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MATLAB
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The Language of Technical Computing

Computation Visualization Programming

Getting Started with MATLAB
Version 6

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Contents
Introduction

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What Is MATLAB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 The MATLAB System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 MATLAB Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 MATLAB Online Help . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Development Environment

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Starting and Quitting MATLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Starting MATLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Quitting MATLAB . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 MATLAB Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Desktop Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Command Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Launch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Help Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Current Directory Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Workspace Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Editor/Debugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14...