External Interfaces (MATLAB®)

• Product Overview

Overview of the MATLAB Environment

The MATLAB System

Documentation

• Starting and Quitting the MATLAB Program

Starting a MATLAB Session

Quitting the MATLAB Program

• Matrices and Magic Squares

About Matrices

Entering Matrices

sum, transpose, and diag

• Expressions

Examples of Expressions

• Working with Matrices

Generating Matrices

The load Function

Saving Code to a File

Concatenation

Deleting Rows and Columns

• More About Matrices and Arrays

• Controlling Command Window Input and Output

The format Function

Suppressing Output

Entering Long Statements

Command Line Editing

• Plotting Data

Interactive or Command Approach

• Plotting Techniques

Arranging Graphs Within a Figure

• Choosing a Graph Type

Choosing a Type of Graph to Plot

• Editing Plots

Plot Edit Mode

Using Functions to Edit Graphs

• Interactive Plotting

Plotting Two Variables with Plotting Tools

Changing the Appearance of Lines and Markers

Adding More Data to the Graph

Changing the Type of Graph

Modifying the Graph Data Source

• Preparing Graphs for Presentation

Annotating Graphs

Printing the Graph

Exporting the Graph

• Basic Plotting Functions

Creating a Plot

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

• Creating Mesh and Surface Plots

About Mesh and Surface Plots

Visualizing Functions of Two Variables

• Plotting Image Data

About Plotting Image Data

Reading and Writing Images

• Printing Graphics

Overview of Printing

Printing from the File Menu

Exporting the Figure to a Graphics File

Using the Print Command

• Understanding Handle Graphics Objects

Using the Handle

Graphics Objects

Setting Object Properties

Specifying the Axes or Figure

Finding the Handles of Existing Objects

• Flow Control

Conditional Control - if, else, switch

Loop Control - for, while, continue, break

Error Control - try, catch

Program Termination - return

• Other Data Structures

Multidimensional Arrays

Cell Arrays

Characters and Text

Structures

• Scripts and Functions

Passing String Arguments to Functions

• Object-Oriented Programming

MATLAB Classes and Objects

Learn About Defining MATLAB Classes

Smoothing and Filtering

Shape of a Distribution

Exploring Data in Graphs

• Modeling Data

Overview

Polynomial Regression

General Linear Regression

Introduction to the Desktop

Arranging the Desktop

Start Button

• Command Window and Command History

Command Window

Command History

• Getting Help

Ways to Get Help

Searching for Documentation and Demos

• Workspace Browser and Variable Editor

Workspace Browser

Variable Editor

• Managing Files in MATLAB

How MATLAB Helps You Manage Files

Making Files Accessible to MATLAB

Using the Current Folder Browser to Manage Files

More Ways to Manage Files

Finding and Getting Files Created by Other Users - File Exchange

• Editor

Editing MATLAB Code Files

Identifying Problems and Areas for Improvement

Publishing MATLAB Code Files

• Improving and Tuning Your MATLAB Programs

Finding Errors Using the Code Analyzer Report

Improving Performance Using the Profiler

• Programming Interfaces

Call MATLAB Software from C/C++ and Fortran Programs

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

Interface to .NET Framework

Component Object Model Interface

Web Services

Serial Port Interface

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