About Matrices

  Entering Matrices

  sum, transpose, and diag

  Subscripts

  The Colon Operator

  The magic Function

  Numbers

  Operators

  Functions

  Examples of Expressions

  The load Function

  Saving Code to a File

  Concatenation

  Deleting Rows and Columns

  Arrays

  Multivariate Data

  Scalar Expansion

  Logical Subscripting

  The find Function

  Suppressing Output

  Entering Long Statements

  Command Line Editing

  Figure Tools

  Arranging Graphs Within a Figure

  Using Functions to Edit Graphs

  Changing the Appearance of Lines and Markers

  Adding More Data to the Graph

  Changing the Type of Graph

  Modifying the Graph Data Source

  Printing the Graph

  Exporting the Graph

  Plotting Multiple Data Sets in One Graph

  Specifying Line Styles and Colors

  Plotting Lines and Markers

  Graphing Imaginary and Complex Data

  Adding Plots to an Existing Graph

  Figure Windows

  Displaying Multiple Plots in One Figure

  Controlling the Axes

  Adding Axis Labels and Titles

  Saving Figures

  Visualizing Functions of Two Variables

  Reading and Writing Images

  Printing from the File Menu

  Exporting the Figure to a Graphics File

  Using the Print Command

  Graphics Objects

  Setting Object Properties

  Specifying the Axes or Figure

  Finding the Handles of Existing Objects

  Loop Control - for, while, continue, break

  Error Control - try, catch

  Program Termination - return

  Cell Arrays

  Characters and Text

  Structures

  Scripts

  Functions

  Types of Functions

  Global Variables

  Passing String Arguments to Functions

  The eval Function

  Function Handles

  Function Functions

  Vectorization

  Preallocation

  Learn About Defining MATLAB Classes

  Loading the Data

  Missing Data

  Outliers

  Smoothing and Filtering

  Measures of Location

  Measures of Scale

  Shape of a Distribution

  2-D Scatter Plots

  3-D Scatter Plots

  Scatter Plot Arrays

  Exploring Data in Graphs

  Polynomial Regression

  General Linear Regression

  The Layout Editor

  Arranging the Desktop

  Start Button

  Command History

  Searching for Documentation and Demos

  Variable Editor

  Making Files Accessible to MATLAB

  Using the Current Folder Browser to Manage Files

  More Ways to Manage Files

  Identifying Problems and Areas for Improvement

  Publishing MATLAB Code Files

  Improving Performance Using the Profiler

  Call C/C++ and Fortran Programs from MATLAB Command Line

  Call Sun Java Commands from MATLAB Command Line

  Call Functions in Shared Libraries

  Import and Export Data

• What Is Interactive Data Exploration?

• Marking Up Graphs with Data Brushing

• Making Graphs Responsive with Data Linking

• Interacting with Graphed Data