1. Programming with Spread Sheets Lecture 18: Supporting Material Dr Kathryn Merrick Tuesday 19 th May, 2009

3. Overview Introduction to spread sheet programming: Variables, types, values, operators Arrays Built-in functions Flow of control Plotting

4. Variables, Values and Types

5. Operators

6. Arrays and Built-in Functions

7. Flow of Control

8. Revision: From Problem to Program… 1.Understand the problem ‘in English’ 2.Develop a rough solution on paper 3.Implement the solution in MATLAB 4.Test your solution

9. A Problem…

10. Some Maths… Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_energy Gravitational potential energy

11. Demo 1: Energy simulator in Excel

12. Summary After today’s lecture you should be able to: Identify the key programming tools we used in MATLAB in spread sheets Solve a simple problem using a spread sheet