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Index

• Getting Started

• User's Guide

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Startup and Shutdown

• Command Window and History

• Help for Using MATLAB

• Managing Files

• Programming Tools

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming and Data Types

• Object-Oriented Programming

• 3-D Visualization

• GUI Development

• External Interfaces

• Release Notes

commandwindow - Open Command Window, or select it if already open

Alternatives

As an alternative to commandwindow, select Desktop > Command Window to open it, or Window > Command Window to select it.

Syntax

commandwindow

Description

commandwindow opens the MATLAB Command Window when it is closed, and selects the Command Window when it is open.

Tips

To determine the number of columns and rows that display in the Command Window, given its current size, use

get(0,'CommandWindowSize')

The number of columns is based on the width of the Command Window. With the matrix display width preference set to 80 columns, the number of columns is always 80.

See Also

commandhistory | input | inputdlg

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