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algorithms
    vectorizing
animation
annotating plots
ans function
application program interface (API)
Array Editor
array operators
arrays
    cell
    character
    columnwise organization
    creating in M-files
    deleting rows and columns
    elements
    generating with functions and operators
    listing contents
    loading from external data files
    and matrices
    multidimensional
    notation for elements
    preallocating
    structure
    variable names
arrow keys for editing commands
aspect ratio of axes
AVI files
axes
    managing
    visibility
axis
    labels
    titles
axis function

bit map
break function
built-in functions
    defined

callbacks
case function
catch function
cell arrays
char function
character arrays
characteristic polynomial
colon operator
colormap
colors
    lines for plotting
Command History
command line
    editing
Command Window
complex numbers
    plotting
concatenation
    defined
    of strings
constants
    special
continue function
continuing statements on multiple lines
control keys for editing commands
current directory
Current Directory browser

data source
debugging M-files
deleting array elements
demos
    running from the Start button
desktop for MATLAB
desktop tools
determinant of matrix
diag function
documentation

editing command lines
Editor/Debugger
eigenvalue
eigenvector
elements of arrays
entering matrices
erase mode
eval function
executing MATLAB
exiting MATLAB
exporting graphs
expressions
    evaluating
    examples
    using in MATLAB

figure function
figure tools
figure windows
    with multiple plots
find function
finding object handles
fliplr function
floating-point numbers
flow control
for loop
format
    of output display
format function
function functions
function handles
    defined
    using
function keyword
function M-files
    naming
function of two variables
functions
    built-in, defined
    defined
    how to find
    running
    variable number of arguments

global variables
graphical user interface
    creating
    laying out
    programming
graphics
    files
    Handle Graphics
    objects
    printing
grids
GUIDE

Handle Graphics
    defined
    finding handles
Help browser
help functions
hold function

if function
images
imaginary numbers

keys for editing in Command Window

legend
    adding to plot
legend function
library
    mathematical function
lighting
limits
    axes
line continuation
line styles of plots
load function
loading arrays
local variables
log of functions used
logical vectors

magic function
magic square
markers
MAT-file
mathematical function library
mathematical functions
    listing advanced
    listing elementary
    listing matrix
MATLAB
    application program interface
    desktop
    executing
    exiting
    history
    language
    mathematical function library
    overview
    quitting
    running
    shutting down
    starting
MATLAB user newsgroup
matrices
    creating
    entering
matrix
    antidiagonal
    determinant
    main diagonal
    multiplication
    singular
    swapping columns
    symmetric
    transpose
mesh plot
M-files
    and toolboxes
    creating
    editing
    for creating arrays
    function
    script
Microsoft Word and access to MATLAB
movies
multidimensional arrays
multiple data sets
    plotting
multiple plots per figure
multivariate data
    organizing

newsgroup for MATLAB users
Notebook
numbers
    floating-point

object properties
objects
    finding handles
    graphics
online help
    viewing
operators
    colon
output
    controlling format
    suppressing
overlaying plots

path
plot function
plots
    editing
plotting
    adding legend
    adding plots
    basic
    complex data
    complex numbers
    contours
    editing
    functions
    line colors
    line styles
    lines and markers
    mesh and surface
    multiple data sets
    multiple plots
    overview
    tools
PostScript
preallocation
presentation graphics
print function
Printing
printing
    example
    graphics
Profiler
Property Editor
    interface
Property Inspector

quitting MATLAB

return function
revision control systems
    interfacing to MATLAB
running functions
running MATLAB

scalar expansion
scientific notation
script M-files
scripts
search path
semicolon to suppress output
shutting down MATLAB
singular matrix
source control systems
    interfacing to MATLAB
special constants
    infinity
    not-a-number
specialized graphs
Start button
starting MATLAB
statements
    continuing on multiple lines
    executing
strings
    concatenating
structures
subplot function
subscripting
    with logical vectors
subscripts
sum function
suppressing output
surface plot
switch function
symmetric matrix

text
    entering in MATLAB
TIFF
title
    figure
toolboxes
tools in the desktop
transpose function
try function

variables
    global
    local
vectorization
vectors
    logical
    preallocating
version control systems
    interfacing to MATLAB
visibility of axes

while loop
windows for plotting
windows in MATLAB
wireframe
    surface
Word and access to MATLAB
word processing access to MATLAB
workspace
Workspace browser

xor erase mode