Hey guys,
Can someone tell me how long it takes to learn Matlab from scratch.
When I say from scratch, I really mean from scratch. I don't know any computer language, and have no experience with programming. I know how to use computers and the normal computer packages, but that's about it.
So roughly how long will it take me to become semi-decent at Matlab, if I learn a bit everyday?
Just wondering, why do you want to learn MATLAB in particular?
Mainly, I need it for work.
But I also want to see if I can use Singular Value Decomposition to predict roulette outcomes.
If you've never done any programming, you might find it a steep learning curve. Understanding the logic is more important than syntax details, but Matlab seems like a pretty good language to start with. Note that there's a free programming language very similar to Matlab called Octave (link:://:.gnu.org/software/octave/).
If you do some practice every day you should be up to speed in about a month, maybe less, but it depends on your aptitude, effort, motivation etc.
Another free language, also similar to Matlab, is Euler (link:://eumat.sourceforge.net/).