// Scilab Code Ex1.4 : Page-17 (2006) clc; clear; c_by_a_ratio = 1.633; // Ideal c/a ratio A = cell(2,4); // Declare a cell // Assign values to the elements of the cell from the table A(1,1).entries = 'Mg'; A(2,1).entries = 'Cd'; A(1,2).entries = 5.21; A(2,2).entries = 5.62; A(1,3).entries = 3.21; A(2,3).entries = 2.98; A(1,4).entries = A(1,2).entries/A(1,3).entries; A(2,4).entries = A(2,2).entries/A(2,3).entries; if (A(1,4).entries - c_by_a_ratio) < 0.01 then printf("\n%s satisfies ideal c/a ratio and %s has large deviation from this value.", A(1,1).entries, A(2,1).entries); else if (A(1,4).entries - c_by_a_ratio) < 0.01 then printf("\n%s satisfies ideal c/a ratio and %s has large deviation from this value.", A(2,1).entries, A(1,1).entries); end end // Result // Mg satisfies ideal c/a ratio and Cd has large deviation from this value.