Brackets and enclosed figures [n] in help?

Hi,

When I am searching something in MATLAB help with “Index”, many times I got entries with figures enclosed in brackets following them, like gca[1][2] and so on.

I initially thought these brackets with figures mean there are more than one hits such that [n] links to the nth link, but it turns out that they are not separately clickable. Only the entry keyword together with the following [1][2]..[n] together as a single part can be clicked.

What does these brackets and enclosed figures mean?

Bob

[Jan]

Where do you see the "gca[1][2]"?

[Walter Roberson]

That looks similar to what I've seen sometimes when using a text-only browser such as Lynx.

[Bob Li]

In Help, under "Index", then type "gca".

[bym]

I see them, but don't understand their purpose

[Walter Roberson]

I cannot find "Index" in "help" ?

[Bob Li]

In "Help" window, four tabs: Contents, *Index*, Search Results, Demos.

[Matt Tearle]

What version of MATLAB are you using?

[Bob Li]

I am using version 7.6

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Find page

Finding Information with the Help Browser

Click on

Using the Help Browser Index to Find Keywords in the Documentation

Skip the diagram and read "Follow these steps to use the Index." where it says,

3. Select a blue index entry from the list (where blue represents a hyperlink) to display the page to which the term refers. Multiple links per entry are denoted by numbers in brackets following the term. (Black index entries are only index headings and do not link to any page.)

Why that doesn't work in some versions is a different question, but the above describes what it is supposed to be.

[Bob Li]

Walter,

I am not sure, though it sounds plausible.

Bob