CSC115: Matlab Special SessionDr. Zhen JiangComputer Science DepartmentWest Chester University

Class informationWebsite

www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/matlabindex.htm

What’s the use of Matlab?Process the dataDisplay in figures

Data CollectionFrom various of resources

◦Experiment equipment◦Internet◦Simulation◦Others, such as publications

Computer Data StoragePlain text, ASCII formatBinary format, such as word etc

Data information walkthroughShare the experience of data

processing: Word, Power point, Excel, IE, and etc.

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<Insert> ◦ <Symbol>

≥

<Copy> & <Paste> ◦ <Ctrl> <c> <Ctrl> <v>◦ <PrtSc> & <Alt> <PrtSc> <Ctrl> <v>

<Ctrl><p>

Word

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Power Point

<Insert>◦ <Date and Time>

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<Slide Show>◦ <Custom Animation>, <Add

Effect>, <Motion Path>

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Excel

=average(c6:c28)

Another well used function: SUM

Document resource: www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/summer07_student_grade_sample.xls.

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<Insert>◦ <Chart>

<view> <freeze panes>B2, $b$2

Data input

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IE

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Information stored in word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, txt (plain text), etc

Different formats and their conversions

PrimoPDF http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx