Computer Programming

(CSC209)
Lecture (11)
The switch and Roots of Polynomials

Dr.Omar Almutairi
The program design process (Rep)
1. Switch Expression and statement
Example
2. The try/catch Construct
Example
3. MATLAB Applications: Roots of Polynomials
Example
4. Polynomials Plot
Example
Conditional Statements (Branches)
 If and switch statement

If Statement Switch Statement

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Switch Expression
 Example: Switch Statement
switch (12)
case {1,3,5,7,9}
disp('The value is odd.');
case {2,4,6,8,10}
disp('The value is even.');
otherwise
disp('The value is out of range.');
end
 Example: Switch Statement
clear all
clc
n = 5;
switch (n)
case (1)
disp('January')
disp(first Month)
case (2)
disp('February')
disp(Scond Month)
case (3)
disp('March')
disp(Third Month)
otherwise
disp(not valid)
end
 Example: Switch Statement
d = floor(10*rand);
switch d
case {2, 4, 6, 8}
disp('Even');
case {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
disp( 'Odd' );
otherwise
disp( 'Zero' );
end
 The try/catch Construct
The try/catch construct is a special
form of branching construct designed
to trap errors.
Concept (try/catch)
 Example (try/catch)
a = 2;
try
b=a*kk
catch
b=a*5
disp('very sorry this mistake')
end

b=
10.00
very sorry this mistake
 MATLAB Applications: Roots of
Polynomials
A general polynomial is an equation of the form:

When n =3, the polynomial is a third-order equation

In general, a polynomial equation of nth order has n roots,

The function roots has the form

r = roots(p)
where p is an array
 Example (roots)
Solve the equations to define (x) using roots
 Example 4.7
Find the roots of the fourth-order
polynomial

Solution
» p = [1 2 1 -8 -
20];
» r = roots(p)
r=
2.0000 + 0.0000i
-1.0000 + 2.0000i
-1.0000 - 2.0000i
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 Plotting (plot ex 4.7)
x = [-3:0.05:3];
y = x.^4 + 2*x.^3 + x.^2 - 8*x -20;
plot(x,y)
grid on; 100

xlabel('x'); 80

ylabel('y'); 60

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y

20

-20

-40
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
x
Example: Polynomial Plotting
a = [9,-5,3,7];
x = -2:0.01:5;
f = polyval(a,x);
plot(x,f),xlabel('x'),ylabel('f(x)')
grid on;
1200

1000

800

600
f(x)

400

200

-200 16
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x
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 Solution
• x=-5:0.1:5;
• y=(x-1).^2;
• plot(x,y)
• axis([-1 3 -1 3])
• grid on;
• xlabel('x');
• ylabel('y');
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END

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