Ways to Get Function Help :: Help and Product Information (MATLAB®)

Ways to Get Function Help

Each MATLAB function has supporting documentation that includes examples and describes the function inputs, outputs, and calling syntax.

There are several ways to access this information from the command line:

Open the function documentation in the Help browser by calling the doc command. For example,
```
doc mean
```
Display function hints (the syntax portion of the function documentation) in the Command Window by pausing after you type the open parentheses for the possible function inputs.
```
mean(
```
Open the Function browser by clicking the function icon to the left of the command prompt, .
View an abbreviated text version of the function documentation in the Command Window by calling the help command.
```
help mean
```

To access function documentation from the Editor, Command Window, or Help browser, select a function name from any part of the text, right-click, and then select Help on Selection.

Access the complete product documentation by clicking the help icon or using the doc command.