character recognition

 i have never worked with any type of computer programming software as i am a math major and need to some how code this super basic ocr into matlab.

http://www.dontveter.com/basisofai/char.html

using the example from this site i would greatly appreciate any insight / help i could get on this mini programming project thanks

[Jan]

@Ben: I do not assume that somebody does the work for you.

[Walter Roberson]

Computer programming is often considered a branch of mathematics. There has been extensive work on the mathematical foundations of computer programming.

When I went to university around 1980, I was a math major, and several computing courses were mandatory for our degree, starting in our very first term; computing courses were also mandatory for accounting and business and engineering (though not necessarily in their first term.) It seems... odd... to me that any math major would not have done computer programming in the past and yet would be expected to handle optical character recognition.

[ben]

i have never worked with any programming language and im not asking for it to be done for me, it is merely a small assignment were the focus wasnt intended to be on the programing but the logic behind it, i found this site and thought it could be useful but my lack of programming skills is stopping me from continuing, i simply was asking for some insight ..

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/8026-best-way-s-to-master-matlab

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

First insight, Ben: do not create duplicate questions on the same topic, or the duplicates will be deleted.

[ben]

well in no way did i ask for anyone to do it for me so tagging it that way was not necessary and uncalled for, so that is why i tried and repost it so i could get some helpful advice rather then some condescending judgement from some one who has no idea my current task or situation and programming backround..

[Walter Roberson]

People do not get a choice on the "doit4me" tags that other people add. Anyone can add tags (no matter if they are a moderator or not). If one of the moderators feels that the tag is not warranted or is no longer warranted, then the moderator will remove the tag. I know that I have removed doit4me tags from postings in the past.

However, the best way to get a doit4me tag removed is to show actual work and progress. Once someone shows that they have done something on their own, produced a good try at the code, or even just gotten to the point where they are asking specific questions about MATLAB, then often a "doit4me" tag will be removed.

If you wish to get the "doit4me" tag removed from this post, then send a message to any of the moderators -- [e-mail], Walter Roberson, Fangjun Jiang, and Jan Simon are all active moderators; the other moderators are generally pretty busy these days.