Thread Subject: Total Matlab newb needs your help

Hi , I have been asked to design a neural network in matlab that takes vectors of handwritten digits as the training data. Then I have been given some testing data to see if the network works. The data is of the form 47,100, 27, 81, 57, 37, 26, 0, 0, 23, 56, 53,100, 90, 40, 98, 8 for the number 8 and I have over 7000 of these. I have absolutely no idea how to get matlab to do this as I have only just started using it any useful guides or links could really help as I am really stressing over it.

Thanks in advance