MATLAB Answers provides a collaborative environment for getting the best answers to your questions about MathWorks products. You can tap into the knowledge and experience of over 100,000 MATLAB Central members and MathWorks employees. You can:
As a reward for contributing great questions and answers, you earn points. The number of points you earn depends on the action taken. The more points you earn, the greater your reputation—with the bragging rights to match.
| When someone else… | You earn… |
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| Accepts your answer | 4 points |
| Votes up your answer | 2 points |
| Votes up your question | 1 point |
Before you ask a question, look around to see if the question has already been asked and answered. You can browse for questions, or you can use search suggestions or tags. All questions are tagged with one or more keywords to help others find questions and answers of interest. The number of answers and votes is often an indicator of answer quality.
If your research did not provide an answer to your specific question, go ahead and ask it. The community is very responsive, so check back soon for answers.
If you are unable to answer a question because it is not clear, comment on the question to ask for clarification or more detail.
Directives are commands that you can append to the URL to filter or sort your content on MATLAB Answers.
| To find this content | Use this directive | Examples |
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| Tags on published submissions | tag: | |
| All content asked, answered, or commented by a contributor | contributor: | |
| Content asked by a contributor | asked_by: | |
| Content answered by a contributorr | answered_by: |
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| Content commented by a contributor | commented_by: | |
| Date question was asked, within last 7 or 30 days | asked_at: | |
| Status of questions: accepted, answered, or unanswered | status: | |
| Users with a public profile in which the Company/Organization field contains this string | organization: | |
| Answer text includes the text string | answer: | |
| Comment text includes the text string | comment: | |
| Question text includes the text string | question: | |
| Title text includes the text string | title: | |
| Category | category: | |
| Product related to discussion | product: |
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