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Goal for Week 8: Programming with functions

Summary of new tools and commands.

• function keyword defining a function
• end signifying the end of a function
• return jump out of a function before the end
• warning issue a warning (calculations will continue)
• error issue an error (calculations will stop)
• isnumeric tests if a variable is of numerical type (real or integer)
• global define variables to be specified outside of a function
• nargin number of input variables to the function
• nargout number of output variables from the function
• addpath add a directory containing functions or data to the MATLAB search path
• ode45 solver for first order ODE

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