Matlab Examples - matrix manipulationIn this page we study and experiment with matrix manipulation and boolean algebra. These Matlab examples create some simple matrices and then combine them to form new ones of higher dimensions. We also extract data from certain rows or columns to form matrices of lower dimensions.Let's follow these Matlab examples of commands or functions in a script. Example: a = [1 2; 3 4] b = [5 6 7 9] c = [-1 -5; -3 9] d = [-5 0 4; 0 -10 3] e = [8 6 4 3 1 8 9 8 1] Note that a new row can be defined with a semicolon ';' as in a, c or d, or with actual new rows, as in b or e. You can see that Matlab arranges and formats the data as follows: a = 1 2 3 4 b = 5 6 7 9 c = -1 -5 -3 9 d = -5 0 4 0 -10 3 e = 8 6 4 3 1 8 9 8 1 Now, we are going to test some properties relative to the boolean algebra... We can use the double equal sign '==' to test if some numbers are the same. If they are, Matlab answers with a '1' (true); if they are not the same, Matlab answers with a '0' (false). See these interactive examples: Is matrix addition commutative? a + b == b + a Matlab compares all of the elements and answers: ans = 1 1 1 1 Yes, all of the elements in a+b are the same than the elements in b+a. Is matrix addition associative? (a + b) + c == a + (b+c) Matlab compares all of the elements and answers: ans = 1 1 1 1 Yes, all all of the elements in (a + b) + c are the same than the elements in a + (b+c). Is multiplication with a matrix distributive? a*(b+c) == a*b + a*c ans = 1 1 1 1 Yes, indeed. Obviously, the matrices have to have appropriate dimensions, otherwise the operations are not possible. Are matrix products commutative? a*d == d*a No, not in general. a*d = -5 -20 10 -15 -40 24 d*a ... is not possible, since dimensions are not appropriate for a multiplication between these matrices, and Matlab launches an error: ??? Error using ==> mtimes Inner matrix dimensions must agree. Now, we combine matrices to form new ones: g = [a b c] h = [c' a' b']' Matlab produces: g = 1 2 5 6 -1 -5 3 4 7 9 -3 9 h = -1 -5 -3 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 We extract all the columns in rows 2 to 4 of matrix h i = h(2:4, :) Matlab produces: i = -3 9 1 2 3 4 We extract all the elements of row 2 in g (like this g(2, :)), transpose them (with an apostrophe, like this g(2, :)') and join them to what we already have in h. As an example, we put all the elements again in h to increase its size: h = [h g(2, :)'] Matlab produces: h = -1 -5 3 -3 9 4 1 2 7 3 4 9 5 6 -3 7 9 9 Extract columns 2 and 3 from rows 3 to 6. j = [h(3:6, 2:3)] And Matlab produces: j = 2 7 4 9 6 -3 9 9 So far so good? Try it on your own! From 'Matlab Examples 2' to home From 'Matlab Examples 2' to Examples Menu
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