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The best way to display the values of our variables is by using the “mprintf()” function. This function is very similar with the C code “printf()”.

While programming in Scilab, during program design phase, we need to print result in the Scilab console mainly for debug purposes. For this objective we can use the Scilab built-in disp function, which is easy to understand and quite flexible.

When designing an algorithm we might come up with a situation in which we would like to define some actions function of the state/value of another variable. If the control variable has multiple states, for a better structure and readability of the code, it is better to use SELECT CASE instead of IF ELSEIF conditional statements.

IF ELSEIF conditional statements in Scilab

In this article we are going to learn about WHILE loops and infinite loops in Scilab

CVT (Continuously Variable Transmissions)

In this article we’ll discuss about different number representation systems, where they are used and why they are useful. Briefly we’ll go through decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal number representation.

vectorization in Scilab

In this article we’ll learn how to extract a particular value from a matrix or a particular set of values (e.g. one column, one row, a sub-matrix).

As Matlab®, Scilab is very powerful at computations with variables such as vectors and matrices. It has a lot of built-in functions that allows the user to perform complex computations and manipulations on vectors (1-D matrices) and matrices.

Even if it’s capable of very complex numerical computations, Scilab can be used only as a simple or scientific calculator. The most common functions are those related to trigonometry, logarithms and basic statistics. In the table below the basic mathematical functions defined in Scilab are explained.

Scilab is capable of simple mathematical calculation as well as complex calculations. From the operators point of view, Scilab is able to fulfil arithmetic calculations, comparison and logical operations.

In this article we will learn how to use the general purpose Scilab functions. These functions are basic and they can be used whatever the scope of the work (numerical analysis, graphics, GUIs, etc.)

When working with Scilab there are two ways of evaluating commands and functions. The first one is by inserting them in the console and evaluating the result. This is works fine if we want to test short pieces of code, instructions or we just want to see how a function works.

Scilab allows to store different type of variables (numeric, strings, etc.) in the same structure. For this type of data handling we can use lists, cells and structures. These type of variables (objects) can contain real data, complex, strings, matrices or other.

polynomials

Scilab variables are named also objects. So in other tutorials, books, you’ll find “objects” instead of “variables”. I prefer to call them variables maybe because the term “variables” is used in other programming languages like C or Python.