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In today’s post, Owen Paul joins us to share some of the most popular YouTube videos on MATLAB’s “How-To” Playlist for beginners to help you get started on your MATLAB journey. Over to you, Owen..—You are sitting in front of a computer with a blank MATLAB screen in front of you. You have an assignment you need to finish but no clue where to start. Everything made sense when the professor was explaining the functions in class but now that you’re on your own, MATLAB looks like another language. We’ve all been there. Because learning any coding language or program is the same as learning a new language.As a visual learner, I always click on shorter videos when searching for MATLAB help. That’s why I wanted to share 6 short videos that you can use to help you learn the basics needed for working in MATLAB. Whether you’re new to MATLAB or want to learn new features to make coding faster, these videos are for you. All the videos come from the How-to Playlist on the MATLAB YouTube Channel. For more short instructional videos on MATLAB and Simulink, be sure to check it out.Live Scripts The first step to coding, is creating a new script to save all your code. Generally, people work with a regular MATLAB script (.m), which allows for code and comments. But MATLAB scripts are so last century. MATLAB Live Scripts (.mlx) enable you to have code, comments, text, and pictures all in one file. This makes it easy to create and document reports and assignments. Learn how to use live scripts in this first video.Scalar vs. Vector operations To use the dot operator or not to use the dot operator. This is a question that engineering students worldwide have been pondering since the beginning of time. This next video intends to break this cycle of confusion. This video demonstrates the difference between scalar, vector, and matrix variables and the operators necessary when working with each data type.Indexing Data Sets You now know how to divide matrices, but now you need the last 3 columns from the resulting matrix. Indexing data can take anywhere from a couple lines of code toover30. If it’s the latter, sorry to burst your bubble but you are probably doing too much work. There’s plenty of functions and features that MATLAB offers that allow you to quickly search and index large data sets. Learn how, in this next video.Importing Excel DataThese past couple videos have demonstrated how to work with data, but what do you do if that data is in excel? Import it! Excel is a great tool, but MATLAB offers a lot more features for data analysis and visualization. To leverage these features, you must import the data into MATLAB. You can do this without writing any code, and this next video will show you how.Debugging MATLAB Code If you’ve written any code by this point you have probably run into a few errors in your code. Finding and

Main Content Delimited and formatted text files Read and write numeric and non-numeric data in delimited and formatted text files, including .csv and .txt files.AppsLive Editor TasksImport DataImport data from a file in the Live Editor (Since R2023a)Functionsexpand allRead and Write Tables or TimetablesBasic Import and ExportDefine Import RulesRead and Write Matrices and ArraysObjectsTopicsRead Tabular Data from Text FilesImport Text FilesMATLAB® can read and write numeric and nonnumeric data from delimited and formatted text files, including .csv and .txt files. Read Text File Data Using Import ToolPreview tabular data from a text file or the clipboard and select data to import using the Import tool.Import Data from Text File to TableThe best way to represent tabular data from text files in MATLAB is in a table since tables can store heterogeneous (a mix of numeric and text) data, as well as variable and row names.Control How MATLAB Imports Your DataIf you want to control the import process beyond the options provided by the readtable function, such as defining how to handle missing data or errors, then create an import options object before importing the data.Import Block of Mixed Data from Text File into Table or Cell ArrayImport block formatted tabular data from a text file into a table or a cell array. Import Numeric Data from Text Files into MatrixIn addition to importing numeric tabular data from a text file as a table using readtable, you can also import this data as a matrix into the MATLAB workspace.Import Block of

Preferentially return data in a particular format. webread uses this value to convert the response to a MATLAB® type. The server returns this content type if possible, but is not obligated to do so. ContentType ValueOutput Type"auto" (default)Output type is automatically determined based on the content type specified by the web service."text"Character vector for content types:text/plaintext/htmltext/xmlapplication/xmlapplication/javascriptapplication/x-javascriptapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedIf a web service returns a MATLAB file with a .m extension, the function returns its content as a character vector."image"Numeric or logical matrix for image/format content.For supported image formats, see Supported File Formats for Import and Export."audio"Numeric matrix for audio/format content.For supported audio formats, see Supported File Formats for Import and Export."binary"uint8 column vector for binary content(that is, content not to be treated as type char)."table"Scalar table object for spreadsheet and CSV (text/csv)content."json"char, numeric, logical, structure, or cell array for application/json content."xmldom"Java® Document Object Model (DOM) node for text/xml or application/xml content. If ContentType is not specified, the function returns XML content as a character vector."raw"char column vector for "text", "xmldom", and "json" content. The function returns any other content type as a uint8 column vector. Example: weboptions('ContentType','text') creates a weboptions object that instructs webread to return text, JSON, or XML content as a character vector. ContentReader — Content reader [] (default) | function handle Content reader, specified as a function handle. You can create a weboptions object with ContentReader specified, and pass the object as an input argument to webread. Then webread downloads data from a web service and reads the data with the function specified by the function handle. webread ignores ContentType when ContentReader is specified. Example: weboptions('ContentReader',@readtable) creates a weboptions object that instructs webread to use readtable to read content as a table. MediaType — Media type 'auto' (default) | 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' | string scalar | character vector | matlab.net.http.MediaType Media type, specified as a string scalar, a character vector, or a matlab.net.http.MediaType object. MediaType specifies the type of data webwrite sends to the web service. It specifies the content type that MATLAB specifies to the server, and it controls how the webwrite data argument, if specified, is converted. For more information, see RFC 6838 Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures on the RFC Editor website. The default value is 'auto' which indicates that MATLAB chooses the type based on the input to webwrite. If using PostName/PostValue argument pairs, then MATLAB uses 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' to send the pairs. If using a data argument that is a scalar string or character vector, then MATLAB assumes it is a form-encoded string and sends it as-is using 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. If data is anything else, then MATLAB converts it to JSON using jsonencode and uses the content type 'application/json'. If you specify a MediaType containing 'json' or 'javascript',

You can customize the visual display and functionality of the Editor, Live Editor, and Debugger using Editor/Debugger preferences.General Preferences for the Editor/DebuggerYou can specify which editor MATLAB® uses, as well as how the MATLAB Editor and Live Editor behave under various circumstances.On the Home tab, in the Environment section, click Preferences. Select , and then adjust preference options as described in the table below.Some general preferences are not available in MATLAB Online™. PreferenceUsageEditorSelect which editor you want the MATLAB desktop to use when you edit a file:MATLAB EditorText editorIf you select Text editor, specify the full path for the editor application you want to use, such as Emacs or vi. For example, c:/Applications/Emacs.exe.This preference applies only to plain text files such as files with a .m or .txt extension.Most recently used file list In the Number of entries field, type the number of files that you want to appear in the list of recently used files at the bottom of the File menu.Opening files in editorSelect On restart reopen files from previous MATLAB sessions if you want the Editor and the files it contained during your last MATLAB session to reopen when you restart MATLAB.Select Automatically open files when MATLAB reaches a breakpoint to open a running program file when MATLAB encounters a breakpoint in that file.Select Display full path of files in the Editor to display the full path of files open in the MATLAB Online Editor and Live Editor. The path displays at the top of each open file.Automatic file changesSelect Save changes upon clicking away from a file if you want the Editor and Live Editor to automatically save changes to a file when you click away from the file. For the changes to be automatically saved upon clicking away, you must have already saved the file