In need of a good MATLAB class tutorial [closed]

Question

I'm having a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to use classes in MATLAB. I'm very familiar with C++ and Python but I just can't figure anything out about how to define classes in MATLAB. Does anyone know a very good resource with lots of examples? The official documentation leaves much to be desired.

Answer 1

Here is an example of a class implementation in Matlab (new style).
http://matlabmafia.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/enhanced-matlab-plotting-series-part-i/

Here is a selected paragraph:

Classes are used in a form of programming termed Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). But don’t shy away simply because you haven’t used them. We will walk through how the class is created to some extent. I was brought up in Mechanical Engineering (ME) and know that ME’s (and other engineering disciplines) are rarely exposed to object-oriented programming (as I usually get the blank stare when I bring it up around my ME colleagues). If you are interested, check out Matlab’s website about OOP @

http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/object_oriented_programming.html.

They do a nice job of providing an introduction and explaining the syntax.

Answer 2

The mathwork site does have some OOP examples, could you indicate more precisely what you are looking for?

However, note that older Matlab versions had a different OOP syntax, the classdef keyword was added in 2008a (see video).