The seven lab sessions include not only the basic concepts of MATLAB, but also an in-troduction to scienti ̄c computing, in which they will be useful for the upcoming engineering courses. In addition, engineering students will see MATLAB in their other courses.
The tutorials are independent of the rest of the document. The primarily objective is to help you learn quickly the ̄rst steps. The emphasis here is learning by doing". Therefore, the best way to learn is by trying it yourself. Working through the examples will give you a feel for the way that MATLAB operates.
In addition, engineering students will see MATLAB in their other courses. The end of this document contains two useful sections: a Glossary which contains the brief summary of the commands and built-in functions as well as a collection of release notes.
MATLAB is also a programming language. Like other computer programming languages, MATLAB has some decision making structures for control of command execution. These decision making or control °ow structures include for loops, while loops, and if-else-end constructions. Control °ow structures are often used in script M- ̄les and function M- ̄les.