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Define string variables

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Define string variables

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- [Instructor] MATLAB's main strength is its ability to perform advanced mathematical operations quickly. However, you do need to communicate your results clearly, and that often means using text. In this movie, I will show you how to create text variables, which MATLAB stores as strings. I've started MATLAB and I have an empty command window, and I'll just start by defining a single string variable. So I'll type V-A-L one, and then equal sign for assignment, and to indicate a string, you use a single quote. So I'll type a single quote and then the number seven, and close it with a single quote. You might notice that the string value seven, including the single quotes in which it was enclosed, appears in magenta rather than black, and that's a way that MATLAB indicates that you've created a string. So I'll press Enter, and val1 has seven, and again enclosed in single quotes to indicate it's a string. If I were to create val2 and set that equal to single quote degrees and follow that…

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