Getting Started

What Is MATLAB?

Starting MATLAB

Matrices and Magic Squares

Entering Matrices

sum, transpose, and diag

Subscripts

The Colon Operator

The magic Function

Expressions

Variables

Numbers

Operators

Functions

Expressions

Working with Matrices

Generating Matrices

load

M-Files

Concatenation

Deleting Rows and Columns

The Command Window

The format Command

Suppressing Output

Long Command Lines

Command Line Editing

Graphics

Creating a Plot

Figure Windows

Adding Plots to an Existing Graph

Subplots

Imaginary and Complex Data

Controlling Axes

Axis Labels and Titles

Mesh and Surface Plots

Visualizing Functions of Two Variables

Images

Printing Graphics

Help and Online Documentation

The help Command

The Help Window

The lookfor Command

The Help Desk

Printing Online Reference Pages

Link to the MathWorks

The MATLAB Environment

The Workspace

save Commands

The Search Path

Disk File Manipulation

The diary Command

Running External Programs

More About Matrices and Arrays

Linear Algebra

Arrays

Multivariate Data

Scalar Expansion

Logical Subscripting

The find Function

Flow Control

if

switch and case

for

while

break

Other Data Structures

Multidimensional Arrays

Cell Arrays

Characters and Text

Structures

Scripts and Functions

Scripts

Functions

Global Variables

Command/Function Duality

The eval Function

Vectorization

Preallocation

Function Functions

Handle Graphics

Graphics Objects

Graphics Objects

Object Handles

Object Creation Functions

Object Properties

set and get

Graphics User Interfaces

Animations

Movies

Learning More

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