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“Operators” (i.e. “symbols”)

1. Overview: Specific Symbols that Represent Specific Actions2. Arithmetic3. Relational4. Boolean5. Output values

Overview: most Operators

1. ARITHMETIC

+ Addition

- Subtraction

* Multiplication

/,\ Division

^ Exponentiation, i.e. “To the power of”

• There are 3 primary groups of operators

One programming operator is very different from its use in math:

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2. RELATIONAL

< strictly less than

> strictly greater than

<= less than or equal to

>= greater than or equal to

== is equal to

~= is not equal to

3. BOOLEAN

&& “AND”

|| “OR”

~ “NOT”

= “the assignment operator”

Overview, cont.

• Operators work on operands.

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4 * 5operands Multiplication operator

-5operand

Negative operator

Binary OperatorRequires two operands to work

Unary OperatorRequires one operand to work

Overview, cont.

• There are 2 types of operands:1. Numerical 1, 3.5, -472. Logical true, false

Arithmetic (+, -, /, *, ^, =) and relational (<, <=, >, >= ,==, ~=) operators work with numerical operands

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kineticEnergy = 1 / 2 * mass * vel ^ 2

Assign operator: “place one or more values into memory”

Arithmetic operators

Numerical Operands

Overview, cont.

• There are 2 types of operands:1. Numerical 1, 3.5, -472. Logical true, false

• Boolean (&&,||,~) operators work on logical operands

“ if this is true and this is false… do something”

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if (it's raining outside) and (you have an umbrella)go, you won't get wet

elsestay inside!

end

True, False, 1, and 0?!

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3. Relational Operators

• Relational operators allow a comparison to be evaluated. Is thrust_a greater than thrust_b? True / False

Is surface1 equal to surface2? True / False?

Is load1 less than or equal to load2? True / False?

• Examples:

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thrust_a > thrust_b Is thrust_a strictly greater than thrust_b?

radius <=0 Is radius negative or zero?

nb_attempts<= 3 Is the number of attempts less than or equal to 3?

3 >= nb_attempts Is 3 greater than or equal to the number of attempts?

value ~= 2 Is value not equal to 2?

Relational Operators, cont.

• ***COMPARISON*** ==y == 5 % “Does y hold the value 5?”

% “Is y equal to 5?”• Example:menuChosen == 1 % did user choose menu #1 ?

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Relational Operators, cont.

• ***COMPARISON*** ==y == 5 % “Does y hold the value 5?”

% “Is y equal to 5?”• Example:menuChosen == 1 % did user choose menu #1 ?

• Assignment = % A numerical operatory = 5; % “Store the value 5 in the

% variable y”9

Note that == and = are DIFFERENT!

Spaces or not?

• When one relational operator is made up of 2 symbols (<=, >=, ~=, ==): KEEP THEM GLUED TOGETHER

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Spaces or not?

• When one relational operator is made up of 2 symbols (<=, >=, ~=, ==): KEEP THEM GLUED TOGETHER

• Regardless of which operator is used, a space can be used before and/or after. All these are identical to MATLAB:– thrustA<=thrustB %no spaces anywhere– thrustA <=thrustB %1 space before the operator– thrustA<= thrustB %1 space after the operator– thrustA <= thrustB %1 space before AND after

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4. Boolean Operators

• These operators take logical scalar values and perform some operation on them to yield a logical value

• Two Boolean operators allow to COMBINE relational expressions

&& Logical AND|| Logical OR

• One Boolean operator allows to NEGATE the result~ Logical NOT“Negates”: turns true values into false, and false values into

true

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Boolean Operator #1: && “logical and”

• Two & symbols (“Ampersand”), glued together&&

• Both relational expressions must be true for the combined expression to be true

• X && Y yields true if and only if both X and Y are truee.g. (3 < 5) && (8 >= 8) ?

(x < 1) && (x > 5) ?

x = 52.1;(5.5 < x) && (x < 100.2) ?

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&&, continued

• Use of parenthesise.g.

(3<5) && (8>=8) true same as 3<5 && 8>=8 true

(x<3) && (x>5) falsesame as x<3 && x>5 false

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For sanity, at least use spaces before/after the operator!

True/False

(2 > 3) && (3 < 29.3)

A. True B. False C. Impossible to determine

(22 > 3) && (3 > 29.3)

D. True E. FalseF. Impossible to determine

(22 > x) && (x > 29.3)

A. TrueB. False C. Impossible to determine

(x<2) && (y>0)

D. True E. False F. Impossible to determine

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• What is the result of the following statement?

True/False

F && TA. True B. False

T && FC. True D. False

F && FA. True B. False

T && TC. True D. False

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• In other words, there are 4 options:

Boolean Operator #2: || “logical or”

• Two | (“pipe”) symbols, glued together||

• At least ONE relational expressions must be true for the combined expression to be true

• X || Y yields true if either X or Y (or both) are true

e.g. (3<5) || (5>=8) ?

x = 4.2;(x< 3) || (x > 5) ?

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True/False

(2 > 3) || (3 < 29.3)

A. True B. False C. Impossible to determine

(22 > 3) || (3 > 29.3)

D. True E. False F. Impossible to determine

(22 > x) || (x > 29.3)

A. True B. False C. Impossible to determine

(x<2) || (y>0)

D. True E. False F. Impossible to determine

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• What is the result of the following statement?

True/False

F || TA. True B. False

T || FC. True D. False

F || FA. True B. False

T || TC. True D. False

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• Again, there are 4 options:

Priorities between Boolean Operators

• Which operator has priority in the following?1 + 1 + 0 * 1

• Just like * has priority over + , && has priority over ||

– What is the result of this statement?x = 44.5;y = 55; (x<=50) || (0<y) && (y<40) ? ((x<=50) || (0<y)) && (y<40) ? (x<=50) || ((0<y) && (y<40)) ?

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Boolean Operator #3: NOT

• One ~ symbol (“tilde”)

• “NOT” : negates a value• Example:

x = true; %keyword is known to MATLABy = ~x; %y now has the value false

• Example: The value y entered by the user should NOT be between 4 and 9 cm, inclusive:% Suppose the user enters 7.4 as a value for y

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5. Operators: Result values

Type Operand type Result type

Arithmetic: Numbers Numberse.g. 5 * 3 15

Relational: Numbers Logicale.g. 5 < 3 false

Boolean: Logical Logicale.g. ~true false

true & false

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Order of Operations

Operator Priority

Parenthesis () Highest

Exponentiation ^

Unary: -, NOT ~

Multiplication/division: * / \

Addition/subtraction: + -

Relational: <, <=, >, >=, ==, ~=

AND: &&

OR: ||

Assignment: = Lowest

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Raising the Bar

• Up until now, every line of code would run sequentially.• All of programming comes down to only 3 things.

– Sequential Statements (EVERYTHING we have done so far)– Decision (Conditional) Structures (today)– Looping Structures (Thursday)

• The learning curve is really going to increase now.– Show up!– Submit something!– Ask for help!

1. General Concept of Conditionals

“CHOOSING” – Today• You may want to execute some part of code under certain

circumstances only• You may want to skip some part of a code

“LOOPING” – Starting Thursday• You may want to repeat a section of code until a new

circumstance happens• You may want to repeat a section of code for a certain

number of times

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Example 1 Quadratic Equation

• Problem: Solve the Quadratic Equation

ax2 + bx + c = 0

• Theory:– Discriminant: D = b2-4ac– If D = 0, x1=x2=-b/2a

– If D > 0, x1= -b+sqrt(D)/2a, x2= -b-sqrt(D)/2a– If D < 0, no real roots

How can MATLAB only run one of those options?

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2. Skipping lines of code

if switch

• TWO constructs can skip lines in MATLAB:

Not being covered,

but you may see it

Slides at the end

discuss it if you

want to see it

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3. if statement

if / elseif / elseExecute statements if condition is true

Syntaxif expression statementselseif expression statementselse statementsend

ONLY these lines are necessary.

The others are optional if the problem requires them.

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Keyword Number Required

if 1elseif 0 - Infinityelse 0 or 1end 1

3. if statement

if <logical expression 1><code block 1>

elseif <logical expression 2><code block 2>

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.elseif <logical expression n>

<code block n>else

<default code block>end

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MATLAB uses the

keywords to know

where/what to skip.

If placed in the wrong spot, MATLAB skips to the wrong spot.

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Demo Time

• Check the discriminant!

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3. if statement

• Common misconception:– MATLAB skips to the “end of the code” - ABSOLUTELY NOT!– MATLAB skips to the “end” keyword and continues executing

the code (if any!)- ABSOLUTELY

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Good Practice

• It's a common mistake to forget the end statement.

• It's a good practice to write the if (or switch or for or while) statement, then write the end statement, THEN write the contents that go inside the control structure.

Example1: weekend? weekday?

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% ask user for dayday = input('What day number is it (1-7)? ');

% find which type of day it isif day == 7 %saturdaystate = 'weekend';

elseif day == 1 %sundaystate = 'weekend';

else %any other daystate = 'weekday';

end

fprintf('That day is a %s\n', state);

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Notice else does not have a condition. It is the default!

As far as MATLAB's concerned, day wasn't a 1 or a 7, so the else statement(s) need to run.

MATLAB goes in order: top to bottom

Improve it..

• Using the OR idea, simplify this if/elseif/else to a simple if/else.

% ask user for dayday = input('What day number is it (1-7)? ');

% find which day it isif day == 7 %saturdaystate = 'weekend';

elseif day == 1 %sundaystate = 'weekend';

else %any other daystate = 'weekday';

end

fprintf('That day is a %s\n', state);

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When the same code appears under two different if conditions:"something's wrong".

Using Logical OR

% ask user for dayday = input('What day number is it (1-7)? ');

% find which day it isif day == 7 || day == 1 %Saturday or Sunday

state = 'weekend';else %any other day

state = 'weekday';end

fprintf('That day is a %s\n', state);

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% find which day it isif day == 7 || 1 %Saturday or Sunday

state = 'weekend';else %any other day

state = 'weekday';end

DO NOT TRY TO SHORTCUT

Example2: Grade Letter

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60

letter = 'D';else

letter = 'FAIL';end

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Value of grade Letter grade

90≤ grade A

80≤ grade < 90 B

70≤ grade <80 C

60≤ grade < 70 D

grade < 60 Fail

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Example2: Grade Letter

• There is an order

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60

letter = 'D';else

letter = 'FAIL';end

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Example2: Grade Letter

• There is an order

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60

letter = 'D';else

letter = 'FAIL';end

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else means that the above condition was not true.

Hence it eliminates the 90 and above.

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Example2: Grade Letter

• There is an order

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60

letter = 'D';else

letter = 'FAIL';end

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Example2: Grade Letter

• There is an order

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60

letter = 'D';else

letter = 'FAIL';end

90807060

else means that the above conditionS were false.

Hence it eliminates the 80 and above.

And so on…

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if statements within each other?

• It is absolutely possible to put a new if statement within another.

• Just remember, EACH if statement needs the end keyword that finishes it.

• This is referred as NESTED statements. (We'll talk a little more about these later).

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Indentation is important

• It is part of the conventions of programming– “The body of an if, an elseif, or an else is indented”.– “programmers indent to better convey the structure of their programs

to human readers.” (Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style )– Some languages (Python being the most well known) REQUIRE you to

have proper indentation

• It also makes the code easy to read and “skip”• In MATLAB, using the following will Auto-Indent!

– It works if ALL your keywords if/end are present.

SHORTCUTS never work

%if months are jan,mar,may,jul,aug,oct,decif month==1 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 8 || 10 || 12

nb_days = 31;elseif month == 2 %February

nb_days = 29; % for leap years…else %every other months

nb_days = 30;end

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DOES NOT WORK

AS EXPECTED

Instead, rewrite each condition separately!if month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || …

month==7 || month==8 || month==10 || month==12 nb_days = 31;…

Same applies for the && symbols…

SHORTCUTS never work

%if angle is between 0 and 90 degreesif 0<=angle<90

quadrant = 1;elseif 90<angle<=180 %quadrant 2

quadrant = 2;end

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DOES NOT WORK

AS EXPECTED

Instead, rewrite each condition separately!

if 0<=angle && angle<90quadrant = 1;

elseif 90<angle && angle<=180quadrant = 2;

end

And / Or Mixups

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It's not technically an “if” problem, but

if month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || …month==7 || month==8 || month==10 || month==12

nb_days = 31;

is MUCH different than

if month==1 && month==3 && month==5 && …month==7 && month==8 && month==10 && month==12

nb_days = 31;

Which month number is equal to both 1 and 3 and 5 and …?

What is the difference?%if months are jan,mar,may,jul,aug,oct,decif month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || …

month==7 || month==8 || month==10 || month==12nb_days = 31;

elseif month == 2 %Februarynb_days = 29; % for leap years…

else %every other monthsnb_days = 30;

end

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%if months are jan,mar,may,jul,aug,oct,decif month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || …

month==7 || month==8 || month==10 || month==12nb_days = 31;

else if month == 2 %Februarynb_days = 29; % for leap years…

else %every other monthsnb_days = 30;

end

This Works

This Doesn’t

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Horrible habits

• The following won't make the code “crash” or “work wrong”.

They're just really bad habits!

Find the 3 issues

• Common programmer issues

%ask user for his/her gradegrade = input('Enter your grade (0-100): ');

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90;

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80 && grade<=90

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70 && grade<=80

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60 && grade<=70

letter = 'D';else grade<=60

letter = 'FAIL';end

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Issue 1: that semicolon

• Common programmer issues

%ask user for his/her gradegrade = input('Enter your grade (0-100): ');

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90;

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80 && grade<=90

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70 && grade<=80

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60 && grade<=70

letter = 'D';else grade<=60

letter = 'FAIL';end

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No semicolon. There is no output to suppress on this line, AND it's not the end of the if statement.

Issue 2: overdoing it

• Common programmer issues

%ask user for his/her gradegrade = input('Enter your grade (0-100): ');

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90;

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80 && grade<=90

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70 && grade<=80

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60 && grade<=70

letter = 'D';else grade<=60

letter = 'FAIL';end

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REDUNDANT conditions

You're asking MATLAB to RE-CHECK a condition MATLAB already knows to be TRUE….

Issue 3: ERROR!Leave the else alone!

• Common programmer issues

%ask user for his/her gradegrade = input('Enter your grade (0-100): ');

%choose letter gradeif grade >=90;

letter = 'A';elseif grade >=80 && grade<=90

letter = 'B';elseif grade >=70 && grade<=80

letter = 'C';elseif grade >=60 && grade<=70

letter = 'D';else grade<=60

letter = 'FAIL';end

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No condition on the ELSE clause – only on IF and ELSEIF.

The last else is for “EVERYTHING” else.

Write a section of code that will assign the number of days in a given month to a variable

Thirty days hath September,April, June, and November.All the rest have thirty-one,Excepting February alone,And that has twenty-eight days clear,And twenty-nine in each leap year

if-elseif-else Review

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Write a section of code that will assign the number of days in a given month to a variable

MATLAB code:

if-elseif-else Review

%Request user to enter the month number (Jan=1, Aug=8)month = input('Enter the month number: ');

% If month is Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Oct, Decif month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || month==7 || …

month==8 || month==10 || month==12nb_days = 31;

elseif month == 2 % Februarynb_days = 29; % for leap years…

else % every other monthnb_days = 30;

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%if months are jan,mar,may,jul,aug,oct,decif month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || month==7 || …

month==8 || month==10 || month==12nb_days = 31;

elseif month == 2 %Februarynb_days = 29; % for leap years…

else %every other monthsnb_days = 30;

end

What are some characteristics of this code segment?

What are its limitations?

if-elseif-else Review

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Questions?

• (The switch slides that follow this are optional for those that want to understand switches, but we will not be covering them and we will not be asking required test questions regarding switches. They are still fodder for extra credit questions.)

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switch statement

• Allows for evaluation of multiple cases of the same variable

• The switch statement is looking for the variable to have an exact match to one of the cases. (No a<x && x<=b)

• Specification may have multiple values enclosed in braces {…}

• The default case catches any values of the parameter other than the specified cases.

• The default case should trap bad parameter values.

General Template

switch variablecase specification 1

<code block 1>....case specification n

<code block n>otherwise

<default block>end

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if <condition 1>

<code block 1>

elseif <condition 2> <code block 2>..

elseif <condition n> <code block n>else <default block>end

There is no limit to the number of cases.

switch Example 1: Multiple Cases

Instead we use…switch month

case {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-day monthsdays = 31;

case 2days = 29; % leap year to be coded..

case {4,6,9,11} % 30-day monthsdays = 30;

otherwisefprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');

end

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Let us modify the calendar example from an if to a switch

if month==1 || month== 3 || month== 5 || …month== 7 || month== 8 || month== 10 || month== 12

Big advantage: reduces long OR statements of equality

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} %30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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Simulated “Run”

% Suppose month is 4

switch monthcase {1,3,5,7,8,10,12} % 31-days months

days = 31;case 2

days = 29; % leap year to be coded..case {4,6,9,11} % 30-days months

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

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switch Example 2: strings

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switch statements can also be used to evaluate stringsmonth = input('Enter the month: ', 's')

switch monthcase {'Jan','March','May','July'... } %31-days -days = 31;case 'Feb'

days = 29; %leap year to be coded..case {'April', 'June','Sept','Nov'} %30-days

days = 30; otherwise

fprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');end

switch - Menu's

• Several programs request the user to select an item from a menu:

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switch Example 3: Menu Options

%ask user what he'd like to domenu_choice = input('Select Item 1 to 4: ');

%direct code to proper actionswitch menu_choice

case 1fprintf('You have selected 1.\n')

case 2fprintf('You have selected a number 2.\n')

case 3fprintf('You have selected a number 3.\n')

case 4fprintf('You have selected a number 4.\n')

otherwisefprintf('Invalid Entry.\n');

end

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if versus switch

• As general ideas:

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if switch

Combination of || statements that check equalityExample:

x==1 || x==2 || x==3 || x==4 Yes √ preferred

Inequalities (<, <=, >=, >) Yes Impossible

Conditions with &&: x == 2 && x == 7 Yes Impossible

Conditions that check multiple variablesSuch as: x==4 && y==7 √ preferred Impossible

Menus ok… √ preferred