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Hey forum, this is my first post. I am re-learning MATLAB, currently working my way through a textbook from a few semesters ago. The textbook is an older edition and supposedly leaves out a lot of new MATLAB functions- also, I'm still a beginner at programming. I have created a program that I'd like to keep building and editing as I learn more and more stuff. Is there anything in the code that really sticks out as unnecessary or inefficient?
% Matrix Creator
% This script file creates a matrix using for loops and alters them using a switch function.
clc;
fprintf('The following program will ask for matrix dimensions and then prompt\n you to enter the matrix elements, by row then by column.\n');
ma=input('Enter the number of rows you would like matrix A to have: ');
na=input('Enter the number of columns you would like matrix A to have: ');
A=zeros(ma,na);
fprintf('\n')
%After taking user input for the number of columns and rows of Matrix A
%(the user will be prompted to create a matrix B later), the following
%loop is used to collect input for each individual element of the matrix.
for r=1:ma
for c=1:na
fprintf('\tEnter row %i, column %i:',r,c)
A(r,c)=input('');
end
fprintf('\n')
end
A
fprintf('\n')
m2=input('Would you like to work with another matrix? (y/n):','s');
if strcmpi(m2, 'y')==1
mb=input('Enter the number of rows you would like the second matrix to have: ');
nb=input('Enter the number of columns you would like the second matrix to have: ');
B=zeros(mb,nb);
fprintf('\n')
for r=1:mb
for c=1:nb
fprintf('\tEnter row %i, column %i:',r,c)
B(r,c)=input('');
end
fprintf('\n')
end
B
else
disp('Now to work on the matrix...')
end
%At this point, the plan is to prompt the user to do one of many operations
%on the matrix/matrices, which will be done using a switch case command.
fprintf('\nAt this point, you may choose from the following operations to perform')
fprintf('on the matrix:\n* = Matrix must be square\n** = Matrix dimensions')
fprintf('must fit\n\t1 - transpose\n\t2 - determinant**\n\t3 - inverse**\n\t')
fprintf('4 - square**\n\t5 - square each element\n')
d=input('Enter choice: ');
cm=input('Enter which matrix(A or B) to perform operation on: ','s');
switch cm
case {'a','A'}
switch d
case 1
C=A';
case 2
if ma==na
C=det(A);
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 3
if ma==na
C=inv(A);
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 4
if ma==na
C=A^2;
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 5
C=A.^2;
end
case {'b','B'}
switch d
case 1
C=B';
case 2
if mb==nb
C=det(B);
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 3
if mb==nb
C=inv(B);
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 4
if mb==nb
C=B^2;
else
disp('Error, the matrix is not square')
end
case 5
C=B.^2;
end
end
C
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on 7 Jul 2011
I'm sure there are other more important things, but
if strcmpi(m2, 'y')==1
could be replaced by
if strcmpi(m2, 'y')
Also, if you could insert blank lines in your code, it would be easier to read.
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