Operations

Research I

MATLAB Lab 02
INS TRUCTOR: DR. OSWALDO AGUIRRE
COURS E : IE 3390
S E MESTER: FALL 2019
Logic Commands
Decisions:
If
If elseif
Switch

Loops
For loop
While
 If statement
Use double equal sing
to compare two values
If Syntax
if value = = condition yes
condition instructions
instructions
else
No
instructions
instructions
end
Logical operators
Operation Description
== equal
~= Not equal
> greater than
>= Greater and equal than
< Less than
<= Lesser or equal than
&& AND
|| OR
If Example
Example: Create a MATLAB script that analyze the value of variable a
and tell to the user if the value is positive or negative
◦ Evaluate the value of variable a
◦ If a <0 write negative
◦ If a>= 0 write positive yes
a<0 ‘negative’

a=-1
if a<0 No
'negative'
‘positive’
else
'positive'
end
If with more than one
condition
Calculate the square of a number if the value of a number is between 10 and 15

%If with two conditions

If (a>=10
a=10
&&
if (a>=10 && a<=15)
a<=15) a=a*a
end

yes
 If elseif
Condition
yes
1 instructions

No

Condition yes
2 instructions

No

instructions
If esleif Example
Compare if the value of variable “a” is between 10 and 100
Tell the user
if the value is with in range
Below range
Above range
If esleif Example

a>10 &&
yes
a<100
Within range

No

yes
a<10
Below range

No

above
a=101
if a>10 && a<100
'within range'
elseif a<10
'below range'
else
'above range'
end
Switch
Switch among several cases

If yes
a==1
0

If yes
a==2

other yes
wise
Switch example
Create a program that check the value of the variable option and make the
following decisions

Option =1
c=a+b
Option =2
c=a-b
Option =3
c=a*b
Option =4
c=a/b
Otherwise
c=0
Switch example
Create a program that check the %Switch example
value of the variable option and
make the following decisions a=4
b=2
option=0
Option =1
switch (option)
c=a+b
case {1}
Option =2 c=a+b
c=a-b case {2}
Option =3 c=a-b
c=a*b case {3}
Option =4 c=a*b
case {4}
c=a/b
c=a/b
Otherwise
otherwise
c=0
c=0
end
Exercise #01
Write a MATLAB script

Using the general quadratic formula

Write a code that solve the value of x

Test the following equations
Exercise #02
Write a MATLAB script
Consider a matrix 3x3
Check each row if the first element is even add all elements of the row
if not multiply all elements of the row
Hint use mod function to decide if the value is even or odd
Hint use function prod to multiply numbers
1 2 9
5 5 4 30 13 72
6 6 2
Loops (repetition)
In computer programming, a loop is a sequence of
instructions that is continually repeated until a
certain condition is reached.
Types of Loops
For Loop Statement: The for loop is used to repeat a section of code for
known number of times

While statement The while loop is used to repeat a section of code an

unknown number of times
Loops
Structure

%Loop example
a=1
b=2
for i=1:10 Variable i = 1 to 10
c=a+b
end

At this point MATLAB

update the value of
the for loop variable
in this case i
Loops
Add a + b ten times

%Loop example
a=1
b=2
This instruction will
for i=1:10
be repeated until the
c=a+b
value of the variable i
end
is between 1 and 10
At this point MATLAB
update the value of
the for loop variable
in this case i
Use for loop variables inside
the loop
Show the variables of the for loop variable

for (i=1:5)
i
end
Example
Multiply by two the numbers of a vector a and save
the result in vector c using a for loop
a= 2 8 5 4
example
%loop Example 2
a=[2,8,5,4]
c=zeros(1,4) % create variable z with size 1 x 4 with
zeros inside
for index=1:4
c(1,index)=a(1,index)*2
end
While loop
Syntax
While condition== true
Instructions
end

The loop will be repeated until the

condition is false
Input a value from the user
A= input(‘Input a value’)

fprintf (‘enter a text’)

While loop example
Write a MATLAB script the ask for two numbers and show the
multiplication of the numbers
The program will end until the result of the multiplication is 0
Solution
condition=0
while condition==0
a=input('entre value 1:')
b=input('entre value 2:')
fprintf('the product is:')
c=a*b
if c==0
condition=1;
end
end
'finish'
Exercise 03
Consider the all unit discount problem
Consider the following data where each row represents one case and the
columns values represent: demand, set-up cost, and holding cost respectively
evaluate the optimal quantity Q

𝜆 K h
600 8 .2*.3
600 8 .2*.29
600 8 .2*.28
Exercise 04
Write a MATLAB script to obtain the larger value in a vector using a for
loop and if
Do NOT use the max function
Exercise 05
Write a MATLAB script that generates a value from 1 to 5

Ask the user to guess the number generated

Help the user telling if the user need to try a bigger or smaller number

Finish when the user guessed correctly the number