CS-UY 1114- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Intro to matlab: scalar variables and scalar operations. Primary job of computer: carry out given set of instructions on some given data. Instruction: written in computer language and is translated by a interpreter or compiler into machine understandable and executable form. Getting instructions and data into the computer is what slows it down. Variable: name given to rep a memory location in memory space of a computer. Name of variable means one can store value in associated memory location to retrieve previously stored value. Put semicolon at end of command line or program will only echo what you wrote. Goes up to 16 sig figs but displays 4 decimal places. Use lots of spaces (can put as many as you want, called free formatting) Whos can tell you what the computer knows. Clear; % clear all user defined variables. / is division circleperimeter = 2 * pi * circleradius.
