IM 512 3.

0 (I) Mathematical Software

Dr. TGI Fernando

September 27, 2011

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 Directional Exploration Importing and exporting data

Saving data into a MAT file

Syntax: save filename variable names

E.g.
Execute the following commands:
clear all; (Clear the Matlab workspace (all variables are deleted))
theta = linspace(0, 2*pi, 201);
r = sqrt(abs(2*sin(4*theta)));
x = r.*cos(theta);
y = r.*sin(theta);
f = char(’sqrt(abs(2*sin(4*theta)))’);
save xydata x y f (Save variables x, y and f in a binary (Mat) datafile
xydata.mat).

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 Directional Exploration Importing and exporting data

Loading data from a MAT file

Syntax:
load filename (loads all variables stored in filename)
load filename variable names (loads only selected variables)
E.g.
Implement the following commands:
clear all;
whos; (Lists current variables)
load xydata; (Loads all variables in ‘xydata’)
whos plot (x,y), axis(’square’);
f
clear all
load xydata x y (Loads only variables ‘x’ and ‘y’)
whos

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 Directional Exploration Importing and exporting data

Saving data into a .m file

Let’s save our data into a .m file.

% TempData: Script file containing data on monthly maximum
temperature
SI No = [1:12]’;
Month = char(‘Jan’, ‘Feb’, ‘Mar’, ‘Apr’, ‘May’, ‘Jun’, ‘Jul’, ‘Aug’, ‘Sep’,
‘Oct’, ‘Nov’, ‘Dec’);
Avg Tmax = [22 25 30 34 36 30 29 27 24 23 21 20]’;

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 Directional Exploration Importing and exporting data

Loading data from a .m file

Let’s execute the script file TempData and check the new variables.
clear all
Tempdata (Execute the script file TempData)
whos
Month

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