Exercises:

1. >> z=x.^2+x
Error message: Undefined function or variable 'x'
Remedy:
>>x=1
>> z=x.^2+x
>>z=2
2. >>mod(7)
Error message: Error using mod
Not enough input arguments
Remedy:
>>mod(7,2)
>>ans = 1
3. >>a=[1 2 3]; b= [ 1 4 7 ];
>>a*b
Error message: Error using *
Inner matrix dimensions must agree.
Remedy: use elemental mulitiplication
>>a.*b
4. >>a=[1 2 3]; b= [ 1 4 ];
>>a+b
Error message: Error using +
Matrix dimensions must agree.
Remedy: Assign a vector and b vector of same size
>> a=[1 2 3]; b= [ 1 4 7 ]; a+b
>>ans = 2 6 510
5. >>a=[1,3]
>>a(3)
Error message: Index exceeds matrix dimensions.
Remedy: assign a=[1:3]
6. >>a=[1:3]
>>a(1.5)
Error message: Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or
logical.
Remedy: a(1) or a(2) or a(3)
7. >> a=(1::,3)
a=(1::,3)
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Error: Unexpected MATLAB operator.
8. >> if a=3
if a=3
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Error: The expression to the left of the equals sign is not a valid target for an
assignment.

Expt.No.
Date:
Aim:

Editing and Debugging MATLAB Programs

To know and understand editing and debugging MATLAB programs.

Softwares Required:
Matlab R2015a
Hardware Required:
A personnel Computer.
Procedures:
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Open matlab File.

Type the program in the editor window.
Save the file with .m Extension and run the program.
Verify the output in the command Window.

Theory:
The different types of errors that are commonly occurred in matlab programming.
1 Arithmetic errors
2 Indexing errors
3 Assignment errors
4 Struct array errors
5 Syntax errors
5.1 Parenthesis errors
5.2 String errors
5.3 Other miscellaneous errors
6 Function Calling errors
7 Control Flow errors
8 Other errors
9. >> A = [1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9];
A(2,:)=[3,5]
Error: Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch.
10.>> x=[1 2 3:4 5 6:8 5 4];
>> x(0)
Error: Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals.

11.>>ABS=[8 7 9 4 5 6]
>>abs(1)
>>ans =1
Note:The element of array is different from what it shown.
12.>> a(1
a(1
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Error: Expression or statement is incorrect--possibly unbalanced (, {, or [.
13.>> a(1))
a(1))
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Error: Unbalanced or unexpected parenthesis or bracket.
14.>> eye 5
Error using eye
CLASSNAME input must be a valid numeric class name.
15.>> a='hi
a='hi
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Error: String is not terminated properly.
16.>> 'AA'=='AAA'
Error using ==
Error: Matrix dimensions must agree.
Remedy: strcmp(AA,AAA)
17.strcmp'AA','AAA'
Error: Unexpected MATLAB expression.
18.a=1+
Error: Expression or statement is incomplete or incorrect.
19.>> x=[2 3,3 5]
>> eigen(x)
Error: Undefined function or variable 'eigen'.
20.>> eig(x)
Error using eig
Error: For standard eigenproblem EIG(A), A must be square.

Arithmetic Error:
Attempting to take the inverse of a singular matrix will result in a warning and a matrix
of Infs. It is wise to calculate the determinant before attempting to take the inverse or,
better, to use a method that does not require you to take the inverse since its not
numerically stable.
Attempting to take a power of a nonsquare matrix results in the error.
Matrix multiplication requires the number of columns in the first matrix to equal the
number of rows in the second. Otherwise, you get the error message.
Indexing Error:

Here the names of variables are case sensitive, but the names of functions are NOT. So if
you make an array called Abs and you try to index abs(1), it will return 1 no matter what

the first value in the array Abs is. Unfortunately, MATLAB will not return an error for
this (although MATLAB v2008+ or so will return a warning saying that this will be
changed in a later version), so a good rule of thumb is never ever name your variables the
same as a function.
You cannot try to access a negative, complex, noninteger, or zero part of an array; if you
do you get error message

Syntax errors:
Parenthesis errors:

Unlike in C++, you are not required to terminate every line with anything but a line break
of some sort. However, there are still syntax rules you have to follow. In MATLAB you
have to be especially careful with where you put your parenthesis so that MATLAB will
do what you want it to.

Control Flow errors

The most common one by far is if you forget the 'END', which is an issue in M-file
functions. It will tell you that 'at least one END is missing' and try to tell you where the
loop or conditional statement starts.
If you have too many END statements and more than one function in an M-file,
MATLAB may give you a cryptic message about not formatting the functions correctly.
This is because all functions in the same M-file must either end with an END statement
or not. It doesn't matter which, but if you have too many END statements in one of the
functions, MATLAB will think your function is ending early and will get confused when
the next function in line does not have an END statement at the end of it.

Result: