% datamanip_example.m

% datamanip_example.m
% An example for Kyle

% Example vectors
a=1:10
b=11:20

% Probably the format you'll see them in:
A= [a' b']


% Let's stack b like 20 times:

bprime=[];
for i=1:20,
    % Shoves b' onto the end of bprime 20 times
    bprime=[ bprime; b' ];
end

% Now, we can make a new A:
Aprime=[(1:length(bprime))' bprime ]
% (same deal as what we did before, with A=[a' b'])

% and now we can see what that would look like:
plot(Aprime(:,1),Aprime(:,2));
%It should look like a sawtooth.

% Here's printing it out to csv:

% the "w" means "overwrite." See "help fopen" for more on that.
outputs = fopen('output.csv', 'w');

% fprintf writes to file
fprintf(outputs,'# time, Temperature\n');

% Loop through the rows
for i=1:size(Aprime,1),
    %fprintf uses C-style formatting. See "help fprintf" for more on that.
    fprintf(outputs, '%6.4f, %6.4f\n', Aprime(i,1), Aprime(i,2));
end

% Might as well close our file like cool people do.
fclose(outputs);

constructing multi-period data from a single period, and then writing it to a CSV in matlab. It seems matlab doesn't have a csv module! bummer. :(