Starting a MATLAB Session

  Quitting the MATLAB Program

• Matrices and Magic Squares

  Entering Matrices

  sum, transpose, and diag

  Subscripts

  The Colon Operator

  The magic Function

  Variables

  Numbers

  Operators

  Functions

  Examples of Expressions

  Generating Matrices

  The load Function

  Saving Code to a File

  Concatenation

  Deleting Rows and Columns

  Linear Algebra

  Arrays

  Multivariate Data

  Scalar Expansion

  Logical Subscripting

  The find Function

  The format Function

  Suppressing Output

  Entering Long Statements

  Command Line Editing

• Plotting Data

  Plotting Workflow

  Graph Components

  Figure Tools

  Arranging Graphs Within a Figure

  Choosing a Type of Graph to Plot

  Plot Edit Mode

  Using Functions to Edit Graphs

  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

  Annotating Graphs

  Printing the Graph

  Exporting the Graph

  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

  About Mesh and Surface Plots

  Visualizing Functions of Two Variables

  About Plotting Image Data

  Reading and Writing Images

  Overview of Printing

  Printing from the File Menu

  Exporting the Figure to a Graphics File

  Using the Print Command

  Using the Handle

  Graphics Objects

  Setting Object Properties

  Specifying the Axes or Figure

  Finding the Handles of Existing Objects

• Flow Control

  Loop Control - for, while, continue, break

  Error Control - try, catch

  Program Termination - return

  Multidimensional Arrays

  Cell Arrays

  Characters and Text

  Structures

  Overview

  Scripts

  Functions

  Types of Functions

  Global Variables

  Passing String Arguments to Functions

  The eval Function

  Function Handles

  Function Functions

  Vectorization

  Preallocation

  MATLAB Classes and Objects

  Learn About Defining MATLAB Classes

  Introduction

  Overview

  Loading the Data

  Missing Data

  Outliers

  Smoothing and Filtering

  Overview

  Measures of Location

  Measures of Scale

  Shape of a Distribution

  Overview

  2-D Scatter Plots

  3-D Scatter Plots

  Scatter Plot Arrays

  Exploring Data in Graphs

  Overview

  Polynomial Regression

  General Linear Regression

  What Is GUIDE?

  Starting GUIDE

  The Layout Editor

• Desktop Overview

  Arranging the Desktop

  Start Button

  Command Window

  Command History

  Ways to Get Help

  Searching for Documentation and Demos

  Workspace Browser

  Variable Editor

  How MATLAB Helps You Manage Files

  Making Files Accessible to MATLAB

  Using the Current Folder Browser to Manage Files

  More Ways to Manage Files

  Editing MATLAB Code Files

  Identifying Problems and Areas for Improvement

  Publishing MATLAB Code Files

  Finding Errors Using the Code Analyzer Report

  Improving Performance Using the Profiler

• Programming Interfaces

  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

  Desktop New Features Video

  Startup and Shutdown

  Desktop

  Running Functions - Command Window and History

  Help and Related Resources

  Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations

  Editing and Debugging MATLAB Code

  Tuning and Managing MATLAB Code Files

  Publishing MATLAB Code Files

  Upgrade to Computational Geometry

  Incomplete Inverse Gamma Function gammaincinv and Incomplete Inverse Beta Function betaincinv

  Krylov Subspace Methods bicgstabl and tfqmr

  New Function quad2d

  Changes To conv

  Changes To conv2 and convn

  nextpow2 Changing to Element-By-Element Calculation in a Future Release

  Function finite Being Removed

  New Multithreading Capability in MATLAB Functions

  64-bit Support in LAPACK and BLAS

  Upgrade to ACML 4.1.0

  Setting the Number of Threads Removed from Preferences Panel

  Timer Objects Saved in New Format

  mmreader Supports Linux Platforms

  Support of Microsoft Excel 2007 File Formats

  Anonymous Functions Support str2func

  size and range Implemented for validateattributes

  isempty Supported for Map Objects

  Bug Fix for Misinterpreted Variables

  MATLAB Upgrades Support for HDF5 to Version 1.8.1

  Indirect Calls to Superclass Constructors Now Errors

  Functions Previously Only Available in the Image Processing Toolbox Now Available in MATLAB

  New Programmatic GUI Doc Example

  GUIDE Help Menu Enhanced

  New Interface to Microsoft .NET Framework

  Expanded Platform Support Added for MATLAB Serial Port

  Changes To Compiler Support

  Do Not Use mxFree to Destroy mxArrays

  Cannot Build MEX-Files Using MATLAB Version 5 API

  MEX-Files Calling BLAS or LAPACK Functions Must Be Updated On 64-Bit Platforms

  Object .o Files Saved on Macintosh Systems for Debugging

  Run-Time Libraries Required for Applications Built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Compiler

  New Features for Shared Library Interface

  New Java Thread Safety Functions

  Improved Robustness of Web Services Functions