MATLAB^®

Getting Started

The MATLAB^® high-performance language for technical computing integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. You can watch the Getting Started with MATLAB video demo for an overview of the major functionality. If you have an active Internet connection, you can also watch the Working in the Development Environment video demo, and the Writing a MATLAB Program video demo. This collection includes the following topics:

Introduction	Describes the components of the MATLAB^® system
Matrices and Arrays	How to use MATLAB^® to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices
Graphics	How to plot data, annotate graphs, and work with images
Programming	How to use MATLAB^® to create scripts and functions, how to construct and manipulate data structures
Data Analysis	How to set up a basic data analysis
Creating Graphical User Interfaces	Introduces GUIDE, the MATLAB^® graphical user interface development environment.
Desktop Tools and Development Environment	Information about tools and the MATLAB^® desktop
External Interfaces	Introduces external interfaces available in MATLAB^® software.

A printable version (PDF) of this documentation is available on the Web—MATLAB Getting Started Guide. For tutorial information about any of the topics covered in this collection, see the corresponding sections in the MATLAB documentation. For reference information about MATLAB functions, see the MATLAB Function Reference.

Introduction