Programming in Matlab - College of the Redwoods
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374 <strong>Chapter</strong> 4 <strong>Programm<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Matlab</strong><br />
Execute <strong>the</strong> cell and <strong>the</strong>n state what happens and why.<br />
4. Let’s try an approach different to <strong>the</strong> attempt <strong>in</strong> Exercise 3. Open <strong>the</strong><br />
editor, enter <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>es, and save <strong>the</strong> file as simpleInterest2.m.<br />
function I=simpleInterest2<br />
global P R T<br />
I=P*R*T;<br />
Add <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g cell to VariableScope.m.<br />
%% Exercise #4<br />
clc<br />
clear all<br />
global P R T<br />
P=1000; R=0.06; T=10;<br />
I=simpleInterest2;<br />
fpr<strong>in</strong>tf(’Simple <strong>in</strong>terest ga<strong>in</strong>ed is %.2f.\n’,I)<br />
Execute <strong>the</strong> cell and state <strong>the</strong> result<strong>in</strong>g output. Expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> difference between<br />
<strong>the</strong> result <strong>in</strong> Exercise 3 and <strong>the</strong> current exercise.<br />
5. Enter <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> editor and save <strong>the</strong> file as clearFunction.<br />
function clearFunction<br />
clear all<br />
Add <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g cell to VariableScope.m.<br />
%% Exercise #5<br />
clc<br />
clear all<br />
P=1000; R=0.06; T=10;<br />
clearFunction;<br />
whos