MATLAB Functions Help Desk

computer

Purpose

Identify the computer on which MATLAB is running

Syntax

Description

str = computer returns a string with the computer type on which MATLAB is running.

[str,maxsize] = computer returns the integer maxsize, which contains the maximum number of elements allowed in an array with this version of MATLAB.

The list of supported computers changes as new computers are added and others become obsolete.

String

Computer

SUN4

Sun4 SPARC workstation

SOL2

Solaris 2 SPARC workstation

PCWIN

MS-Windows

MAC2

All Macintosh

HP700

HP 9000/700

ALPHA

DEC Alpha

AXP_VMSG

Alpha VMS G_float

AXP_VMSIEEE

Alpha VMS IEEE

VAX_VMSD

VAX/VMS D_float

VAX_VMSG

VAX/VMS G_float

LNX86

Linux Intel

SGI

Silicon Graphics (R4000)

SGI64

Silicon Graphics (R8000)

IBM_RS

IBM RS6000 workstation

See Also

isieee, isunix, isvms



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