Preview of practice Colon Operator (2.5.4) - Tutorial lessons - Part B - IT Workshop (Sci Lab/MATLAB)
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Colon operator

Practice - Colon operator

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Question 1 Easy

Create a vector from 0 to 10 with a step of 1 using the colon operator.

💡 Hint: Remember the format is `start:step:end`.

Question 2 Easy

What would A(1:2, :) return if A is a 3x3 matrix?

💡 Hint: Think about row selection with the colon operator.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of the colon operator in MATLAB?

Creating single elements
Generating vectors
Only for matrix multiplication

💡 Hint: Think of how you might want to list numbers.

Question 2

True or False: The command A(:, 3) = [] removes the third row.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the syntax of indexing.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a matrix of size 5x5, filled with the numbers 1 to 25. Then, using the colon operator, extract the submatrix containing rows 3 to 5 and columns 4 to 5.

💡 Hint: Think about how to reshape a vector into a matrix before extracting.

Challenge 2 Hard

Suppose you have a matrix M. Using the colon operator, write a command to retrieve the last two rows and all columns of M and set them to zero.

💡 Hint: Think about how 'end' can help you find the last rows.

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