Chapter 4: Programming in Matlab - College of the Redwoods

306 Chapter 4 Programming in Matlab
Enter a number a: 15.637
Enter a number b: 28.4
1) Add a and b.
2) Subtract b from a.
3) Multiply a and b.
4) Divide a by b.
Enter your choice: 5
Not a valid choice.
Loops
A for loop is a control structure that is designed to execute a block of statements
a predetermined number of times. Here is its general use syntax.
for index=start:increment:finish
statements
end
As an example, we display the squares of every other integer from 5 to 13, inclusive.
for k=5:2:13
fprintf(’The square of %d is %d.\n’, k, k^2)
end
The output of this simple loop follows.
The square of 5 is 25.
The square of 7 is 49.
The square of 9 is 81.
The square of 11 is 121.
The square of 13 is 169.
Another looping construct is Matlab’s while structure who’s basic syntax follows.