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matrix and graphing Bucky ball defined distance between nodes node numbering nodes aggregation airflow modeling airy Airy functions relationship to modified Bessel functions algorithms vectorizing aligning GUI components aligning scattered data multi-dimensional two-dimensional Alignment Tool, for GUIs ALim, Axes property 1692 all allchild function allocation of storage (automatic) alpha channels in PNG files alpha values AlphaData image property surface property 1916 surfaceplot property AlphaDataMapping image property patch property 1860 surface property 1916 surfaceplot property ambient light AmbientLightColor, Axes property 1693 AmbientLightColor property illustration AmbientStrength Patch property 1860 Surface property 1917 surfaceplot property AmbientStrength property illustration amp1dae demo analytical partial derivatives (BVP) and AND, logical bit-wise and (M-file function equivalent for &) and (M-file function equivalent for &) angle animation animation erase modes for movies annotating graphs annotating graphs adding a title adding labels adding plots of data statistics adding text annotating plots annotating plots anonymous functions anonymous functions changing variables constructing evaluating variables example -- multiple anonymous functions example -- passing a function to quad in cell arrays representing mathematical functions using space characters in with no input arguments ans ans function answer, assigned to ans anti-diagonal any API access methods memory management AppleScript running from MATLAB application data application M-file application options application program interface (API) arccosecant arccosine arccotangent arcsecant arcsine arctangent four-quadrant area area area graphs area graphs argument checking argument passing, from Java methods data conversion built-in data types conversions you can perform Java objects argument passing, to Java methods data conversion built-in arrays built-in data types Java object arrays Java object cell 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(arithmetic operator) shift circularly shifting dimensions of size of sorting elements of structure structure structure structure sum of elements swapping dimensions of swapping dimensions of transpose (arithmetic operator) array access methods mat Array Editor Array Editor preferences array editor decimal separator array headers memory requirements array operators arrays arrays arrays arrays arrays and matrices cell cell cell array of strings character columnwise organization concatenating diagonally copying creating in M-files deleting rows and columns deleting rows and columns detecting empty diagonal dimensions inverse permutation editing editing elements empty empty expanding flipping functions changing indexing style creating a matrix determining data type finding matrix structure or shape modifying matrix shape multidimensional arrays sorting and shifting functions for diagonals generating with functions and operators getting dimensions of hybrid linear indexing listing contents loading from external data files logical indexing MATLAB maximum size of multidimensional multidimensional multidimensional notation for elements numeric converting to cell array of strings opening persistent preallocating reshaping rotating serial port object shifting sorting column data sorting row data sorting row vectors sparse storage structure temporary temporary transposing variable names workspace arrays, Java accessing elements of assigning the empty matrix values to with single subscripts comparison with MATLAB arrays concatenation of creating a copy creating a reference creating in MATLAB creating with javaArray dimensionality of dimensions indexing with colon operator with single subscripts with single subscripts linear arrays passed by reference representing in MATLAB sizing subscripted deletion using the end subscript arrays, storing images arrow keys Command Window usage Editor/Debugger arrow keys for editing commands arrowhead matrix arrows adding to a graph ASCII delimited files writing ASCII data ASCII data converting sparse matrix after loading from definition of exporting exporting delimited data exporting with diary function formats importing importing delimited files importing mixed alphabetic and numeric data importing space-delimited data printable characters (list of) reading reading formatted text reading from disk saving saving to disk specifying delimiter used in file using the Import Wizard with with text headers writing ASCII file mode ASCII files viewing contents of ASCII flat file asec asecd asech asin asind asinh aspect ratio for realistic objects for surface displays properties that affect specifying aspect ratio of axes aspect ratio of axes aspect ratio of axes aspect ratio of figures aspect ratio of figures See also printing assignin assignment statements building structure arrays with local and global variables asv atan atan2 atand atanh attributes retrieving from HDF files writing to an HDF file audio saving in AVI format signal conversion signal conversion audioplayer audiorecorder aufinfo auread autoinit cells converting input cells to converting to input cells defining AutoInit style definition of automatic completion of statement automation client controller controller server autosave AutoScale quivergroup property AutoScaleFactor quivergroup property autoselection of OpenGL 1771 auwrite average of array elements average,running avi AVI files avifile aviinfo aviread Axes creating 1687 defining default properties 1691 fixed-width font 1701 property descriptions 1692 axes axes axes axes axes adding labels adding text aspect ratio aspect ratio aspect ratio 2-D 3-D properties that affect specifying automatic modes axis control axis direction camera properties CLim property color limits ColorOrder property colors controlling the shape of default aspect ratio individual axis control labeling labels font properties using TeX characters limits example locking position making grids coincident managing multiaxis multiple multiple multiple in GUI NextPlot property overlapping plot box position rectangle positioning preparing to accept graphics properties for labeling protecting from output scaling scaling independent setting limits line styles used for plotting setting and querying data aspect ratio setting and querying limits setting and querying plot box aspect ratio setting limits standard plotting behavior stretch-to-fill target for graphics tick marks locating units unlocking position visibility with two x- and y-axes axes 1687 editing axes, plotting when hidden axis axis axis axis auto equal equal ij illustrated examples, 2-D illustrated examples, 3-D image image labels manual normal square square tight tight titles vis3d xy axis crossing See zero of a function axis function axis labels, rotating azimuth of viewpoint azimuth of viewpoint default 2-D default 3-D limitations azimuth (spherical coordinates) BackFaceLighting Surface property 1917 surfaceplot property BackFaceLighting property illustration BackFaceLightingpatch property 1861 background color chunk PNG files background color, of text BackGroundColor Uicontrol property BackgroundColor annotation textbox property Text property 1935 backing store BackingStore, Figure property 1751 backup Editor/Debugger autosave badly conditioned balance ballode demo bandwidth of sparse matrix, reducing bang (!) function bang function bar bar bar graphs 3-D grouped 2-D 3-D horizontal labeling labeling overlaid with plots stacked bar3 bar3 bar3 bar3h bar3h barh BarLayout barseries property BarWidth barseries property base date base (numeric), converting base to decimal conversion base two operations conversion from decimal to binary logarithm next power of two base workspace base2dec BaseLine barseries property stem property BaseValue area property barseries property stem property Basic Fitting interface batch mode for starting MATLAB batch mode for starting MATLAB (UNIX) batonode demo BaudRate bcc53engmatopts.bat bcc53opts.bat bcc54engmatopts.bat bcc54opts.bat bcc55engmatopts.bat bcc55opts.bat bccengmatopts.bat bccopts.bat beep beep Command Window preferences Editor/Debugger preferences in Editor/Debugger BeingDeleted areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property group property group property group property hggroup property 1797 hgtransform property 1809 light property 1821 line property 1832 lineseries property quivergroup property rectangle property 1888 scatter property stairseries property stem property surface property 1917 surfaceplot property transform property 1861 Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property Bessel functions first kind modified, first kind modified, second kind second kind Bessel functions, modified relationship to Airy functions besseli besselj besselk Bessel's equation (defined) modified (defined) bessely beta beta function (defined) incomplete (defined) natural logarithm betainc betaln bicg bicgstab BiConjugate Gradients method BiConjugate Gradients Stabilized method bicubic interpolation big endian formats big endian formats bilinear interpolation bin2dec binary data writing to file files reading mode for opened files binary data binary data binary data controlling data type of values read reading from a device reading from disk saving to disk using the Import Wizard using the Import Wizard with writing to writing to a device binary file mode binary files importing binary from decimal conversion binary images binary to decimal conversion bins, specifying for histogram bisection search bit depth querying bit depths supported See also index entries for individual file formats bit map bitand bitcmp bitget bitmaps reading writing bitmax bitor bitset bitshift bit-wise operations AND get OR set bit shift XOR bitxor blank line blank spaces in MATLAB commands blanks blanks blanks finding in string arrays removing from strings removing trailing BLAS and LAPACK functions building MEX files for building MEX files for example of handling complex numbers passing arguments specifying the function name blkdiag block comments extending blue breakpoint icon BMP BMP files reading writing bold font TeX characters 1951 bookmarks in files in Editor/Debugger in Help browser Boolean searching in Help browser boundary conditions BVP BVP example PDE PDE example Boundary Value Problems. See BVP box Box, Axes property 1693 braces, curly (special characters) brackets (special characters) break break break function breaking long lines BreakInterruptFcn breakpoints breakpoints anonymous functions blue icon clearing, automatically clearing (removing) conditional disabling and enabling listing multiple per line removing resuming execution from running file setting setting in M-files setting in M-files types brighten brighten Bring MATLAB to Front browser browser for help Help Web, in MATLAB Brusselator system (ODE example) brussode demo BSTR bubble plot (scatter function) Buckminster Fuller Buckminster Fuller dome Bucky ball buffer input, serial port object output, serial port object bugs, reporting to The MathWorks builtin built-in editor built-in functions built-in functions defined forcing a built-in call identifying burgersode demo BusyAction areaseries property Axes property 1693 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1752 hggroup property 1797 hgtransform property 1809 Image property Light property 1821 Line property Line property patch property 1861 quivergroup property rectangle property 1888 Root property 1897 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1918 surfaceplot property Text property 1936 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property button groups adding components ButtonDownFcn area series property Axes property 1694 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1752 hggroup property 1798 hgtransform property 1810 Image property Light property 1822 Line property 1833 lineseries property patch property 1862 quivergroup property rectangle property 1889 Root property 1897 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1918 surfaceplot property Text property 1937 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property buttons on toolbar BVP defined rewriting as first-order system BVP solver basic syntax evaluate solution at specific points examples boundary condition at infinity (shockbvp) Mathieu's Equation (mat4bvp) multipoint terms rapid solution changes (shockbvp) singular terms initial guess multipoint terms performance representing problems singular terms unknown parameters BVP solver properties BVP solver properties analytical partial derivatives error tolerance Jacobian matrix mesh querying property structure singular BVPs solution statistics vectorization bvp4c bvpget bvpinit bvpset bvpval ByteOrder BytesAvailable BytesAvailableFcn BytesAvailableFcnCount BytesAvailableFcnMode C++ and MATLAB OOP C example convec.c doubleelem.c findnz.c fulltosparse.c phonebook.c revord.c sincall.c timestwo.c timestwoalt.c xtimesy.c C language data types debugging MEX-files C language example basic calling MATLAB functions calling user-defined functions handling 8-, 16-, 32-bit data handling arrays handling complex data handling sparse arrays passing multiple values persistent array strings C/C++ editing files in Editor/Debugger caching caching caching MATLAB directory MATLAB directory M-files search path calc zones defining ensuring workspace consistency in M-books evaluating output from calendar CallBack Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property callback callback arguments serial port object functions properties callback functions creating specifying callback syntax CallbackObject, Root property 1897 callbacks callbacks callbacks callbacks adding to GUI M-file in GUIDE function handles used for in shortcuts interrupting types using function handles for caller workspace calling context calling from MATLAB calling MATLAB functions storing as pseudocode camdolly camdolly camera dollying position moving camera and target postions placing a light at positioning to view objects rotating around camera target rotating around camera target rotating around viewing axis setting and querying position setting and querying projection type setting and querying target setting and querying up vector setting and querying view angle camera position, moving camera properties illustration showing camera toolbar CameraPosition, Axes property 1694 CameraPosition property and perspective fly-by CameraPositionMode, Axes property 1694 CameraPositionMode property CameraTarget, Axes property 1695 CameraTarget property CameraTargetMode, Axes property 1695 CameraTargetMode property CameraUpVector, Axes property 1695 CameraUpVector property CameraUpVector property example CameraUpVectorMode, Axes property 1695 CameraUpVectorMode property CameraViewAngle, Axes property 1695 CameraViewAngle property and perspective zooming with CameraViewAngleMode, Axes property 1695 CameraViewAngleMode property CameraViewAngleMode property camlight camlookat camlookat camorbit camorbit campan campan campos campos camproj camproj camroll camroll camtarget camtarget camup camup camva camva camzoom camzoom canonical class capitalization in MATLAB CaptureMatrix, Root property 1897 CaptureRect, Root property 1897 cart2pol cart2sph Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates case case case in switch statement (defined) lower to upper upper to lower case conversion case conversion case function case sensitivity in MATLAB cast cat cat cat cat sparse operands using with Java arrays using with Java objects catch catch catch function caxis Cayley-Hamilton theorem cd cd (ftp) CData Image property scatter property Surface property 1918 surfaceplot property Uicontrol property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property CData property CData property images patches CDataMapping Image property patch property 1864 Surface property 1919 surfaceplot property CDataMapping property CDataMapping property CDataMapping property images patches CDataMode surfaceplot property CDatapatch property 1862 CDataSource scatter property surfaceplot property cdf2rdf cdfepoch cdfinfo cdfread cdfwrite ceil cell cell cell building nested arrays with preallocating empty arrays with using with Java objects cell array conversion to from numeric array creating structure of, displaying cell arrays cell arrays cell arrays cell arrays cell arrays accessing a subset of cells accessing data adding cells to applying functions to cell indexing concatenating content indexing converting from Java object converting to numeric array creating using assignments with cells function with curly braces deleting cells deleting dimensions displaying editing expanding flat functions growing growing indexing multidimensional nested building with the cells function indexing of strings comparing strings functions of structures organizing data preallocating preallocating replacing comma-separated list with reshaping visualizing with anonymous function elements cell groups converting to input cells creating definition of evaluating output from cell indexing accessing a subset of cells cell markers defined hiding printing cell mode cell scripts cell2mat cell2struct celldisp celldisp cellfun cellplot cellplot cells beep defining in M-files evaluating removing cells in M-File Editor/Debugger cgs char char overloading toChar in Java char data type char function character arrays character arrays categorizing characters of comparing comparing values on cell arrays conversion converting to cell arrays creating delimiting character evaluating finding a substring functions functions that create functions that modify in cell arrays padding for equal row length removing trailing blanks representation scalar searching and replacing searching or comparing token two-dimensional using relational operators on character encoding default character set lossless data coversion Unicode character set preference for MAT-files characteristic polynomial characteristic polynomial of matrix characteristic roots of matrix characters characters conversion, in format specification string conversion, in format specification string corresponding ASCII values escape, in format specification string escape, in format specification string finding in string used as delimiters characters and strings check boxes check boxes check boxes Checked, Uimenu property checkerboard pattern (example) checkin checkin examples on UNIX platforms options checking in files on UNIX platforms checking out files on PC platforms on UNIX platforms undoing on PC platforms undoing on UNIX platforms checkout checkout examples on UNIX platforms options child functions Children areaseries property Axes property 1696 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1753 hggroup property 1798 hgtransform property 1810 Image property Light property 1822 Line property 1833 lineseries property patch property 1865 quivergroup property rectangle property 1889 Root property 1897 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1919 surfaceplot property Text property 1937 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uitoolbar property chol chol sparse matrices Cholesky factorization Cholesky factorization (as algorithm for solving linear equations) lower triangular factor minimum degree ordering and (sparse) preordering for sparse matrices cholinc cholupdate circshift cla cla clabel clabel clabel class class class using in Java class directories class, object See object classes classes classes classes clearing definition constructor method debugging designing field names loaded matlab methods required by MATLAB object-oriented methods overview classes, Java built-in defining identifying using which importing loading into workspace making available to MATLAB sources for third-party user-defined classpath.txt finding and editing using with Java archive files using with Java classes using with Java packages clc clc clc clear clear clear clear ClearCase source control system configuring on UNIX platforms clearing clearing Command Window Command Window items from workspace Java import list variables clf clf ClickedCallback Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property clicking on multiple items client (DDE) CLim, Axes property 1697 CLimMode, Axes property 1697 clipboard clipboard clipboard importing binary data Clipping areaseries property Axes property 1697 barseries property contour property errrobar property Figure property 1753 hggroup property 1798 hgtransform property 1810 Image property Light property 1822 Line property 1833 lineseries property quivergroup property rectangle property 1889 Root property 1897, 1898 Root property 1897, 1898 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1919 surfaceplot property Text property 1937 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Clippingpatch property 1865 clock close close AVI files close request function default closereq.m CloseRequestFcn, Figure property 1753 CloseRequestFcn property default value errors in overriding closest point search closest point searches Delaunay triangulation closest triangle search closing closing closing desktop tools files files MATLAB MATLAB M-files closing figures closing MATLAB, errors occurring when cmapeditor cmopts Code check report checking M-files code code examples code iteration code resources code samples sample code colamd colamd minimum degree ordering Collatz problem collections colmmd colmmd column permutation colon using in Java array access using in Java array assignment colon operator colon operator colon operator for multidimensional array subscripting scalar expansion with Color annotation arrow property annotation doublearrow property annotation line property annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property Axes property 1697 errorbar property Figure property 1755 Light property 1822 Line property 1833 lineseries property quivergroup property stairseries property stem property Text property 1937 color general preferences indicators for syntax printing M-book color limits, calculating color of GUI background colorbar colorbar colordef colormap colormap colormap colormap editor Colormap, Figure property 1755 colormaps colormaps colormaps altering brightening brightness component of TV signal converting from RGB to HSV displaying for surfaces functions that create plotting RGB components range of RGB values in simulating multiple ColorOrder ColorOrder, Axes property 1697 colors colors colors colors changing color scheme colormaps controlled by axes in M-files indexed indexed direct scaled interpreted by surfaces lines for plotting mapping to data NTSC encoding of of patches of surface plots preferences in MATLAB scaling algorithm specifying figure colors specifying for surface plot, example truecolor specifying typical RGB values used for plotting ColorSpec colperm colperm column numbers column separators defined COM COM automation server collections concepts controller Count property event handler function Item method launching server limitations of MATLAB support MATLAB as automation client object methods inspect ismethod isprop ProgID ProgID ProgID ProgID server use in the MATLAB Engine combinations of n elements combs comet comet3 comma (special characters) command flags Command History Command History about deleting entries in window file preferences printing window contents running functions from window command line command line defined editing editing command name automatic completion command switches command syntax Command Window Command Window Command Window bringing to front in Notebook clearing clearing cursor position editing in get width help paging of output in preferences printing contents of prompt width Command Window scroll buffer command/function duality commandhistory command-line accessibility of GUIs commands commands executing a group of help for help for on multiple lines system to operating system UNIX commands. See individual commands. commands. See individual commands. commandwindow comma-separated lists FFT example generating from cell array generating from structure replacing with cell array usage concatenation constructing arrays displaying arrays function call arguments function return values comments comments adding/removing with any text editor adding/removing with Editor/Debugger block color indicators creating in Editor/Debugger in code in scripts and functions multiline statements purpose using ... (ellipsis) within a line common elements See set operations, intersection comp.soft-sys.matlab compan companion matrix Compaq Visual Fortran compiler debugging comparing comparing sparse and full matrix storage strings comparing working copy to source control version on PC platforms compass compass compass plots compiler changing on UNIX debugging Compaq Visual Fortran Microsoft Watcom preconfigured options file selecting on Windows supported compiling MAT-file application UNIX Windows complementary error function (defined) scaled (defined) complete elliptic integral (defined) modulus of modulus of completing statements automatically complex complex exponential (defined) logarithm logarithm numbers numbers, sorting numbers, sorting phase angle sine unitary matrix See also imaginary complex arrays memory requirements complex conjugate sorting pairs of complex conjugate transpose operator complex data complex data creating in Fortran complex number functions complex numbers complex numbers creating plotting complex numbers, magnitude complex numbers, plotting with feather complex Schur form complex values in sparse matrix compopts.bat compression compression lossy MAT-files and Fig-Files computational functions computational functions applying to cell arrays applying to multidimensional arrays applying to sparse matrices applying to structure fields in M-file computational geometry multidimensional two-dimensional computational routine computational routine computer computer computer MATLAB is running on computer type concatenation concatenation concatenation concatenation defined functions of arrays of cell arrays of diagonal matrices of Java arrays of Java objects of matrices of strings of strings of unlike data types cond condeig condest condition number of matrix condition number of matrix improving conditional breakpoints conditional statements cone plots coneplot configuration problems UNIX Windows Windows configuration, desktop configuration management See source control system interface configuring Notebook confirmation dialog boxes preferences conj conjugate, complex sorting pairs of connecting to FTP server console mode constants special constructor methods guidelines using class in containers for graphics objects containment content indexing to access cell contents content of M-files, searching Contents in Help browser synchronizing preference contents of sparse matrix Contents tab in Help browser description synchronizing with display Contents.m file contents.m file context menu context menus context menus associating with an object creating with GUIDE menu items parent menu continuation (..., special characters) continue continue continue function continued fraction expansion continuing long statements continuing statements on multiple lines contour contour and mesh plot 1730 filled plot 1724 functions 1721 of mathematical expression 1722 with surface plot 1746 contour plots algorithm filled in polar coordinates labeling specifying contour levels specifying contour levels contour3 contour3 contourc contourc contourc contourf contourf contourf ContourMatrix contour property contours in slice planes contourslice contrast control keys editing commands Editor/Debugger control keys for editing commands control pins serial port object, using control statements break case catch continue else elseif for if otherwise return switch try while conv conv conv2 convec.c convec.f conversation (DDE) conversion conversion base to decimal binary to decimal Cartesian to cylindrical Cartesian to polar complex diagonal to real block diagonal cylindrical to Cartesian decimal number to base decimal number to base decimal to binary decimal to hexadecimal full to sparse hexadecimal to decimal integer to string lowercase to uppercase matrix to string numeric array to cell array numeric array to logical array numeric array to string partial fraction expansion to pole-residue polar to Cartesian pole-residue to partial fraction expansion real to complex Schur form spherical to Cartesian string matrix to cell array string to numeric array uppercase to lowercase vector to character string Word document to M-book conversion characters in format specification string conversion characters in format specification string conversion, data in Java method arguments converter methods converting cases of strings cases of strings dates numbers strings converting numeric and string data types converting numeric to string converting string to numeric converting the data class of an indexed image convex hulls convex hulls multidimensional multidimensional vizualization two-dimensional two-dimensional vizualization convhull convhulln convn convolution convolution inverse See deconvolution two-dimensional coordinate system and viewpoint coordinate system and viewpoint coordinates Cartesian Cartesian Cartesian Cartesian cylindrical cylindrical cylindrical polar polar polar spherical coordinates.See also conversion copyfile copying figures options copying a Java array copying graphics objects copyobj 1716 corrcoef correlation coefficients cos cos cosd cosecant hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic cosh cosine hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic cot cotangent hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic cotd coth Count property cov covariance cplxpair cputime CreateFcn areaseries property Axes property 1698 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1755 group property 1810 hggroup property 1798 Image property Light property 1822 Line property 1833 lineseries property patch property 1865 quivergroup property rectangle property 1889 Root property 1898 scatter property stairseries property stemseries property Surface property 1919 surfaceplot property Text property 1937 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property creating creating cell array multidimensional array sparse matrix string array strings structure array timer objects creating your own MATLAB functions cropping graphics in M-books cross cross cross product csc cscd csch cssm csvread csvwrite ctranspose (M-file function equivalent for ') cubic interpolation cubic interpolation cubic interpolation multidimensional one-dimensional piecewise Hermite spline cubic spline interpolation multidimensional one-dimensional three-dimensional two-dimensional cumprod cumsum cumtrapz cumulative product sum CUR files reading curl curly braces for cell array indexing in cell array syntax to build cell arrays to nest cell arrays curly braces (special characters) current axes figure object current directory current directory current directory at startup for MATLAB changing changing contents of field in toolbar relevance to MATLAB tool Current Directory browser Current Directory browser preferences current figure CurrentAxes 1755 CurrentAxes, Figure property 1756 CurrentCharacter, Figure property 1756 CurrentFigure, Root property 1898 CurrentMenu, Figure property (obsolete) 1756 CurrentObject, Figure property 1756 CurrentPoint Axes property 1698 Figure property 1756 cursor images reading cursor position cursors See pointers Curvature, rectangle property 1890 curve fitting Basic Fitting interface error bounds exponential polynomial polynomial curve fitting graph data curve fitting (polynomial) curves computing length customverctrl Cuthill-McKee reverse ordering Cuthill-McKee ordering, reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering, reverse cylinder cylindrical coordinates cylindrical coordinates cylindrical coordinates DAE solution of daspect data data ASCII reading from disk ASCII, saving to disk binary writing to file binary, dependence upon array size and type binary, saving to disk computing 2-D stream lines computing 3-D stream lines formatted reading from files writing to file formatting formatting isosurface from volume data reading binary from disk reading from files reducing number of elements in smoothing 3-D writing to strings data access within Java objects data, aligning scattered multi-dimensional two-dimensional data analysis column-oriented data, ASCII converting sparse matrix after loading from data aspect ratio of axes data bits data class hierarchy data consistency calc zones in M-books evaluating M-books in M-book data cursor data filtering. See filtering data fitting. See curve fitting data format serial port data gridding multidimensional data, MATLAB exporting from importing to data organization cell arrays multidimensional arrays structure arrays data sets See HDF data sets data source data statistics formatting plots of plotting plotting Data Statistics tool example interface saving to workspace data storage data tips See also data cursor data type C language cell arrays checking complex double-precision nonsparse matrix empty arrays Fortran language MAT-file MATLAB MATLAB string multidimensional arrays numeric matrix objects sparse arrays sparse matrices structures data types data types data types 8-bit integers cell arrays cell arrays of strings combining unlike data types complex complex numbers dates and times determining double precision double-precision floating point double-precision single-precision infinity integers java classes logical logicals NaN numeric precision reading files specifying for input structure arrays user-defined classes data. See also multivariate data statistical data univariate data DataAspectRatio, Axes property 1699 DataAspectRatio property DataAspectRatio property example images DataAspectRatioMode, Axes property 1700 DataAspectRatioMode property DataBits DataTerminalReady datatipinfo datatips example DataToOutput date date date and time functions date and time functions date string format of date vector datenum datenum dates base conversions handling and converting number string, vector of input dates and times datestr datestr datevec datevec dbclear dbclear dbcont dbdown dblmat.f dblquad dbmex dbmex dbquit dbstack dbstatus dbstep dbstop dbstop example dbtype dbup DCE DCOM (distributed component object model) using MATLAB as a server DDE rewriting as first-order system DDE (dynamic data exchange) accessing MATLAB as server advisory links client conversation hot link item MATLAB requesting data from sending commands to sending data to using as client name hierarchy notifying when data changes server service name topic topic engine system warm link Windows clipboard formats DDE solver basic syntax discontinuities evaluating solution at specific points examples cardiovascular model (ddex2) straightforward example (ddex1) performance representing problems DDE solver properties error tolerance event location solver output step size dde23 ddeadv ddeexec ddeget ddeinit ddephas2 output function ddephas3 output function ddeplot output function ddepoke ddeprint output function ddereq ddeset ddeterm ddeunadv ddex1 demo ddex2 demo deal deblank deblank Debugger debugging debugging debugging changing workspace context changing workspace to calling M-file displaying function call stack ending errors and warnings example features MEX-files on UNIX M-files M-files M-files options Notebook prompt removing breakpoints resuming execution from breakpoint setting breakpoints in setting breakpoints in stepping stepping through lines techniques with unsaved changes debugging C language MEX-files UNIX Windows debugging class methods debugging Fortran language MEX-files UNIX Windows debugging M-files dec2base dec2base dec2bin dec2hex decic function decimal number to base conversion decimal number to base conversion decimal places in output decimal point (.) (special characters) to distinguish matrix and array operations decimal representation to binary to hexadecimal decomposition decomposition Dulmage-Mendelsohn "economy-size" "economy-size" eigenvalue orthogonal-triangular (QR) Schur Schur singular value singular value singular value deconv deconvolution deconvolution default default aspect ratio aspect ratio of figure windows azimuth 2-D 3-D CameraPosition CameraTarget CameraUpVector CameraViewAngle CloseRequestFcn elevation 2-D 3-D factory figure color scheme Projection property values removing search path, diagram setting to factory defaults view default line styles, setting and removing defaults preferences for MATLAB setting in startup file for MATLAB Define Autoinit Cell Define Calc Zone Define Input Cell definite integral del operator del2 del2 delaunay Delaunay tessellation 3-dimensional vizualization multidimensional vizualization Delaunay tessellations Delaunay triangulation Delaunay triangulation closest point searches vizualization delaunay3 delaunayn Delay Differential Equations. See DDE delaying program execution using timers delete delete delete timer object delete (ftp) delete function preference for recycling DeleteFcn areaseries property Axes property 1700 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1758 hggroup property 1799 hgtransform property 1811 Image property Light property 1822 lineseries property quivergroup property Root property 1898 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1920 surfaceplot property Text property 1938, 1939 Text property 1938, 1939 Uicontextmenu property Uicontextmenu property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property DeleteFcn, line property 1834 DeleteFcn, rectangle property 1890 DeleteFcnpatch property 1865 deleting deleting deleting cells from cell array fields from structure arrays files files items from workspace matrix rows and columns variables deleting array elements deleting array elements deleting files deleting graphics objects deletion operator delimiter matching in Editor/Debugger delimiter in string delimiter matching Command Window preferences Editor/Debugger preferences delimiters defined delimiters in ASCII files delimiters in ASCII files demo demos running from the Start button density density of sparse matrix sparse matrix depdir dependence, linear dependent functions depfun derivative approximate polynomial derivatives polynomial deselecting objects desktop active window color preferences configuration description focus font preferences for layout saving layout, predefined options starting without tools closing opening windows closing docking grouping together moving opening sizing undocking desktop for MATLAB desktop tools det Detect detecting alphabetic characters empty arrays finite numbers global variables infinite elements logical arrays members of a set NaNs objects of a given class positive, negative, and zero array elements prime numbers real numbers sparse matrix determinant of a matrix determinant of matrix determinant of matrix detrend deval development environment for MATLAB df50engmatopts.bat df50opts.bat df60engmatopts.bat df61opts.bat df66opts.bat diag diag diag function diagonal diagonal anti- creating sparse matrix from k-th (illustration) main sparse diagonal matrices dialog dialog box error help input list message print question warning diary diary diary diary diary file Diary, Root property 1898 DiaryFile, Root property 1898 diff diff report difference equations differences between adjacent array elements between sets differential equation solvers defining an ODE problem ODE boundary value problems adjusting parameters extracting properties extracting properties of extracting properties of extracting properties of extracting properties of forming initial guess ODE initial value problems adjusting parameters of extracting properties of parabolic-elliptic PDE problems differential equations boundary value problems for ODEs initial value problems for DAEs initial value problems for DDEs initial value problems for ODEs partial differential equations differential-algebraic equations. See DAE diffuse reflection DiffuseStrength Surface property 1920 surfaceplot property DiffuseStrength property illustration DiffuseStrengthpatch property 1866 digamma function DIGITAL Visual Fortran compiler debugging dim argument for cat dimension statement (lack of in MATLAB) dimensions dimensions deleting permuting removing singleton size of Diophantine equations dir dir dir (ftp) direct color mapping direct methods systems of sparse equations direct term of a partial fraction expansion direction cosines directories directories directories adding to path adding to search path checking existence of class Contents.m file copying copying creating creating deleting help for listing contents of listing MATLAB files in listing, on UNIX MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB caching caching caching private functions for private methods for removing removing from search path renaming searching contents of temporary See also current directory, search path See also directory, search path directory directory changing on FTP server eng_mat listing for FTP server making on FTP server MATLAB location mex mx refbook root temporary system See also directories directory, changing directory, current directory organization MAT-file application Microsoft Windows UNIX directory path convention disabling breakpoints disconnect discontinuities DDE solver discontinuities, eliminating (in arrays of phase angles) discontinuities, plotting functions with 1743 discontinuous problems discrete data graphs stairstep plots stem plots discrete Fourier transform. See Fourier transforms disp disp disp memmapfile object timer object dispatch type display display serial port object display format display function overloading toString in Java display method examples display pane in Help browser displaying displaying displaying cell arrays field names for structure array output sparse matrices displaying an image displaying an image displaying output in Command Window displaying source control properties of a file DisplayName areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property lineseries property quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property distance between nodes distributed component object model. See DCOM. distribution Gaussian Dithermap 1758 DithermapMode, Figure property 1758 dividers for cells division array, left (arithmetic operator) array, right (arithmetic operator) by zero matrix, left (arithmetic operator) matrix, right (arithmetic operator) of polynomials division operators left division matrix left division matrix right division right division divisor greatest common dll extension dll libraries data conversion enumerated types primitive types reference pointers references strings structures library functions getting information about invoking functions passing arguments loading the library MATLAB interface to unloading the library DLLs locating dlmread dlmwrite dmperm do not show again preferences Dockable, Figure property 1758 docking windows in desktop docsearch document bar document name width documentation documentation documentation displaying online printing problems, reporting viewing documenting MEX-file documenting MEX-file dolly camera dos dot dot product dot product dot product dots (...) double double double converting image data to double converting to uint16 converting to uint8 converting to uint8 or uint16 overloading toDouble in Java double buffering double click, detecting 1773 double integral numerical evaluation double precision DoubleBuffer, Figure property 1758 doubleelem.c double-precision matrix downloading M-files downloading files downloading files from FTP server dragging in the desktop dragrect 1719 DrawMode, Axes property 1701 drawnow 1720 dsearch dsearchn DTE duality, command/function Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition dynamic data exchange. See DDE. dynamic field names in structure arrays dynamic memory allocation in Fortran mxCalloc dynamically linked subroutines Earth Observing System (EOS) echo echo execution Echo, Root property 1898 edge effects and lighting edge finding, Sobel technique EdgeAlpha patch property 1866 surface property 1920 surfaceplot property EdgeColor annotation ellipse property annotation rectangle property annotation textbox property areaseries property barseries property patch property 1866 Surface property 1921 surfaceplot property Text property 1938 EdgeColor property EdgeColor, rectangle property 1890 EdgeLighting patch property 1867 Surface property 1921 surfaceplot property EdgeLighting property edges of patches edit creating new M-file in Editor/Debugger edit text edit text edit text editable text editable text editable text editing editing in Command Window M-files M-files outside of MATLAB without running MATLAB editing command lines editing plots interactively Editor see Editor/Debugger editor editor accessing built-in external to MATLAB for creating M-files setting as default Editor, stand-alone (Windows) Editor/Debugger Editor/Debugger arranging documents closing closing files description example go to bookmark function line number indenting modifying values navigation keys opening files other text files preferences rule displayed status bar function viewing values EDU>> prompt in Command Window efficient programming efficient programming eig eig eigensystem transforming eigenvalue eigenvalue accuracy of complex matrix logarithm and modern approach to computation of of companion matrix problem problem problem, generalized problem, generalized problem, polynomial repeated Wilkinson test matrix and eigenvalues eigenvalues effect of roundoff error improving accuracy of sparse matrix eigenvector eigenvector left matrix, generalized right eigenvectors eigs electrical circuits DAE example element-by-element organization for structures elements of arrays elevation of viewpoint elevation of viewpoint default 2-D default 3-D limitations elevation (spherical coordinates) ellipj ellipke ellipses (...) in statements ellipsoid elliptic functions, Jacobian (defined) elliptic integral complete (defined) modulus of modulus of else else else, elseif elseif elseif Emacs key bindings in Editor/Debugger Embed Figures in M-book embedding graphics in M-book Emden's equation example empty arrays empty arrays and if statement and relational operators and while loops empty matrices empty matrix conversion to Java NULL in Java array assignment empty string conversion to Java object Enable Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitogglehtool property encoding preference when saving end end end use with Java arrays end caps for isosurfaces end method end of file end of file end of line, indicating ending MATLAB ending plot edit mode end-of-file indicator engClose engClose engdemo.c engEvalString engGetVariable engGetVariable engGetVisible engine example calling MATLAB from C program from Fortran program engine functions engine library communicating with MATLAB UNIX Windows eng_mat directory eng_mat directory engOpen engOpen engOpenSingleUse engopts.sh engOutputBuffer engPutVariable engSetVisible engwindemo.c engwindemo.c entering matrices environment settings at startup environment variables eomday EOS (Earth Observing System) sources of information eps eps epsilon eq equal arrays detecting detecting equal sign (special characters) equal to operator equations, linear accuracy of solution erase mode erase modes and printing background images none xor EraseMode areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property hggroup property 1799 hgtransform property 1811 Image property Line property 1834 lineseries property quivergroup property rectangle property 1891 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1922 surfaceplot property Text property 1939 EraseModepatch property 1867 erf erfc erfcinv erfcx erfinv error error error roundoff See roundoff error error bounds curve fitting error breakpoints stop for errors error function complementary (defined) scaled complementary error handling debugging error recovery formatted message strings identifying errors message identifiers regenerating errors reporting errors with try-catch error message displaying Index into matrix is negative or zero retrieving last generated retrieving last generated error message identifiers error messages error messages error messages formatted message strings in Command Window Out of memory error style definition error tolerance error tolerance BVP problems DDE problems effects of too large (ODE) machine precision ODE problems errorbars errordlg ErrorFcn ErrorMessage, Root property 1899 errors errors color indicators finding in M-files in file input/output run-time source control syntax errors closing MATLAB ErrorType, Root property 1899 escape characters in format specification string escape characters in format specification string etime etree etreeplot eval eval function evalc evalin Evaluate Calc Zone Evaluate Cell Evaluate Loop Evaluate Loop dialog box Evaluate M-Book evaluating evaluating M-books, ensuring data consistency selection in Command History window selection in Command Window string containing function name string containing MATLAB expression evaluating sections of M-file event handler function writing event location (DDE) event location (ODE) event location (ODE) advanced example simple example event queue events serial port object storing information types example code examples examples examples examples examples 3-D graph animation area graphs axis bar graphs calculating isosurface normals changing CameraPosition checking number of function arguments container class contour plots contouring mathematical expressions 1722 copying graphics objects custom pointers DataAspectRatio property del2 direction and velocity graphs direction cosines discrete data graphs displaying real objects displaying real objects double axis graphs finding object handles for function histograms hold if in documentation, index of inheritance isosurface end caps isosurfaces line linspace mesh plot of mathematical function 1728 mesh/contour plot 1731 meshgrid meshgrid M-file for structure array movies multiline text newplot object creation functions of lighting overlapping axes parametric surfaces pie charts plot complex data plot3 PlotBoxAspectRatio property plotting filled contours 1725 plotting function of two variables 1734 plotting line styles plotting parametric curves 1737 polar plot of function 1740 polynomial class reducing number of patch faces reducing volume data running from Help browser ScreenSize property script setting default property values simulating multiple colormaps specifying figure position specifying truecolor surfaces stretch-to-fill subplot subsampling volume data surface plot of mathematical function 1743 surface/contour plot 1747 switch text texture mapping unevenly sampled data vectorization view while examples, Java programming communicating through a serial port creating and using a phone book finding an internet protocol address reading a URL Excel spreadsheets loading exception floating-point floating-point exceptions, Java handling exclamation point (special characters) exe executables running from MATLAB executing group of statements M-files in Editor/Debugger executing MATLAB executing statements repeatedly executing statements repeatedly execution execution displaying functions during improving speed of by setting aside storage pausing M-file resuming from breakpoint time for M-files exist existing code exit exiting MATLAB exiting MATLAB exp expanding cell arrays structure arrays expanding cell arrays expanding cell arrays expanding structure arrays expanding structure arrays expint explore example expm expm1 exponential complex (defined) integral matrix exponential curve fitting exponentiation array (arithmetic operator) matrix (arithmetic operator) exporting exporting ASCII data Enhanced Metafiles in HDF4 format in HDF5 format overview exporting figures Adobe Illustrator EPS files formats choosing a format MATLAB and GhostScript vector or bitmap JPEG files LaTeX importing example lighting publication quality TIFF files transparency exporting graphs expressions expressions evaluating examples involving empty arrays most recent answer overloading scalar expansion with using in MATLAB extension MEX-file extension, filename .m .mat Extent Text property 1940 Uicontrol property extent of computer screen external program, running from MATLAB eye eye derivation of the name sparse matrices ezcontour 1721 ezcontourf 1724 ezmesh 1727 ezmeshc 1730 ezplot 1733 ezplot3 1736 ezpolar 1739 ezsurf 1742 ezsurfc 1746 f button F Inc Search field -f option FaceAlpha annotation textbox property FaceAlphapatch property 1868 FaceAlphasurface property 1923 FaceAlphasurfaceplot property FaceColor annotation ellipse property annotation rectangle property areaseries property barseries property Surface property 1923 surfaceplot property FaceColor property FaceColor, rectangle property 1892 FaceColorpatch property 1869 FaceLighting Surface property 1923 surfaceplot property FaceLighting property FaceLightingpatch property 1869 Faces property faces, reducing number in patches Faces,patch property 1869 FaceVertexAlphaData, patch property 1870 FaceVertexCData property FaceVertexCData property FaceVertexCData,patch property 1871 factor factorial factorization factorization Cholesky Hermitian positive definite incomplete LU LU partial pivoting positive definite QR QZ QZ sparse matrices Cholesky LU triangular See also decomposition factorization, Cholesky (as algorithm for solving linear equations) minimum degree ordering and (sparse) preordering for factors, prime factory defaults false fast Fourier transform. See Fourier transforms favorites in Help browser fclose fclose feather feather feather feather plots feedback to The MathWorks fem1ode demo fem2ode demo fengdemo.f feof feof ferror feval fft FFT See Fourier transform fft2 fftn fftshift FFTW fftw fgetl fgets fid See file identifiers field names dynamic field names of a structure, obtaining fieldnames fieldnames using with Java objects fields fields fields accessing data within adding to structure array applying functions to all like-named fields assigning data to deleting from structures indexing within names size writing M-files for fields, noncontiguous, inserting data into fig files annotating for printing Fig-files compatibility save options figflag Figure Figure creating 1749 defining default properties 1750 Methods of library libmx properties 1751 redrawing figure colormap palette toolbar figure 1749 figure files figure files figure function figure tools figure windows with multiple plots figure windows, displaying figurepalette Figures updating from M-file 1720 figures figures annotating CloseRequestFcn closing copying defining custom pointers defining pointers defining the color of exporting for plotting introduction to NextPlot property opening opening positioning positioning example preparing to accept graphics printing default figure size for printing protecting from output rendering properties saving saving specifying pointers standard plotting behavior units visible property with multiple axes file extension, getting position indicator finding setting setting to start of file file exchange file exchange for M-files over Internet file formats file formats getting list of supported formats importing and exporting reading writing file I/O audio/video files exporting importing graphics files exporting importing internet downloading from web FTP operations sending e-mail ZIP files low-level functions ASCII files binary files MAT-files exporting importing MATLAB HDF utility API memory mapping See memory mapping overview audio/video files graphics files large data sets low-level functions scientific formats spreadsheet files text files the internet toolboxes for importing data scientific formats CDF files FITS files HDF4 and HDF-DOS files HDF4 files,exporting to HDF5 files spreadsheet files Lotus 123 Microsoft Excel supported file formats text files exporting importing using Import Wizard with binary files with text files file identifiers clearing defined file management system See source control system interface file mode ASCII binary file operations FTP file size querying fileattrib filebrowser filebrowser filename building from parts parts temporary filename extension .m .mat filenames wildcards fileparts files files files files files .wav reading writing ASCII reading reading formatted text writing ASCII delimited reading writing beginning of beginning of, rewinding to beginning of, rewinding to binary controlling data type values read data types reading writing to checking existence of closing closing contents, listing contents, viewing copying copying creating in the Current Directory browser current position deleting deleting deleting on FTP server editing M-files end of end of, testing for errors in input or output Excel spreadsheets loading exporting failing to open fig figure .fig figure, saving file identifiers (FID) finding position within flat formats for figures getting next line getting next line (with line terminator) linking multiple linking multiple listing in directory names in a directory listing contents of locating log MAT MATLAB related, listing mdl mode when opened model, saving naming opening opening opening opening opening in Web browser opening in Windows applications operations in MATLAB path, getting pathname for permissions position printing reading binary data from formatted reading image data from renaming rewinding to beginning of rewinding to beginning of running saving setting position within size, determining sound reading reading writing writing writing specifying delimiter used in ASCII files startup temporary version, getting viewing contents of WK1 loading writing to writing binary data to writing formatted data to writing image data to See also file filesep Fill contour property fill fill, properties changed by fill3 fill3, properties changed by fill-in of sparse matrix filter filter digital finite impulse response (FIR) infinite impulse response (IIR) two-dimensional filter2 filtering difference equations find Find Files dialog box find function find function find function and subscripting sparse matrices findall findfigs finding finding finding files using Current Directory browser indices of arrays M-files sign of array elements string in M-files substring within a string text in Command History window text in Command Window text in current file text in M-files text in page of Help browser zero of a function See also detecting finding object handles findnz.c findobj findobj findobj finish finish.m finish.m file running when quitting finite differences finite element discretization (ODE example) finite numbers detecting FIR filter firewall first-order differential equations representation for BVP solver representation for DDE solver fitsinfo fitsread fix FixedColors, Figure property 1759 fixed-width font axes 1701 text 1941 uicontrols FixedWidthFontName, Root property 1899 flags for startup flints flipdim fliplr fliplr function flipping matrices flipud float floating point floating point, double-precision converting to creating maximum and minimum values floating point, single-precision converting to creating maximum and minimum values floating-point integer, maximum floating-point arithmetic, IEEE smallest postive number floating-point exceptions Borland C++ Compiler on Windows Borland C++ Compiler on Windows engine applications masking masking MAT-file applications floating-point functions floating-point numbers floating-point numbers largest smallest floating-point precision floating-point relative accuracy floor flops flow control flow control flow control break break case case catch continue else elseif end error for for if keyboard otherwise otherwise return return switch switch try while while FlowControlHardware fly-by effect fminbnd fminsearch F-norm focus folders. See directories font font fixed-width, axes 1701 fixed-width, text 1941 fixed-width, uicontrols Help browser Help browser display pane Help Navigator preferences in MATLAB FontAngle annotation textbox property Axes property 1701 Text property 1940 Uicontrol property FontName annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property Axes property 1701 Text property 1940 Uicontrol property fonts fonts axis labels bold bold bold italic 1940 specifying size 1941 TeX characters bold 1951 italics 1951 specifying family 1951 specifying size 1951 units 1941 FontSize annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property Axes property 1702 Text property 1941 Uicontrol property FontUnits Axes property 1702 Text property 1941 Uicontrol property FontWeight annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property Axes property 1702 Text property 1941 Uicontrol property fopen fopen fopen fopen failing for for for example indexing nested syntax for loop ForegroundColor Uicontrol property Uimenu property format format format format format controlling numeric format in M-book in M-book of output display precision when writing preferences reading files specification string, matching file data to Format 1899 format for numeric values format function formats big endian big endian little endian little endian formats for figures FormatSpacing, Root property 1900 formatted data reading from file writing to file formatting data Fortran case in data types pointers concept concept declaring Fortran examples convec.f dblmat.f fulltosparse.f matsq.f passstr.f revord.f sincall.f timestwo.f xtimesy.f Fortran language examples calling MATLAB functions handling complex data handling sparse matrices passing arrays of strings passing matrices passing multiple values passing scalar passing scalar passing strings Fortran language MEX-files components Fourier analysis concepts Fourier transform algorithm, optimal performance of algorithm, optimal performance of algorithm, optimal performance of algorithm, optimal performance of as method of interpolation convolution theorem and discrete, n-dimensional discrete, one-dimensional discrete, two-dimensional fast inverse, n-dimensional inverse, one-dimensional inverse, two-dimensional shifting the zero-frequency component of Fourier transforms calculating sunspot periodicity FFT-based interpolation length vs. speed phase and magnitude of transformed data fplot fplot fprintf fraction, continued fragmented memory frame2im frames for printing fread fread fread freqspace freqspace frequency response desired response matrix frequency spacing frequency vector frewind frewind fsbvp demo fscanf fseek fseek ftell ftell FTP connecting to server ftp FTP file operations full full full fullfile fulltosparse.c fulltosparse.f func2str function function function calls memory requirements function definition line for subfunction in an M-file syntax function functions function functions function handle function handles function handles function handles function handles function handles defined example for nested functions Handle Graphics callbacks maximum name length naming operations on overview of overview of serial port object callback using function keyword function M-files naming function name automatic completion function of two variables function syntax function workspace function workspace functions functions functions functions functions functions applying to multidimensional structure arrays to structure contents applying to cell arrays arguments passing variable number of body body built-in forcing a built-in call identifying built-in, defined call stack for calling command syntax function syntax passing arguments calling context cell arrays cell arrays of strings changing indexing style character arrays checking existence of clearing from memory clearing from workspace color indicators comments comparing character arrays complex number computational, applying to structure fields convenience forms creating a matrix creating arrays with creating matrices date and time defined determining data type displaying during execution example executing a group of executing function name string finding matrix structure or shape finding using keywords floating-point for diagonal matrices help for help for help for reference page high-level vs. low-level how to find in memory infinity integer locating logical array long (on multiple lines) mathematical. See mathematical functions matrix concatenation M-file modifying character arrays modifying matrix shape multidimensional arrays multiple in one line multiple output arguments naming NaN numeric and string conversion numeric to string conversion optimizing output formatting overloaded overloading pathname for primary running searching character arrays sorting and shifting sparse matrix storing as pseudocode string to numeric conversion structures that determine data type that work down the first non-singleton dimension type identification types of anonymous nested overloaded primary private subfunctions variable number of arguments funm fwrite fwrite fwrite fzero -g option gallery gamma gamma function (defined) incomplete logarithm of logarithmic derivative gammainc gammaln gateway routine gateway routine gateway routine accessing mxArray data Gaussian distribution function Gaussian elimination Gaussian elimination (as algorithm for solving linear equations) (as algorithm for solving linear equations) Gauss Jordan elimination with partial pivoting LU factorization gca gca handle visibility gcbo gccopts.sh gcd gcf gcf handle visibility gco gco ge generalized eigenvalue problem generalized eigenvalue problem generating a sequence of matrix names (M1 through M12) genpath genvarname geodesic dome geodesic dome geometric analysis multidimensional two-dimensional get get memmapfile object timer object get 1791 get latest version of file on PC platforms get method getenv getfield getframe getframe getpref function getting files GIF files reading writing GIF graphic file format ginput ginput function global global attributes HDF files global minimum global variable defining global variables global variables global variables alternatives creating displaying suggestions for use global variables, clearing from workspace gmres golden section search Goup defining default properties 1808 Gouraud lighting algorithm gplot gplot grabcode function gradient gradient gradient, numerical graph graph adjacency characteristics defined graphical debugger graphical input graphical user interface creating laying out programming graphics graphics graphics controlling output in M-book embedding in M-book files Handle Graphics improving performance of in M-books objects printing graphics file formats list of formats supported by MATLAB graphics files getting information about importing and exporting graphics images 16-bit intensity 8-bit intensity RGB converting from one format to another converting to RGB reading from file writing to file See also BMP, HDF, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, XWD Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files reading graphics M-files structure of graphics objects graphics objects accessing handles accessing hidden handles axes Axes 1687 controlling where they draw copying deleting Figure 1749 function handle callbacks functions that create convenience forms getting properties 1791 handle validity versus visibility HandleVisibility property Image images invisible handles Light 1819 lights line Line 1828 Patch 1853 patches properties changed by functions changed when created common to all objects factory defined getting current values listing possible values querying in groups search path for default values searching for setting values property names rectangle resetting properties Root Root setting parent of setting properties 1906 surface Surface 1912 text Text 1931 uicontextmenu Uicontrol Uimenu graphics objects, deleting graphing variables from the Workspace browser graphs graphs graphs annotating area bar horizontal compass plots contour plots direction and velocity discrete data editing feather plots generating M-code for histograms labeling pie charts quiver plots stairstep plots steps to create 3-D with double axes gray breakpoint icons graymon grayscale See also intensity images greater than operator greater than or equal to operator greatest common divisor Greek characters using to annotate See also text function Greek letters and mathematical symbols 1950 grid grid aligning data to a grid arrays for volumetric plots multi-dimensional griddata griddata griddata3 griddatan GridLineStyle, Axes property 1702 grids grids, coincident Group Cells growing an array growing cell array growing cell array growing structure arrays growing structure arrays gsvd gt gtext GUI help button resize function resizing with multiple axes GUI components copying cutting and clearing moving pasting and duplicating selecting GUI layout copying components cutting and clearing components moving components pasting and duplicating components selecting components GUI M-files adding callbacks in GUIDE GUI programming guidata function GUIDE GUIDE application examples application M-file application options command-line accessibility of GUIs creating menus demonstration editing version 5 GUIs generated M-file grids and rulers GUI background color handles structure and global data introduction layout tools programming the GUI Property Inspector resizing GUIs setting properties guihandles function GUIs, printing H1 line H1 line H1 line and help command and lookfor command h5array class using h5compound class using h5enum class using h5string class using h5vlen class using hadamard Hadamard matrix Hadamard matrix subspaces of Handle Graphics defined finding handles handles, saving in M-files handles structure handles to graphics objects finding HandleVisibility areaseries property Axes property 1702 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1759 hggroup property 1800 hgtransform property 1812 Image property Light property 1823 Line property 1835 lineseries property patch property 1872 quivergroup property rectangle property 1892 Root property 1900 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1924 surfaceplot property Text property 1941 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property HandleVisibility property handshaking serial port object hankel Hankel matrix hb1dae demo hb1ode demo HDF HDF appending to when saving (WriteMode) compression setting JPEG quality when writing HDF 4 application programming interfaces HDF data sets accessing associating attributes with closing access creating getting information about reading using predefined attributes HDF files HDF files access modes associating attributes with closing closing all open identifiers creating getting information about listing open identifiers opening reading global attributes reading images from writing data writing images HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) exporting in HDF4 format exporting in HDF5 format importing into MATLAB importing subsets of data MATLAB utility API output arguments programming model selecting data sets to import HDF5 reading files HDF5 data type classes hdf5.h5array hdf5.h5compound hdf5.h5enum hdf5.h5string hdf5.h5vlen hdf5info hdf5read hdf5write HDF-EOS Earth Observing System hdfinfo hdfread hdftool Head1Length annotation doublearrow property Head1Style annotation doublearrow property Head1Width annotation doublearrow property Head2Length annotation doublearrow property Head2Style annotation doublearrow property Head2Width annotation doublearrow property HeadLength annotation arrow property annotation textarrow property HeadStyle annotation arrow property annotation textarrow property HeadWidth annotation arrow property annotation textarrow property Height annotation ellipse property annotation rectangle property help help help help help help help help and H1 line contents file creating for M-files functions in Command Window keyword search in functions M-file M-files online Help browser Help browser Help browser accessing from doc contents listing copying information from display pane font preferences index navigating printing help running examples from searching help button for GUIs help files help files help functions Help Navigator help text Help Window helpbrowser helpbrowser helpdesk helpdlg helpwin Hermite transformations, elementary Hermitian positive definite matrix hess Hessenberg form of a matrix hex2dec hex2num hexadecimal, converting from decimal hidden hidden hidden figure, accessing hidden line removal Hide Cell Markers Hierarchical Data Format reading HDF5 files Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) files reading images from writing images hierarchy of data classes higher-order ODEs rewriting as first-order ODEs high-level functions highlighted search terms hilb Hilbert matrix inverse hist hist histc histograms in polar coordinates labeling the bins rose plot specifying number of bins history automatic log file source control on PC platforms history of statements history.m file HitTest areaseries property Axes property 1703 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1760 hggroup property 1801 hgtransform property 1813 Image property Light property 1823 Line property 1835 lineseries property Patch property 1873 quivergroup property rectangle property 1893 Root property 1900 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1925 surfaceplot property Text property 1942 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property HitTestArea areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property hold hold and NextPlot testing state of hold function hold state, testing for home home HorizontalAlignment Text property 1943 textarrow property textbox property Uicontrol property HorizontalAlignment property horzcat horzcat (M-file function equivalent for [,]) hostid hot keys Array Editor Command Window desktop Editor/Debugger Householder reflections (as algorithm for solving linear equations) hsv2rgb HTML HTML editing files in Editor/Debugger in Command Window source, viewing in Help browser HTML browser in MATLAB HTML files opening HTML viewer in MATLAB hybrid array persistent temporary hybrid arrays hyperbolic cosecant cosecant, inverse cosine cosine, inverse cotangent cotangent, inverse secant secant, inverse sine sine, inverse tangent tangent, inverse hyperlinks hyperlinks Command Window in Command Window hyperplanes, angle between i iburgersode demo ICO files reading icon images reading icons supplied with MATLAB IDE building MEX-files identity matrix identity matrix sparse IEEE floating-point arithmetic smallest positive number IEEE routines if if and empty arrays example nested if function ifft ifft2 ifftn ifftshift ihb1dae demo IIR filter im2java imag Image creating properties image image image properties changed by image types image types binary querying Images converting MATLAB image to Java Image images images images 16-bit indexed 8-bit indexed data types erase modes file formats file formats indexed information about files intensity numeric classes printing properties CData CDataMapping XData and YData reading data from files returning information about RGB size and aspect ratio storing in MATLAB truecolor types writing to files See also graphics images imagesc imagesc imagesc imaginary part of complex number unit (sqrt(-1)) unit (sqrt(-1)) See also complex imaginary numbers imaginary unit imfinfo imfinfo imfinfo returning file information imformats import import files for use with MATLAB using with Java classes Import Data option import functions comparison of features Import Wizard importing binary data with ASCII data with binary data importdata importing importing ASCII data HDF data from the command line Import Wizard overview selecting HDF data sets sparse matrix subsets of HDF data imread imread imread imwrite imwrite imwrite imwrite include files with MATLAB include directory incomplete beta function (defined) incomplete factorization incomplete gamma function (defined) incremental searching in Editor/Debugger ind2rgb ind2sub indenting in Command Window in Editor/Debugger nested functions preference in Editor C/C++ Java preference in Editor/Debugger index examples in documentation Help browser results tips Index into matrix is negative or zero (error message) indexed color surfaces indexed images converting the data class of indexed reference indexing indexing cell array content for loops logical multidimensional arrays nested cell arrays nested structure arrays structures within cell arrays within structure fields indexing Java arrays using single colon subscripting using single subscripting indicator of file position indices, array finding of sorted elements indices, how MATLAB calculates indirgb Inf Inf infeasible optimization problems inferiorto inferiorto inferiorto function infinite elements detecting infinity infinity functions norm represented in MATLAB info info.xml Start button Start button, editing information returning file information Infs, avoiding in data inheritance example class multiple simple inheritance, of objects initial conditions ODE ODE example PDE PDE example initial guess (BVP) example quality of initial value problems DDE defined ODE and DAE initial-boundary value PDE problems initiation (init) file for MATLAB inline inmem inner product inpolygon input input input checking number of M-file arguments name of array passed as number of M-file arguments prompting users for prompting users for to MATLAB in Command Window input cells controlling evaluation controlling graphic output converting autoinit cell to converting text to converting to autoinit cell converting to cell groups converting to text defining in M-books evaluating evaluating cell groups evaluating in loop maintaining consistency timing out during evaluation use of Word Normal style Input style definition of InputBufferSize inputdlg inputname Insert key Command Window Editor/Debugger insert mode Command Window Editor/Debugger inspect installation, root directory of int2str int8, int16, int32, int64 integer floating-point, maximum integer data type integer functions integer mathematics integers creating largest system can represent smallest system can represent integration integration double numerical polynomial quadrature triple See also differential equations integration interval DDE PDE (MATLAB) intensity images converting the data class of Internet functions internet protocol address Java example Internet proxy server interp1 interp2 interp3 interpft interpn interpolated colors patches indexed vs. truecolor interpolated shading and printing interpolation interpolation comparing methods graphically cubic method cubic method cubic method cubic method cubic method cubic spline method FFT method FFT-based linear method linear method multidimensional multidimensional scattered data nearest neighbor method nearest neighbor method nearest neighbor method nearest neighbor method nearest neighbor method one-dimensional one-dimensional speed, memory, smoothness three-dimensional three-dimensional trilinear method trilinear method trilinear method two-dimensional two-dimensional Interpreter Text property 1944 textarrow property textbox property interpreter property interpstreamspeed Interruptible areaseries property Axes property 1704 barseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1760, 1761 Figure property 1760, 1761 hggroup property 1801 hgtransform property 1814 Image property Light property 1824 Line property 1836 lineseries property patch property 1873 quivergroup property rectangle property 1893 Root property 1900 scatter property stairseries property stem property stem property Surface property Surface property Text property 1945 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property interrupting a running program intersect intmax intmax intmin intmin intwarning inv invalid breakpoints inverse cosecant cosine cotangent Fourier transform Fourier transform Fourier transform Hilbert matrix hyperbolic cosecant hyperbolic cosine hyperbolic cotangent hyperbolic secant hyperbolic sine hyperbolic tangent of a matrix secant sine tangent tangent, four-quadrant inverse of matrix inverse permutation of array dimensions inversion, matrix accuracy of InvertHardCopy, Figure property 1761 invhilb involutary matrix ipermute ipermute ir ir ir is* isa isa isa using with Java objects iscell iscellstr ischar isdir isempty isequal isequalwithequalnans isfield isfinite isfloat isglobal ishandle 1817 ishold isinf isinteger isjava using with Java objects iskeyword isletter islogical ismember ismethod isnan isnumeric isobject isocap isonormals isosurface isosurface isosurface calculate data from volume end caps illustrating flow data vertex normals ispc ispref function isprime isprop isreal isscalar issorted isspace isspace issparse isstr isstruct isstudent isunix isvalid timer object isvarname isvarname isvector italics font TeX characters 1951 Item method iterative methods sparse matrices sparse systems of equations iterative programming j Jacobi rotations Jacobian elliptic functions (defined) Jacobian matrix (BVP) Jacobian matrix (ODE) generating sparse numerically generating sparse numerically specifying specifying vectorizing ODE function vectorizing ODE function Java Java Java API class packages archive (JAR) files class names development kit editing files in Editor/Debugger Java Virtual Machine (JVM) JVM using a nondefault version native method libraries setting the search path packages Java and MATLAB OOP Java Image class creating instance of Java import list clearing Java, MATLAB interface to arguments passed to Java methods arguments returned from Java methods arrays, working with benefits of classes, using examples methods, invoking objects, creating and using overview Java version used by MATLAB Java VM starting without javaArray function java_method jc jc jc JNI setting the search path joining arrays See concatenation Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) reading writing JPEG JPEG setting Bitdepth specifying mode JPEG comment setting when writing a JPEG image JPEG files parameters that can be set when writing reading writing JPEG quality setting when writing a JPEG image setting when writing a JPEG image setting when writing an HDF image JVM using a nondefault version jvm version used by MATLAB K>> prompt in Command Window K>> prompt keyboard function K>> prompt in Command Window debugging mode keyboard statement key bindings keyboard keyboard keyboard mode terminating keyboard shortcuts Array Editor keyboard shortcuts and accelerators KeyPressFcn Uicontrol property KeyPressFcn, Figure property 1761 keys editing in Command Window Editor/Debugger keys for editing in Command Window keyword search in functions keywords keywords keywords checking for color indicators in documentation iskeyword function kron Kronecker tensor matrix product Kronecker tensor product Label, Uimenu property labeling labeling axes axes matrix columns plots (with numeric values) labeling graphs labeling graphs LabelSpacing contour property LAPACK and BLAS functions building MEX files for building MEX files for example of handling complex numbers passing arguments specifying the function name Laplacian Laplacian of a matrix large data sets memory usage in array storage memory usage in function calls largest array elements lasterr lasterr using with message identifiers lasterror lastwarn LaTeX See TeX LaTeX, see TeX 1950 Layer, Axes property 1704 Layout Editor Layout Editor controls starting layout for desktop saving Layout Tools, GUI lccengmatopts.bat lccopts.bat lcm LData errorbar property LDataSource errorbar property ldivide ldivide (M-file function equivalent for .\) le least common multiple least squares least squares polynomial curve fitting problem, overdetermined legend legend legend legend adding to plot properties setting text properties legend function legendre Legendre functions (defined) Schmidt semi-normalized legends with data statistics length length of curve, computing less than operator less than or equal to operator LevelList contour property LevelListMode contour property LevelStep contour property LevelStepMode contour property libraries Java native method setting the search path library mathematical function library path setting on UNIX license license information Light creating 1819 defining default properties defining default properties positioning in camera coordinates properties 1821 light light 1819 Light object positioning in spherical coordinates 1826 lightangle 1826 lighting lighting algorithms flat Gouraud Phong ambient light backface diffuse reflection important properties properties that affect reflectance characteristics specular color exponent reflection lighting 1827 lighting command limits limits axes axes axes limits of axes, setting and querying Line creating 1828 defining default properties 1831 properties properties properties line in Editor/Debugger line 1828 editing line breaks adding for long statements line continuation line numbers going to line numbers in M-files line styles used for plotting redefining line styles of plots line termination line wrapping linear algebra linear audio signal linear audio signal linear dependence (of data) linear equation systems accuracy of solution solving overdetermined linear equation systems, methods for solving Cholesky factorization Gaussian elimination Householder reflections matrix inversion (inaccuracy of) linear equations minimal norm solution overdetermined systems rectangular systems underdetermined systems linear interpolation linear interpolation linear interpolation multidimensional one-dimensional linear regression linear systems of equations direct methods (sparse) full iterative methods (sparse) sparse linear transformation linearly spaced vectors, creating LineColor contour property lines lines lines adding as annotations adding to existing graph computing 2-D stream computing 3-D stream drawing stream lines marker types removing hidden styles LineSpec LineSpec LineStyle annotation arrow property annotation doublearrow property annotation ellipse property annotation line property annotation rectangle property annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property Line property 1836 lineseries property patch property 1874 quivergroup property rectangle property 1893 stairseries property stem property surface object 1925 surfaceplot object text object 1946 LineStyleOrder Axes property 1704 LineStyleOrder property LineWidth annotation arrow property annotation doublearrow property annotation ellipse property annotation line property annotation rectangle property annotation textarrow property annotation textbox property areaseries property Axes property 1705 barseries property contour property errorbar property Line property 1837 lineseries property Patch property 1874 quivergroup property rectangle property 1893 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1926 surfaceplot property text object 1947 linkaxes linking DLLs to MEX-files linking multiple files linking multiple files linkprop links links Command Window in Command Window in Help browser linsolve linspace linspace list box example list boxes list boxes list boxes list boxes defining items ListboxTop, Uicontrol property listdlg little endian formats little endian formats load load load load load load sparse matrices using with Java objects load function loading serial port objects loading arrays loading data overview loading objects loadobj loadobj example Lobatto IIIa BVP solver Lobatto IIIa ODE solver local variables local variables local variables local variables locating DLLs locking axes position locking files on checkout locking M-files log log log automatic file saving session to file session statements log of functions used log10 [log010] log1p log2 logarithm base ten base two complex complex natural of beta function (natural) of gamma function (natural) of real numbers plotting logarithmic derivative gamma function logarithmically spaced vectors, creating logfile startup option logical logical array converting numeric array to detecting logical array functions logical data type logical expressions and subscripting logical indexing logical operations AND, bit-wise OR, bit-wise XOR XOR, bit-wise logical operators logical operators logical operators bit-wise element-wise short-circuit logical OR bit-wise logical tests all any See also detecting logical types logical vectors logical vectors logical XOR bit-wise login remote on Macintosh loglog loglog, properties changed by logm logspace long long integer long lines lookfor lookfor lookfor lookfor and H1 line looping to evaluate input cells loops for while lossless compression reading JPEG files lossy compression writing JPEG files with Lotus WK1 files loading writing lower lower triangular matrix lowercase to uppercase lowercase usage in MATLAB low-level functions ls lscov lsqnonneg lsqr lt lu LU factorization LU factorization sparse matrices and reordering storage requirements of (sparse) luinc machine epsilon Macintosh startup remote login magic magic function magic square magic squares mapping data to color mapping memory See memory mapping Margin annotation textbox property Marker Line property 1837 lineseries property marker property Patch property 1874 quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1926 surfaceplot property MarkerEdgeColor errorbar property Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1875 quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1927 surfaceplot property MarkerFaceColor errorbar property Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1875 quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1927 surfaceplot property markers markers used for plotting MarkerSize errorbar property Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1875 quivergroup property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1927 surfaceplot property mass matrix (ODE) initial slope singular sparsity pattern specifying state dependence mat.h mat2cell mat2str mat4bvp demo mat4bvp demo matched delimiters Command Window preferences matching parentheses Editor/Debugger preferences in Editor/Debugger matClose matClose matDeleteVariable matDeleteVariable matdemo1.f matdemo2.f material 1842 material command MAT-file MAT-file MAT-file C language reading compiling converting sparse matrix after loading from data types examples Fortran language creating reading linking subroutines UNIX libraries using Windows libraries MAT-file application UNIX Windows MAT-file example creating C language Fortran language reading C language Fortran language MAT-files MAT-files compatibility compression options creating defined listing for directory loading preferences starting MATLAB from view without loading MAT-functions 1-6-?? matGetDir matGetDir matGetFp matGetNextVariable matGetNextVariable matGetNextVariableInfo matGetNextVariableInfo matGetVariable matGetVariable matGetVariableInfo matGetVariableInfo mathematical function library mathematical functions mathematical functions mathematical functions as function input arguments finding zeros listing advanced listing elementary listing matrix minimizing numerical integration plotting representing in MATLAB visualizing with surface plot mathematical operations sparse matrices Mathieu's equation (BVP example) Mathtools.net MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB application program interface arrays as DCOM server client commands, executing in a Word document data data file format data storage data type data type classes desktop directory location engine executing exiting exporting data files, listing history importing data installation directory language MAT-file reading arrays from saving arrays to mathematical function library moving data between platforms overview path programming M-files scripts quitting quitting quitting confirmation running shutting down stand-alone applications starting startup string structures using as a computation engine variables version version number, displaying MATLAB 4 color scheme matlab function for UNIX matlab function for Windows MATLAB, quitting MATLAB stand-alone editor MATLAB startup file matlab (UNIX command) MATLAB user newsgroup matlab (Windows command) matlab.mat matlab.mat matlab.mat matlab: function matlabcolon function matlabrc matlabrc.m, startup file $matlabroot matlabroot matOpen matOpen matopts.sh matPutArray matPutArray matPutArrayAsGlobal matPutArrayAsGlobal matrices matrices matrices matrices matrices accessing multiple elements accessing single elements as linear transformation characteristic polynomial characteristic roots concatenating concatenating diagonally constructing a matrix operations constructing creating creating creation data structure query data type query deleting rows and columns determinant diagonal editing empty entering expanding flipping full to sparse conversion functions changing indexing style creating a matrix determining data type finding matrix structure or shape modifying matrix shape sorting and shifting functions for creating functions for diagonals getting dimensions of identity inverse iterative methods (sparse) linear indexing logical indexing orthogonal preallocation pseudoinverse rank deficiency reshaping rotating scalar shifting sorting column data sorting row data sorting row vectors symmetric transposing triangular vectors Matrix hgtransform property 1814 matrix matrix matrix matrix matrix matrix addressing selected rows and columns of antidiagonal arrowhead companion complex double-precision nonsparse complex unitary condition number, improving condition number of condition number of converting to formatted data file converting to from string converting to vector decomposition defective (defined) detecting sparse determinant determinant of diagonal of displaying contours double-precision Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition evaluating functions of exponential flipping left-right flipping up-down for loop index Hadamard Hadamard Hadamard Hankel Hermitian Toeplitz Hessenberg form of Hilbert identity inverse inverse Hilbert inversion, accuracy of involutary left division (arithmetic operator) lower triangular magic squares magic squares main diagonal maximum size of modal multiplication multiplication (defined) numeric orthonormal Pascal Pascal permutation permutation plotting poorly conditioned power (arithmetic operator) pseudoinverse reading files into reduced row echelon form of replicating representing as representing as area graph bar graph histogram surface right division (arithmetic operator) rotating 90° Schur form of Schur form of single-precision singular singularity, test for sorting rows of sparse sparse sparse See sparse matrix specialized square root of storing images subspaces of swapping columns symmetric test Toeplitz trace of trace of transpose transpose (arithmetic operator) transposing unimodular unitary upper triangular Vandermonde Wilkinson Wilkinson writing as binary data writing formatted data to writing to ASCII delimited file writing to spreadsheet See also array See also matrices matrix functions evaluating matrix names, (M1 through M12) generating a sequence of matrix operations matrix operations addition and subtraction concatenating matrices creating matrices division exponentials multiplication powers transpose matrix power See matrix, exponential matrix products Kronecker tensor matrix.h matsq.f max max Max, Uicontrol property MaxHeadSize quivergroup property maximum matching M-books creating data consistency data integrity entering text and commands evaluating all input cells modifying style template opening printing sizing graphic output styles M-code, saving a graph as MDL-files checking existence of mean mean measuring performance of M-files median median value of array elements meditor, MATLAB stand-alone MATLAB editor meditor.exe MATLAB stand-alone Editor membership Web page memmapfile memory memory memory memory allocation clearing function workspace leak leak making efficient use of management minimizing use of Out of Memory message temporary variables in memory management memory management memory management API compatibility routines special considerations memory mapping demonstration memmapfile class class constructor class methods class properties defined filename property format property offset property repeat property supported formats writable property overview benefits of byte ordering limitations of when to use reading from file removing map selecting file to map setting access privileges setting extent of map setting start of map specifying data types in file supported data types writing to file memory requirements array headers for array allocation for complex arrays for copying arrays for creating and modifying arrays for handling variables in for numeric arrays for passing arguments for sparse matrices Menu Editor menu function menu (of user input choices) MenuBar, Figure property 1763 menus callbacks context menus creating with GUIDE drop-down menus menu bar menus menu items menu items parent of context menu pop-up pop-up shortcut menus specifying properties mesh mesh mesh plot mesh plot tetrahedron mesh size (BVP) meshc meshc meshgrid meshgrid MeshStyle, Surface property 1927 MeshStyle, surfaceplot property meshz message error See error message warning See warning message message identifiers message identifiers using with errors using with lasterr using with warnings methods methods methods converters determining which is called display end get inheritance of invoking on objects listing locating precedence required by MATLAB set subsasgn subsref using with Java methods methods, Java calling syntax converting input arguments displaying displaying information about finding the defining class overloading passing data to static undefined methodsview output fields mex <ENV_VAR>#<val> -g -g mex build script mex build script default options file, UNIX default options file, Windows switches <name>#<def> <name>=<def> @<rsp_file> -argcheck -c -D<name>[#<def>] -f <file> -fortran -fortran -g -h[elp] -I<pathname> -inline -l<file> -L<pathname> -O -outdir <name> -output <name> -setup -setup -U<name> -v -V5 mex directory mex.bat mex.m mex.sh mexAtExit register a function mexCallMATLAB mexCallMATLAB mexCallMATLAB mexCallMATLAB mexCallMATLAB mexCallMATLAB mexErrMsgTxt mexErrMsgTxt mexEvalString mexEvalString MEX-file advanced topics Fortran applications of arguments C language calling compiling Microsoft Visual C++ UNIX UNIX Windows Windows components computation error configuration problem creating C language creating C language creating Fortran language custom building debugging C language debugging Fortran language DLL linking documenting documenting dynamically allocated memory examples examples extensions load error overview passing cell arrays passing structures problems segmentation error syntax errors temporary array using versioning MEX-files clearing from workspace debugging on UNIX listing for directory mexFunction mexFunction mexFunction altered name parameters parameters mexGetMatrix mexGetVariable mexglx extension mexhpux extension mexmac extension mexMakeArrayPersistent mexMakeMemoryPersistent mexopts.bat mexopts.sh mexPutMatrix mexPutVariable mexSetTrapFlag mexsol extension mexversion.rc M-file M-file M-file creating data debugging displaying during execution function function file, echoing generated by GUIDE naming conventions pausing execution of programming script script file, echoing M-file functions identifying M-files M-files M-files M-files M-files M-files and toolboxes appearance automatic saving basic structure of graphics checking code checking existence of checking for problems clearing from workspace closereq colors in comments content, viewing contents corresponding to functions creating creating creating creating from Command History window in MATLAB directory in MATLAB directory in MATLAB directory new file creating with text editor debugging options debugging with profile deleting editing editing editing options without running MATLAB file association (Windows) finding for creating arrays function help viewing in Current Directory browser kinds line numbers, listing lint tool listing names of in a directory locking (preventing clearing) naming naming navigating opening opening operating on structures optimizing overview pausing performance of primary function printing problems, checking for profiling replacing content representing mathematical functions running at startup at startup (UNIX) from Command Window from Current Directory browser running with unsaved changes saving script search path searching contents of setting breakpoints setting breakpoints starting MATLAB from subfunction superseding existing names to set color mapping unlocking (allowing clearing) user-contributed using newplot viewing description writing efficient Microsoft compiler debugging Microsoft Excel files loading Microsoft Windows directory organization Microsoft Word converting document to M-book specifying version and location Microsoft Word and access to MATLAB min Min, Uicontrol property MinColormap, Figure property 1763 minimize Windows startup option minimizing mathematical functions of one variable of several variables options minimum degree ordering minimum degree ordering MinorGridLineStyle, Axes property 1705 minres minus (M-file function equivalent for -) mislocked mkdir mkdir mkdir (ftp) mkpp mldivide mldivide (M-file function equivalent for \) M-Lint M-Lint function function for entire directory HTML report suppressing messages mlint mlintrpt mlock mmfilefinfo mmfileinfo mod modal GUIs modal matrix models opening saving modified Bessel functions relationship to Airy functions modulo arithmetic MonitorPosition Root property 1900 Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse more more more mouse, right-clicking movefile movegui function movie movie movie movie2avi movies movies movies example exporting in AVI format moving objects mpower (M-file function equivalent for ^) mrdivide mrdivide (M-file function equivalent for /) MRI data, visualizing msgbox msvc50engmatopts.bat msvc50opts.bat msvc60engmatopts.bat msvc60opts.bat mtimes mtimes (M-file function equivalent for *) mu-law encoded audio signals mu-law encoded audio signals multiaxis axes multibandread multibandwrite multidimensional data gridding interpolation multidimensional arrays multidimensional arrays multidimensional arrays multidimensional arrays multidimensional arrays applying functions element-by-element functions matrix functions vector functions cell arrays computations on concatenating creating at the command line with functions with the cat function editing extending format indexing avoiding ambiguity with the colon operator interpolation of longest dimension of number of dimensions number of dimensions of organizing data permuting dimensions rearranging dimensions of rearranging dimensions of removing singleton dimensions removing singleton dimensions of reshaping reshaping size of size of sorting elements of storage structure arrays applying functions subscripts See also array multidimensional interpolation scattered data multiline text multiple least common multiple conditions for switch multiple data sets plotting multiple inheritance multiple item selection multiple lines for statements multiple plots per figure multiplication array (arithmetic operator) matrix (defined) of polynomials multiplication operators matrix multiplication multiplication multiprocessing multistep ODE solver multistep solver (ODE) multivariate data multivariate data matrix representation organizing vehicle traffic sample data munlock mx directory mxArray mxArray accessing data contents improperly destroying ir jc nzmax pi pr temporary with improper data type mxCalloc mxCalloc mxCalloc mxCopyComplex16ToPtr mxCopyPtrToComplex16 mxCopyPtrToReal8 mxCopyPtrToReal8 mxCreateFull mxCreateFull mxCreateNumericArray mxCreateSparse mxCreateString mxCreateString mxDestroyArray mxDestroyArray mxDestroyArray mxFree mxGetCell mxGetData mxGetData mxGetData mxGetField mxGetImagData mxGetImagData mxGetPi mxGetPi mxGetPr mxGetPr mxGetPr mxGetScalar mxGetScalar mxMalloc mxMalloc mxRealloc mxRealloc mxSetCell mxSetCell mxSetData mxSetData mxSetData mxSetField mxSetImagData mxSetImagData mxSetIr mxSetJc mxSetPi mxSetPi mxSetPr mxSetPr mxUNKNOWN_CLASS mxUNKNOWN_CLASS Name serial port property Name, Figure property 1763 namelengthmax names structure fields superseding naming conventions M-file naming functions and variables NaN NaN NaN NaN detecting functions logical operations on NaN (Not-a-Number) returned by rem NaNs propagation removing from data nargchk nargin nargin checking input arguments in nested functions nargout nargout checking output arguments in nested functions native2unicode navigating M-files ndgrid ndgrid ndims ndims ndims using with Java arrays ne nearest neighbor interpolation nearest neighbor interpolation nearest neighbor interpolation nearest neighbor interpolation multidimensional one-dimensional three-dimensional two-dimensional nested comments nested functions nested functions creating example -- creating a function handle example -- function-generating functions indenting passing optional arguments separate variable instances using function handles with variable scope in nesting cell arrays for loops if statements structures newlines in string arrays newplot example using newplot 1845 newsgroup for MATLAB newsgroup for MATLAB users newsletters NextPlot Axes property 1705 Figure property 1764 NextPlot property add new replace replacechildren replacechildren setting plotting color order nextpow2 nlhs nlhs nlhs nlhs nnz nnz no derivative method nodes distance between numbering nodesktop startup option nojvm startup option noncontiguous fields, inserting data into nonstiff ODE examples rigid body (rigidode) nonuniform data, plotting nonzero elements maximum number in sparse matrix number in sparse matrix sparse matrix storage for sparse matrices values for sparse matrices visualizing for sparse matrices nonzero entries specifying maximum number of in sparse matrix nonzero entries (in sparse matrix) allocated storage for number of replacing with ones vector of nonzeros nonzeros norm norm 1-norm 1-norm 2-norm (estimate of) F-norm infinity matrix pseudoinverse and vector Normal style (Microsoft Word) default style in M-book defaults used in undefined input cells normal vectors, computing for volumes normalizing data NormalMode Patch property 1876 Surface property 1927 surfaceplot property NormalMode property normest norms vector and matrix nosplash startup option not not a number (NaN) not equal to operator not (M-file function equivalent for ~) not (M-file function equivalent for ~) Not-a-Number Notebook Notebook configuring debugging options overview platforms supported notebook notebook function Notebook menu Word menu bar now now nrhs nrhs nrhs nrhs nthroot NTSC color encoding null null modem cable null space num2cell num2hex num2str number of array dimensions number of arguments numbering lines numbers numbers numbers date detecting finite detecting infinity detecting NaN detecting prime floating-point imaginary NaN plus infinity prime random random real smallest positive time NumberTitle, Figure property 1764 numel numeric arrays memory requirements numeric data types conversion functions setting display format numeric format numeric format controlling in M-book output preferences numeric matrix numeric precision format reading binary data numeric to string conversion functions numerical differentiation formula ODE solvers numerical evaluation double integral triple integral numerical integration computing length of curve double triple nzmax nzmax nzmax nzmax nzmax object determining class of inheritance Object Browser object classes, list of predefined object classes, list of predefined object properties objective function return values object-oriented programming features of inheritance multiple simple overloading subscripting See also classes and objects objects objects objects accessing data in as indices into objects creating finding handles graphics invoking methods on loading overview precedence saving serial port objects, Java accessing data within concatenating constructing converting to MATLAB cell array converting to MATLAB structures identifying fieldnames information about class name class type passing by reference saving and loading ODE coding in MATLAB defined overspecified systems solution of ODE file template ODE solver evaluate solution at specific points ODE solver properties ODE solver properties error tolerance event location fixed step sizes Jacobian matrix mass matrix ode15s solver output step size ODE solvers ODE solvers algorithms Adams-Bashworth-Moulton PECE Bogacki-Shampine Dormand-Prince modified Rosenbrock formula numerical differentiation formulas backward differentiation formulas backwards in time basic example stiff problem basic syntax calling examples minimizing output storage minimizing startup cost multistep solver nonstiff problem example nonstiff problems numerical differentiation formulas obtaining solutions at specific times one-step solver overview performance problem size representing problems sampled data stiff problems stiff problems troubleshooting variable order solver ode113 ode15i function ode15s ode23 ode23s ode23t ode23tb ode45 odefile odeget odephas2 output function odephas3 output function odeplot output function odeprint output function odeset odextend OffCallback Uitoggletool property off-screen figures, displaying offsets for indexing %#ok indicator to suppress M-Lint message OnCallback Uitoggletool property one-dimensional interpolation ones ones ones sparse matrices one-step ODE solver one-step solver (ODE) online documentation, displaying online help online help online help viewing open open open openfig OpenGL OpenGL printing OpenGL 1768 autoselection criteria 1771 opening opening files failing HDF files permissions using low-level functions files in Windows applications opening .fig files opening figures opening files opening files Current Directory browser openvar openvar operating system command operating system command, issuing operating system commands operator precedence overriding operators operators operators addition applying to cell arrays applying to structure fields arithmetic colon colon complex conjugate transpose deletion equal to greater than greater than or equal to left division less than less than or equal to logical logical logical bit-wise element-wise short-circuit matrix left division matrix multiplication matrix power matrix right division multiplication not equal to overloading overloading arithmetic overloading relational power relational relational right division special characters subtraction symbols table of transpose unary minus unary plus optimget optimization optimization helpful hints options parameters preallocation, array preallocation, array troubleshooting vectorization See also minimizing mathematical functions optimization parameters structure optimization parameters structure optimizing M-file execution optimizing performance of M-files optimset options shutdown startup options file creating new modifying preconfigured specifying when to specify options for copying or or (M-file function equivalent for |) or (M-file function equivalent for |) orbitode demo ordeig orderfields ordering minimum degree reverse Cuthill-McKee reverse Cuthill-McKee Ordinary Differential Equations. See ODE ordqz ordschur organization of Handle Graphics organizing data cell arrays multidimensional arrays structure arrays orient orient example orth orthogonal matrix orthogonal-triangular decomposition orthographic projection and Z-buffer orthographic projection, setting and querying orthonormal matrix otherwise otherwise Out of memory (error message) Out of Memory message outer product OuterPosition Axes property 1706 OuterPosition property outliers removing from statistical data output output output checking number of M-file arguments controlling display format controlling format display format hidden hiding in Command Window in Command Window number of M-file arguments paging spaces per tab spacing of suppressing suppressing output arguments order of output cells converting to text purging output formatting functions output functions output points (ODE) increasing number of output properties (DDE) output properties (ODE) increasing number of output points Output style definition OutputBufferSize OutputEmptyFcn overdetermined rectangular matrices overdetermined equation systems, solving overflow overlaying plots overloaded functions overloading overloading arithmetic operators arithmetic operators functions loadobj operators pie3 relational operators saveobj special characters overloading Java methods overspecified ODE systems overwrite mode Command Window Editor/Debugger pack pack page setup page subscripts pagesetupdlg paging of screen paging in the Command Window paging in the Command Window painters algorithm panels panels adding components contained in figures GUI layout example panning paper type setting from the command line paper type for printing setting from the command line PaperOrientation, Figure property 1764 PaperPosition, Figure property 1764 PaperPosition property example PaperPositionMode, Figure property 1765 PaperSize, Figure property 1765 PaperType, Figure property 1765 PaperType property example PaperUnits, Figure property 1766 parametric curve, plotting 1736 parametric surfaces Parent areaseries property Axes property 1707 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1767 hggroup property 1802 hgtransform property 1814 Image property Light property 1824 Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1876 quivergroup property rectangle property 1893 Root property 1901 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property Text property 1949 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property parent, of graphics object parentheses parentheses for input arguments highlighted matching overriding operator precedence with parentheses matching Command Window preferences Editor/Debugger preferences parentheses (special characters) pareto Parity parity bit Partial Differential Equations. See PDE partial fraction expansion partial fraction expansion partialpath pascal Pascal matrix Pascal matrix passing data to Java methods passstr.f Paste Special option Patch converting a surface to creating 1853 defining default properties 1859 properties 1860 reducing number of faces reducing size of face patch behavior of function interpreting color patch 1853 patches coloring edges face coloring flat interpolated indexed color direct scaled interpreting color data multifaceted single polygons specifying faces and vertices truecolor ways to specify path path path path path adding directories to adding directories to adding directories to building from parts changing current description order of directories problems and recovering removing directories from saving changes saving for future sessions viewing viewing PATH environment variable path2rc pathdef pathdef.m location pathname partial pathnames of functions or files relative pathsep pathtool pathtool pause pauses, removing pausing execution of M-file pausing M-file execution pbaspect PBM parameters that can be set when writing PBM files reading writing pcg pcg pchip pcode pcode pcode error checking pcolor PCX PCX files reading writing PDE defined discretized PDE examples (MATLAB) PDE See Partial Differential Equations PDE solver (MATLAB) basic syntax evaluate solution at specific points examples electrodynamics problem simple PDE performance representing problems PDE solver (MATLAB) properties pdepe pdeval pdex1 demo pdex2 demo pdex3 demo pdex4 demo pdex5 demo PDF printing documentation files reader, preference for Help browser percent sign (comments) percent sign (special characters) perfect matching performance performance performance analyzing de-emphasizing an ODE solution component improving for BVP solver improving for DDE solver improving for M-files improving for ODE solvers improving for PDE solver period (.), to distinguish matrix and array operations period (special characters) periods (...) perl Perl scripts in MATLAB permission strings perms permutation matrix matrix of array dimensions random permutations permutations of n elements permute permute permuting array dimensions inverse persistent persistent arrays exempting from cleanup persistent variable persistent variables perspective projection and Z-buffer perspective projection, setting and querying P-files checking existence of PGM parameters that can be set when writing PGM files reading writing phase angle, complex phase, complex correcting angles phonebook.c Phong lighting algorithm pi pi pi pie pie charts labeling offsetting a slice removing a piece pie3 pie3 function overloaded PinStatus PinStatusFcn pinv plane organization for structures planerot platform MATLAB is running on playshow function plhs plhs plhs plhs plot plot plot editing properties changed by plot box plot box aspect ratio of axes plot browser Plot Catalog plot edit mode overview starting and ending plot edit toolbar plot editing mode overview Plot Editor interface interface plot function plot, volumetric generating grid arrays for slice plot plot3 plot3 plot3 properties changed by PlotBoxAspectRatio, Axes property 1707 PlotBoxAspectRatio property example PlotBoxAspectRatioMode, Axes property 1707 PlotBoxAspectRatioMode property plotedit plotedit plotmatrix plots plots editing editing plotting plotting plotting plotting plotting 2-D plot 3-D matrices vectors 3-D plot adding legend adding plots adding to existing graph annotating graphs area graphs bar graphs basic compass plots complex data complex data complex numbers contour plots contours contours (a 1721 contours (ez function) 1721 contours, labeling creating a plot data-point markers editing elementary functions for ez-function mesh plot 1727 feather plots feather plots filled contours 1724 function plots 1786 functions functions with discontinuities 1743 histogram plots in polar coordinates 1739 interactive isosurfaces line colors line colors line styles line styles lines and markers loglog plot mathematical function 1733 mathematical functions matrices mesh and surface mesh contour plot 1730 mesh plot multiple data sets multiple graphs multiple plots nonuniform data overlaying bar graphs overview parametric curve 1736 plot with two y-axes quiver plots ribbon plot rose plot scatter plot scatter plot, 3-D semilogarithmic plot specifying line styles specifying line styles stairstep plots stem plot, 3-D stem plots surface plot surfaces surfaces 1742 to subaxis tools vector data velocity vectors volumetric slice plot windows for plotting See visualizing plotting statistics plotting tools plotyy plus (M-file function equivalent for +) PNG PNG writing as 16-bit using imwrite writing options for alpha background color chromaticities gamma interlace type resolution significant bits transparency PNG files reading reading alpha channel reading transparency chunk specifying background color chunk writing PNM files reading writing pointer Fortran language MEX-file Pointer, Figure property 1767 Pointer property PointerLocation, Root property 1901 pointers custom example defining specifying PointerShapeCData, Figure property 1767 PointerShapeCData property PointerShapeHotSpot, Figure property 1767 PointerShapeHotSpot property PointerWindow, Root property 1901 pol2cart polar polar polar polar coordinates polar coordinates computing the angle contour plots converting from Cartesian converting to cylindrical or Cartesian plotting in 1739 rose plot poles of transfer function poly polyarea polyder polyeig polyfit polygamma function polygon area of creating with patch 1853 detecting points inside polygons, creating with patch polyint polynomial polynomial analytic integration characteristic coefficients (transfer function) curve fitting curve fitting with derivative of division eigenvalue problem evaluation evaluation (matrix sense) make piecewise multiplication regression polynomial interpolation polynomials polynomials basic operations calculating coefficients from roots calculating roots curve fitting derivatives evaluating example class multiplying and dividing partial fraction expansion representing as vectors polyval polyvalm poorly conditioned matrix poorly conditioned eigenvalues pop-up menus pop-up menus pop-up menus pop-up menus pop-up menus defining choices Port Portable Anymap files reading writing Portable Bitmap (PBM) files reading writing Portable Graymap files reading writing Portable Network Graphics files reading writing Portable pixmap format reading writing Position annotation textbox property Axes property 1708 Figure property 1767 Light property 1824 Text property 1949 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property position indicator in file position of camera dollying position of camera, setting and querying position of figure Position property Position property axes figure position rectangle Position, rectangle property 1894 positioning axes positioning of axes positioning text on a graph PostScript PostScript default printer levels 1 and 2 printing interpolated shading pow2 power power matrix See matrix exponential of real numbers of two, next power (M-file function equivalent for .^) power operators matrix power power PPM parameters that can be set when writing PPM files reading writing ppval pr preallocation preallocation preallocation arrays arrays cell array matrix precedence object operator overriding precision precision precision char data types double float long output display reading binary data writing short single uchar preconditioner sparse matrices prefdir preferences preferences preferences preferences MATLAB, general opening the dialog box presentation graphics prhs prhs prhs prhs primary functions prime factors dependence of Fourier transform on dependence of Fourier transform on dependence of Fourier transform on prime numbers detecting primes print print frames print function printdlg printer default for linux and unix printer drivers GhostScript drivers interploated shading MATLAB printer drivers printframe PrintFrame Editor Printing printing printing printing printing printing 3-D scenes aspect ratio default background color borders Command History window contents Command Window contents documentation example fig files with frames figure size setting from the command line setting from the command line setting from the command line fonts supported for HPGL supported for PostScript and GhostScript supported for Windows drivers graphics GUIs help images interpolated shading MATLAB printer driver definition M-files on MS-Windows OpenGL paper type setting from the command line PaperType property example PostScript fonts supported for quick start renderer methods resolution with painters renderer with Z-buffer renderer troubleshooting with a variable filename with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with non-normal EraseMode with print frames Z-buffer printing an M-book cell markers color defaults printing figures printing, suppressing printing tips printopt printpreview private directory private functions precedence of in classes precedence of when calling private methods problems, reporting to The MathWorks prod product cumulative Kronecker tensor of array elements of vectors (cross) scalar (dot) product filter in Help browser preference product version profile profile example Profiler Profiler time described profiling profsave program control break case catch continue else elseif for if otherwise return switch try while programs programs running external running from MATLAB stopping while running projecting surfaces onto an axis Projection property projection type, setting and querying projection types camera position orthographic perspective rendering method ProjectionType, Axes property 1708 prompt in Command Window when debugging prompting users for input prompting users for input propedit properties properties properties automatic axes changed by built-in functions changed by object creation functions defining in startup.m for labeling axes naming convention serial port object source control on PC platforms specifying default values tab completion See also graphics objects Property Editor Property Editor interface Property Inspector Property Inspector property structure (BVP) querying property values defaults defined by MATLAB getting resetting to default setting specifying defaults user defined proppanel protocol DCOM pseudocode pseudoinverse pseudoinverse of matrix psi publish function publishing cells platforms supported Purge Output Cells purging output cells push buttons putfile pwd qmr qr QR decomposition deleting column from QR factorization QR factorization qrdelete qrinsert qrupdate quad quad, quadl functions differ from ODE solvers quad8 quadl quadrature quadrature. See numerical integration quadv questdlg quit quit quitting saving workspace quitting MATLAB quitting MATLAB quitting MATLAB confirmation quiver quiver quiver quiver plots 2-D 3-D combined with contour plot displaying velocity vectors quiver3 quiver3 quotation mark inserting in a string qz QZ factorization QZ factorization R Inc Search field radio buttons radio buttons radio buttons radio buttons rand rand sparse matrices randn randn random numbers numbers permutation sparse matrix sparse matrix symmetric sparse matrix randperm range space rank rank deficiency detecting rectangular matrices sparse matrices rank of a matrix rapid development RAS files parameters that can be set when writing reading writing RAS image format specifying color order writing alpha data Raster image files reading writing rat rational fraction approximation rats rbbox rbbox rcond rdivide rdivide (M-file function equivalent for ./) read/write failures, checking for ReadAsyncMode reading reading reading binary data from a device binary files data from files formatted data from file formatted data from strings HDF data from the command line selecting HDF data sets subsets of HDF data text data from a device readme files, displaying readme files, displaying real real numbers realism, adding with lighting realistic display of objects reallog realmax realmax realmin realmin realpow realsqrt rearranging arrays converting to vector removing first n singleton dimensions removing singleton dimensions reshaping shifting dimensions swapping dimensions swapping dimensions rearranging matrices converting to vector flipping left-right flipping up-down rotating 90° transposing recall previous lines record file serial port object creating multiple files filename format RecordDetail RecordMode RecordName RecordStatus recover deleted files rectangular matrices identity overdetermined systems pseudoinverse QR factorization rank deficient singular value decomposition underdetermined systems rectint RecursionLimit Root property 1901 recycle recycle function preference red breakpoint icons red vertical line in Editor/Debugger redo in desktop reduced row echelon form reducepatch reducevolume refbook directory reference page accessing from doc reference pages reference, subscripted references to Java arrays reflection, specular and diffuse refresh regexp regexp regexpi regexpi regexprep regexprep regression regression linear linear-in-the-parameters multiple polynomial regular expression metacharacters character classes match alphanumeric character (\w) match any character (period) match any characters but these ([^c1c2c3]) match any of these characters ([c1c2c3]) match characters in this range ([c1-c2]) match digit character (\d) match nonalphanumeric character (\W) match nondigit character (\D) match nonwhitespace character (\S) match whitespace character (\s) character representation alarm character (\a) backspace character (\b) carriage return character (\r) escape character (\e) form feed character (\f) hexadecimal character (\x) horizontal tab character (\t) literal character (\char) new line character (\n) octal character (\o) vertical tab character (\v) logical operators atomic group ((?>expr)) comment ((?#expr)) match exact word (\<expr\>) match expr1 or expr2 (expr1|expr2) match if expression begins string (^expr) match if expression begins word (\<expr) match if expression ends string (expr$) match if expression ends word (expr\>) noncapturing group ((?:expr)) standard group ((expr)) lookaround operators match expr1, if followed by expr2 (expr1(?=expr2)) match expr1, if not followed by expr2 (expr1(?!expr2)) match expr2, if not preceded by expr1 (expr1(?<!expr2)) match expr2, if preceded by expr1 (expr1(?<=expr2)) operator summary quantifiers greedy quantifier (qu_expr*) lazy quantifier (qu_expr?) match 0 or 1 instance (expr?) match 0 or more instances (expr?*) match 1 or more instances (expr?+) match n instances (expr{n}) match n to m instances (expr{nm}) possessive quantifier (qu_expr+) token operators create named token ((?<name>expr)) create token ((expr)) if token, match expr ((?(token)expr)) if token, match expr1, else expr2 ((?(token)expr1|expr2)) match named token (\k<name>) match Nth token (\N) replace Nth token ($N) regular expressions [c1 - c2] [c1c2c3] character classes character representation conditional expressions functions regexp regexpi regexprep introduction logical operators lookaround operators multiple strings finding a single pattern finding multiple patterns matching replacing quantifiers greedy lazy possessive tokens example 1 example 2 named capture operators use in replacement string using token parameter regularly spaced vectors, creating regularly spaced vectors, creating rehash relational operators relational operators relational operators empty arrays strings relative accuracy BVP DDE norm of DDE solution norm of ODE solution ODE release notes function to display rem remote login Macintosh removing cells from cell array fields from structure arrays singleton dimensions removing files from source control system renderer OpenGL 1768 painters 1768 zbuffer 1768 Renderer, Figure property 1768 Renderer property Renderer property and printing RendererMode, Figure property 1771 RendererMode property rendering options Z-buffer reorderings for sparser factorizations LU factorization minimum degree ordering reducing bandwidth repeatedly executing statements repeatedly executing statements replacing substring within string replicating a matrix repmap repmat representing mathematical functions RequestToSend requirements MATLAB reset reset reshape reshape reshape reshaping cell arrays multidimensional arrays reshaping matrices residuals analyzing exponential data fit residue residues of transfer function Resize, Figure property 1772 resize function for GUI ResizeFcn, Figure property 1772 resizing GUIs resizing objects resizing windows in the desktop restoredefaultpath results in MATLAB, displaying rethrow return return return function reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering revision control See source control system interface revision control systems interfacing to MATLAB revord.c revord.f rewinding files to beginning of rewinding files to beginning of RGB RGB color values converting to images converting the data class of RGB, converting to HSV rgb2hsv rgbplot rgbplot ribbon right-click and context menus right-hand text limit rigid body (ODE example) rigidode demo rmdir rmdir (ftp) rmfield rmfield rmpath rmpref function RMS See root-mean-square roadmap for documentation Robertson problem DAE example ODE example rolling camera root root root directory root directory for MATLAB Root graphics object Root graphics object root object root object root, see rootobject root, see rootobject root-mean-square of vector roots roots polynomial roots of a polynomial rose rose rose Rosenbrock banana function ODE solver rosser rot90 rotate rotate3d rotating 3-D views rotating axis labels rotating camera rotating camera target rotating matrices rotation about viewing axis without resizing Rotation, Text property 1949 rotations Jacobi round round to nearest integer towards infinity towards minus infinity towards zero roundoff error characteristic polynomial and convolution theorem and effect on eigenvalues evaluating matrix functions in inverse Hilbert matrix partial fraction expansion and polynomial roots and sparse matrix conversion and routine computational gateway gateway mex mx rref rrefmovie RS-232 standard rsf2csf rubberband box 1881 rule in Editor/Debugger run Runge-Kutta ODE solvers running M-files M-files in Editor/Debugger running average running functions running MATLAB run-time errors sampled data with ODE solvers save save save save save save function using with Java objects saveas saveas saveobj saveobj example savepath saving saving saving saving ASCII data automatically in Editor/Debugger MAT-files preferences M-files objects serial port objects session to a file workspace upon quitting workspace variables saving figures saving graphs scalar scalar and relational operators as a matrix expansion string scalar expansion scalar product scalar product (of vectors) scalars scaled color mapping scaled complementary error function (defined) scattered data multidimensional interpolation multidimensional tessellation triangulation and interpolation scattered data, aligning multi-dimensional two-dimensional scheduling program execution using timers Schmidt semi-normalized Legendre functions schur Schur decomposition Schur decomposition Schur form of matrix Schur form of matrix Scientific Data API programming model scientific notation screen extent, determining screen, paging ScreenDepth, Root property 1901 ScreenPixelsPerInch, Root property 1902 ScreenSize property example ScreenSize, Root property 1902 script script for startup script M-files scripts scripts example executing scroll buffer for Command Window scrolling in Command Window scrolling screen seamount data set search path search path search path search path search path adding directories to Java native method libraries setting the path MATLAB's M-files on modifying problems and recovering saving for future sessions viewing search, string searching for M-files Help browser Boolean results text in page M-file content across files text Command History window Command Window text in current file text in M-files text, incrementally sec secant hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic secd sech second difference operator example section breaks in calc zones Selected areaseries property Axes property 1708 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1773 hggroup property 1802 hgtransform property 1814 Image property Light property 1824 Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1876 quivergroup property rectangle property 1894 Root property 1902 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property Text property 1949 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property selecting areas 1881 selecting multiple items selecting multiple objects selection button SelectionHighlight areaseries property Axes property 1708 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1773 hggroup property 1802 hgtransform property 1814 Image property Light property 1824 Line property 1838 lineseries property Patch property 1876 quivergroup property rectangle property 1894 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property Text property 1949 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property SelectionType, Figure property 1773 selectmoveresize 1905, selectmoveresize 1905, semicolon (;) after functions between functions semicolon (special characters) semicolon to suppress output semilogx semilogx, properties changed by semilogy semilogy, properties changed by sendmail Separator Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property separator in functions Separator, Uimenu property sequence of matrix names (M1 through M12) generating serial port data format devices,connecting object creation RS-232 standard session signal and pin assignments serial port object array creation callback properties configuring communications connecting to device disconnecting display event types handshaking input buffer output buffer properties reading binary data reading text data recording information to disk using control pins using events and callbacks writing and reading data writing binary data writing text data serializable interface server (FTP) connecting to service name service name session session session automatic log file saving serial port session log Command History diary set set timer object set 1906 set method set operations difference exclusive or intersection membership union unique setappdata setdiff setfield setpref function setstr setting breakpoints setxor shading 1909 shading colors in surface plots 1909 shadowed functions ShareColors, Figure property 1774 shared libraries data conversion enumerated types primitive types reference pointers references strings structures library functions getting information about invoking functions passing arguments loading the library MATLAB interface to unloading the library shared libraries directory UNIX Windows sharing character data sharing data in GUIs shell escape shell escape functions shell script shell script shiftdim shiftdim shifting array circular shifting matrix elements shockbvp demo short short integer shortcut for MATLAB in Windows keys in Editor/Debugger keys in MATLAB shortcut keys Array Editor Command Window editing Editor/Debugger shortcuts categories creating from Command History window defined deleting editing Editor/Debugger file labels, hiding moving organizing toolbar shortcuts.xml Show Cell Markers show file history on PC platforms ShowArrowHead quivergroup property ShowHiddenHandles property ShowHiddenHandles, Root property 1902 ShowText contour property shrinkfaces shutdown shutdown MATLAB options shutting down MATLAB sign signum function simple inheritance simplex search Simpson's rule, adaptive recursive Simulink printing diagram with frames version number, displaying sin sin sincall.c sincall.f sind sine hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic single single instance single precision single quote (special characters) single-precision mathematics single-precision matrix singular matrix singular value decomposition decomposition largest rank and singular value matrix decomposition sinh size size size size size array dimesions sparse matrices structure arrays structure fields using with Java arrays size of array dimensions size of computer screen size of fonts, see also FontSize property 1951 size vector SizeData scatter property sizing windows in the desktop skipping bytes (during file I/O) slice slice planes colormapping slicing a volume slice planes, contouring slider sliders sliders SliderStep, Uicontrol property smallest array elements smallest value system can represent smart recall smooth3 smoothing 3-D data snapshot soccer ball (example) solution changes, rapid making initial guess verifying consistent behavior solution statistics (BVP) solving linear systems of equations full sparse sort sort sorting array elements complex conjugate pairs matrix rows sorting matrix column data sorting matrix row data sorting matrix row vectors sortrows sound sound sound converting vector into converting vector into files reading reading writing writing playing recording resampling sampling source control troubleshooting source control on UNIX platforms source control on UNIX platforms checking out files function getting files locking files source control system viewing current system source control system interface PC platforms adding files preferences selecting system supported systems UNIX platforms preferences selecting system supported systems source control system interface on PC platforms checking out files comparing working copy to source control version displaying file properties get latest version of file removing files showing file history starting source control system undoing file check-out source control system interface on UNIX platforms checking in files checking out files configuring ClearCase source control system supported systems undoing file check-out source control systems source control systems checking in files interfacing to MATLAB undo checkout (space) character for separating array row elements for separating function return values spaces in MATLAB commands spacing output in Command Window tabs in Command Window spalloc sparse sparse arrays sparse function converting full to sparse sparse matrices sparse matrices memory requirements sparse matrix sparse matrix advantages allocating space for and complex values applying function only to nonzero elements of Cholesky factorization computational considerations contents conversion from full creating directly from diagonal elements density density of detecting diagonal distance between nodes eigenvalues fill-in finding indices of nonzero elements of identity importing linear systems of equations LU factorization and reordering mathematical operations minimum degree ordering of nonzero elements maximum number specifying when creating matrix storage storage values nonzero elements of sparse matrix number of number of nonzero elements in operations permutation permuting columns of preconditioner propagation through computations QR factorization random random random symmetric reordering replacing nonzero elements of with ones results of mixed operations on solving least squares linear system specifying maximum number of nonzero elements storage for various permutations viewing triangular factorization vector of nonzero elements viewing contents graphically viewing storage visualizing visualizing sparsity pattern of sparse matrix functions sparse ODE examples Brusselator system (brussode) sparse storage criterion for using spaugment spconvert spconvert spdiags spdiags special characters descriptions overloading special constants infinity not-a-number specialized graphs specular color exponent highlight reflection SpecularColorReflectance Patch property 1876 Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property SpecularColorReflectance property illustration SpecularExponent Patch property 1877 Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property SpecularExponent property illustration SpecularStrength Patch property 1877 Surface property 1928 surfaceplot property SpecularStrength property illustration speye speye spfun sph2cart sphere sphere sphereical coordinates defining a Light position in 1826 spherical coordinates spinmap splash screen UNIX startup option Windows startup option spline spline spline interpolation (cubic) multidimensional one-dimensional three dimensional two-dimensional Spline Toolbox spones spones spparms spparms sprand sprand sprandn sprandsym sprank spreadsheets loading WK1 files loading XLS files reading into a matrix writing from matrix writing matrices into sprintf sprintf spy spy plot sqrt sqrtm square brackets for output arguments square root of a matrix of array elements of real numbers squeeze squeeze with multidimensional arguments sscanf sscanf stack in Editor/Debugger viewing stack, displaying stairs stairs stairstep plot stand-alone Editor standard deviation start timer object start bit Start button Start button adding toolboxes customizing startat timer object starting timers starting MATLAB starting MATLAB DOS UNIX Windows starting plot edit mode starting points for stream plots startup startup directory for MATLAB files for MATLAB Macintosh, remote login M-file double-click M-files open options for MATLAB script startup cost minimizing for ODE solvers startup file startup files startup.m location startup file State Uitoggletool property Stateflow printing diagram with frames statement definition statements statements statements conditional continuing on multiple lines defined executing executing a group of long (on multiple lines) static data, Java accessing assigning static methods, Java static text statistical data missing values normalizing outliers preprocessing removing NaNs See also multivariate data See also univariate data statistics statistics descriptive formatting plots of plotting plotting saving to workspace Status std stem stem plots 3-D overlaid with line plot stem3 stem3 stem3 step size (DDE) initial step size upper bound step size (ODE) step size (ODE) initial step size upper bound stepping through M-file stiff ODE examples Brusselator system (brussode) differential-algebraic problem (hb1dae) finite element discretization (fem1ode) van der Pol (vdpode) stiffness (ODE), defined stop timer object stop bit StopBits stopping timers stopping a running program stops in M-files stops (...) stopwatch timer storage storage allocated for nonzero entries (sparse) minimizing for ODE problems permutations of sparse matrices sparse sparse and full, comparison sparse matrix viewing for sparse matrix storage allocation storing data str2cell str2double str2func str2mat str2num strcat strcmp strcmp strcmpi stream line plots stream lines computing 2-D computing 3-D drawing stream plots starting points stream2 stream3 stretch-to-fill overriding stretch-to-fill 1688 strfind String Text property 1949 textarrow property textbox property Uicontrol property string string comparing one to another comparing the first n characters of two converting from vector to converting matrix into converting matrix into converting to lowercase converting to numeric array converting to uppercase dictionary sort of finding first token in searching and replacing searching for string matrix to cell array conversion string to numeric conversion functions string variable, in text strings strings strings strings strings across multiple lines color indicators concatenating converting to matrix (formatted) functions to create inserting a quotation mark in saving as Unicode writing data to strings, cell arrays of strjust strmatch strncmp strncmpi strread strrep strtok strtrim struct struct using with Java objects struct2cell structs for nested structures structure array field names of getting contents of field of remove field from setting contents of a field of structure arrays accessing data adding fields to applying functions to building using structs data organization deleting fields dynamic field names element-by-element organization expanding fields assigning data to growing growing indexing nested structures within fields multidimensional applying functions nesting obtaining field names organizing data example plane organization size subarrays, accessing subscripting used with classes within cell arrays writing M-files for example structures structures structures structures editing field names dynamic functions tab completion structures, MATLAB converting from Java object strvcat Style Light property 1824 Uicontrol property style preferences for text styles in M-book modifying sub2ind subfunction subfunction displayed in Editor/Debugger status bar subfunctions subfunctions accessing creating debugging definition line going to in M-file precedence of subplot subplot subplot function subroutines dynamically linked subsasgn subsasgn for index reference for subscripted assignment subscripted assignment subscripting subscripting how MATLAB calculates indices multidimensional arrays overloading page structure arrays with logical expression with logical vectors with logical vectors with the find function subscripts subscripts in axis title in text strings 1952 subsindex subspace subsref subsref subsref method subsref (M-file function equivalent for A(i,j,k...)) substring within a string substruct subtraction (arithmetic operator) subtraction operator subvolume suggestions to The MathWorks sum sum sum sum counting nonzeros in sparse matrix cumulative of array elements sparse matrices sum function sunspot periodicity calculating using Fourier transforms superiorto superiorto superscripts in axis title in text strings 1952 superseding existing M-file names support support technical suppressing M-Lint messages suppressing output suppressing output surf surf surf2patch Surface and contour plotter 1746 converting to a patch creating 1912 defining default properties 1886, 1915 defining default properties 1886, 1915 plotting mathematical functions 1742 properties properties surface 1912 surface normals, computing for volumes surface plot surfaces CData coloring curvature mapped to color FaceColor parametric plotting nonuniformly sampled data texturemap surfc surfc surfl surfnorm svd svds switch switch case groupings example multiple conditions switch function switches for startup symamd symamd minimum degree ordering symbfact symbols symbols asterisk * at sign @ colon : comma , curly braces { } dot . dot-dot .. dot-dot-dot ... dot-parentheses .( ) exclamation point ! operators parentheses ( ) percent % percent-brace %{ and %} semicolon ; single quotes ' space character square brackets [ ] symbols in text 1950 symbols, TeX characters symmetric matrix symmetric matrix transpose symmlq symmmd symrcm symrcm column permutation reducing sparse matrix bandwidth syntax syntax color indicators color preferences in MATLAB coloring and indenting errors highlighting syntaxes of M-file functions, defining system system configuration system directory, temporary system environment variables system path for UNIX system requirements MATLAB systems of equations. See linear systems of equations tab indenting in Editor/Debugger preference for indenting in Editor C/C++ Java preference for indenting in Editor/Debugger spacing in Command Window tab completion tabbing desktop windows together table lookup See interpolation table of contents for help tabs in string arrays Tag Tag areaseries property Axes property 1709 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1774 hggroup property 1802 hgtransform property 1815 Image property Light property 1824 Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1877 quivergroup property rectangle property 1894 Root property 1902 scatter property serial port property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property Text property 1952 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property Tag property use Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) reading writing tan tand tangent four-quadrant, inverse hyperbolic inverse inverse hyperbolic tanh target, of camera Technical Support contacting Web page tempdir tempdir templates M-book tempname tempname temporary files system directory temporary arrays automatic cleanup destroying temporary directory for deleted files temporary files creating temporary memory cleaning up tensor, Kronecker product terminating a running program terminating MATLAB Terminator tessellations, multidimensional Delaunay Voronoi diagrams test, logical See logical tests and detecting test, logical See logical tests and detecting test matrices tetrahedron mesh plot tetramesh TeX available characters creating mathematical symbols symbols in text symbols in text TeX commands in text 1950 Text creating 1931 defining default properties 1934 fixed-width font 1941 properties 1935 text text text text adding to axes adding to axes converting to input cells entering in MATLAB finding in page in Help browser for labeling plots horizontal and vertical alignment multiline placing dynamically, example placing outside of axes positioning preferences in MATLAB styles in M-book subscripts 1952 superscripts 1952 TeX characters using variables in text 1931 editing text annotations text data reading from a device writing to a device text editor, setting as default text editors for M-files text files text files editing in Editor/Debugger importing opening in Editor/Debugger reading text mode for opened files TextBackgroundColor annotation textbarrow property TextColor annotation textbarrow property TextEdgeColor annotation textbarrow property TextLineWidth annotation textarrow property TextList contour property TextListMode contour property TextMargin annotation textbarrow property textread TextRotation, textarrow property textscan TextStep contour property TextStepMode contour property texture mapping textwrap theoretical graph example node threebvp demo three-dimensional interpolation three-dimensional objects, creating with patch tic tick marks, on axes tick marks, on axes TickDir, Axes property 1709 TickDirMode, Axes property 1709 TickLength, Axes property 1709 TIFF TIFF TIFF compression encoding ImageDescription field maxvalue parameters that can be set when writing reading resolution writemode writing TIFF image format specifying compression TightInset property tiling (copies of a matrix) time time time CPU elapsed (stopwatch timer) measured for M-files numbers required to execute commands time and date functions time and date functions Timeout time-out message while evaluating multiple input cells in an M-book timer timer properties timer object timer objects blocking the command line callback functions creating deleting execution modes finding all existing timers naming convention overview properties starting stopping TimerFcn timerfind timer object timerfindall timer object TimerPeriod timers starting and stopping using times and dates times (M-file function equivalent for .*) timestwo.c timestwo.f timestwoalt.c tips, programming additional information command and function syntax debugging demos development environment evaluating expressions files and filenames function arguments help input/output MATLAB path M-file functions operating system compatibility program control program development save and load starting MATLAB strings variables title title title title adding to a graph figure with superscript Title, Axes property 1710 tmp/MATLAB_Files directory toc todatenum toeplitz Toeplitz matrix toggle buttons toggle buttons toggle buttons Toggle Graph Output for Cell token in string token matching Command Window preferences Editor/Debugger preferences token See also string tokens regular expressions tolerance Toolbar Figure property 1775 toolbar buttons toolbar, camera toolbar menus creating with GUIDE toolbars desktop shortcuts Toolbox Spline toolbox path cache preferences toolboxes toolboxes custom, adding to Start button tools in desktop description tools in the desktop tooltips for data TooltipString Uicontrol property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property trace trace of a matrix trace of a matrix trailing blanks removing transfer functions using partial fraction expansion TransferStatus transform, Fourier discrete, n-dimensional discrete, one-dimensional discrete, two-dimensional inverse, n-dimensional inverse, one-dimensional inverse, two-dimensional shifting the zero-frequency component of transformation See also conversion transformations elementary Hermite transmitting file to FTP server transparency chunk in PNG files transpose transpose transpose array (arithmetic operator) complex conjugate matrix (arithmetic operator) unconjugated complex transpose function transpose (M-file function equivalent for .') transpose operator transposing matrices trapz treelayout treeplot triangular factorization sparse matrices triangular matrix triangulation triangulation 2-D plot closest point searches Delaunay scattered data Voronoi diagrams See also tessellation tricubic interpolation tricubic interpolation trigonometric functions tril trilinear interpolation trilinear interpolation trilinear interpolation trilinear interpolation trimesh triple integral numerical evaluation triplequad triplot trisurf triu troubleshooting troubleshooting MEX-file creation source control problems troubleshooting (ODE) true truecolor patches rendering method used for surface plots truth tables (for logical operations) try try try function try-catch tsearch tsearchn twobvp demo two-dimensional interpolation comparing methods graphically Type Type areaseries property Axes property 1710 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1775 hggroup property 1803 hgtransform property 1815 Image property Light property 1825 Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1877 quivergroup property rectangle property 1894 Root property 1902 scatter property serial port property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property Text property 1952 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property type type ahead feature in Command History window type identification functions uchar data type UData errorbar property quivergroup property UDataSource errorbar property quivergroup property Uibuttongroup defining default properties uibuttongroup function Uibuttongroup Properties UIContextMenu areaseries property Axes property 1710 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1775 hggroup property 1803 hgtransform property 1815 Image property Light property 1825 Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1877 quivergroup property rectangle property 1894 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property Text property 1953 UiContextMenu Uicontrol property Uicontextmenu Uicontextmenu property uicontextmenu Uicontextmenu Properties Uicontrol defining default properties fixed-width font types of uicontrol Uicontrol Properties uigetdir uigetfile uigetpref function uiimport Uimenu creating defining default properties Properties uimenu Uimenu Properties uint16 arrays converting to double converting to double operations supported on storing images uint8 uint8 uint8 arrays uint8 arrays converting to double converting to double operations supported on storing images uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64 uiopen Uipanel defining default properties uipanel function Uipanel Properties uipanels Uipushtool defining default properties uipushtool Uipushtool Properties uiputfile uiresume uisave uisetcolor uisetfont uisetpref function uistack Uitoggletool defining default properties uitoggletool Uitoggletool Properties Uitoolbar defining default properties uitoolbar Uitoolbar Properties uiwait uminus (M-file function equivalent for unary -) unary minus operator unary plus operator UNC (Universal Naming Convention) pathname uncomment unconstrained minimization Undefine Cells undefined numerical results underdetermined rectangular matrices undo in desktop in Editor undo/redo undo/redo undocheckout undocking windows from desktop undoing file check-out on PC platforms on UNIX platforms Ungroup Cells Unicode preference when saving unicode2native unimodular matrix union unique unitary matrices QR factorization unitary matrix (complex) Units Axes property 1710 Figure property 1775 Root property 1903 Text property 1952 Uicontrol property units axes used by figures Units property univariate data UNIX UNIX UNIX directory organization system path Web browser unix unknown parameters (BVP) example unlocking axes position unlocking M-files unmkpp unselecting objects unwrap unzip up vector, of camera updates to products updating figure during M-file execution 1720 uplus (M-file function equivalent for unary +) upper upper triangular matrix uppercase to lowercase uppercase usage in MATLAB URL Java example url opening in Web browser urlread urlwrite user classes, designing UserData UserData areaseries property Axes property 1711 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1776 hggroup property 1803 hgtransform property 1815 Image property Light property 1825 Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1878 quivergroup property rectangle property 1895 Root property 1903 scatter property serial port property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property Text property 1953 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property utilities running from MATLAB %val %val allocating memory DIGITAL Visual Fortran validating M-files value data type largest system can represent Value, Uicontrol property values examining viewing in Editor/Debugger ValuesReceived ValuesSent van der Pol example simple, nonstiff simple, stiff vander Vandermonde matrix var varargin varargin in argument list in nested functions unpacking contents varargout varargout in argument list in nested functions packing contents variable numbers of M-file arguments variable scope variable-order solver (ODE) variables variables variables variables variables checking existence of clearing from workspace deleting or clearing displaying values of editing values global global global alternatives creating displaying suggestions for use graphical representation of graphing from the Workspace browser in workspace listing local local local local name of passed naming naming opening opening persistent persistent replacing list with a cell array saving saving sizes of storage in memory usage guidelines viewing during execution workspace VData quivergroup property VDataSource quivergroup property vdpode demo vector vector dot product frequency length of logical of dates preallocation preallocation product (cross) vector field, plotting vector products dot or scalar outer and inner vectorization vectorization example replacing for vectorization vectorize vectorize vectorizing ODE function (BVP) vectors vectors vectors vectors vectors column and row determined by direction cosines displaying velocity logical multiplication preallocating vectors, creating logarithmically spaced regularly spaced regularly spaced vehicle traffic sample data velocity vectors displayed with quiver velocity vectors, plotting ver verctrl function (Windows) version version version version information for MathWorks products obtaining version control See source control system interface version control systems interfacing to MATLAB version numbers displaying returned as strings versioning MEX-files vertcat vertcat (M-file function equivalent for [;]) vertex normals and back face lighting VertexNormals Patch property 1878 Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property VertexNormals property VerticalAlignment property VerticalAlignment, Text property 1953 VerticalAlignment, textarrow property VerticalAlignment, textbox property Vertices, Patch property 1878 Vertices property video saving in AVI format view view view view azimuth of viewpoint azimuth of viewpoint camera properties coordinate system defining coordinate system defining definition of elevation of viewpoint elevation of viewpoint example of rotation limitation of azimuth and elevation limitations using MATLAB default behavior projection types specifying specifying with azimuth and elevation view angle, of camera View, Axes property (obsolete) 1711 viewing a group of object a specific object in a scene viewing axis moving camera along viewing desktop tools viewmtx viewpoint, controlling viewpoint, controlling visibility of axes visibility of graphics objects visibility of graphics objects Visible areaseries property Axes property 1711 barseries property contour property errorbar property Figure property 1776 hggroup property 1803 hgtransform property 1815 Image property Light property 1825 Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1878 quivergroup property rectangle property 1895 Root property 1903 scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1929 surfaceplot property Text property 1954 Uicontextmenu property Uicontrol property Uimenu property Uipushtool property Uitoggletool property Uitoolbar property Visible figure property embedding graphics in M-book Visual Basic MATLAB DDE server example visualizing visualizing visualizing visualizing cell array cell array structure commands for volume data mathematical functions sparse matrices sparse matrix steps for volume data techniques for volume data visualizing solver results BVP DDE ODE PDE volume data accessing subregions examples of MRI scalar slicing with plane steps to visualize techniques for visualizing vector visualizing volumes calculating isosurface data computing 2-D stream lines computing 3-D stream lines computing isosurface normals contouring slice planes drawing stream lines end caps reducing face size in isosurfaces reducing number of elements in voronoi Voronoi diagrams Voronoi diagrams multidimensional multidimensional vizualization two-dimensional two-dimensional vizualization voronoin wait timer object waitbar waitfor waitforbuttonpress warndlg warning warning breakpoints warning control saving and restoring state warning control statements message identifiers output from output structure array warning message (enabling, suppressing, and displaying) warning message identifiers warnings debugging identifying syntax warning control statements warning states wat11copts.bat wat11engmatopts.bat Watcom compiler debugging waterfall waverecord wavfinfo wavplay wavplay wavread wavread wavrecord wavwrite WData quivergroup property WDataSource quivergroup property Web accessing from MATLAB site for The MathWorks web Web browser Web browser displaying help in font in MATLAB pointing to file or url proxy server specifying for UNIX Web content access weekday well conditioned what what whatsnew which which which used with methods using with Java methods while while empty arrays example syntax while loop white space finding in string white space characters, ASCII white space characters, ASCII whitebg who whos whos interpreting memory use Width annotation ellipse property annotation rectangle property width of Command Window wildcards, in filenames wilkinson Wilkinson matrix Wilkinson matrix window active focus WindowButtonDownFcn, Figure property 1776 WindowButtonMotionFcn, Figure property 1776 WindowButtonUpFcn, Figure property 1777 Windows automation COM directory organization mex -setup selecting compiler Windows clipboard format Metafilepict text XLTable Windows Cursor Resources (CUR) reading windows for plotting Windows Icon resources reading windows in desktop about arrangement closing docking moving opening sizing undocking windows in MATLAB Windows Paintbrush files reading writing WindowStyle, Figure property 1777 winopen winqueryreg winword.exe wire frame surface wire frame surface wireframe surface WK1 files loading writing from matrix wk1finfo wk1read wk1write Word and access to MATLAB Word documents converting to M-book word processing access to MATLAB work directory working directory workspace workspace workspace workspace workspace workspace base caller caller changing context while debugging changing context while debugging clearing clearing items from consolidating memory context defined functions initializing in M-book loading M-book contamination MEX-file function MEX-file function of individual functions opening predefining variables protecting integrity saving saving tool variables in viewing viewing contents of viewing during execution Workspace browser Workspace browser description preferences workspace variables reading from disk wrapping lines in Command Window long statements write/read failures, checking for writing writing writing ASCII data binary data to a device binary data to file formatted data to file HDF data in HDF4 format in HDF5 format text data to a device writing event handlers WVisual, Figure property 1778 WVisualMode, Figure property 1780 X annotation arrow property annotation arrow property annotation ellipse property annotation line property annotation rectangle property annotation textarrow property X Windows Dump files reading writing x-axis limits, setting and querying XAxisLocation, Axes property 1711 XColor, Axes property 1711 XData areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property Image property Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1878 quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1930 surfaceplot property XDataMode areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property lineseries property quivergroup property stairseries property stem property surfaceplot property XDataSource area property areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property lineseries property quivergroup property stairseries property stem property surfaceplot property XDir, Axes property 1712 XDisplay, Figure property 1780 XGrid, Axes property 1712 xlabel XLabel, Axes property 1712 xlim XLim, Axes property 1713 XLimMode, Axes property 1713 XLS files loading xlsfinfo xlsread xlswrite XMinorGrid, Axes property 1713 xmlread xmlwrite xor xor erase mode XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XOR, printing XScale, Axes property 1713 xslt XTick, Axes property 1713 XTickLabel, Axes property 1714 XTickLabelMode, Axes property 1714 XTickMode, Axes property 1714 xtimesy.c xtimesy.f XVisual, Figure property 1781 XVisualMode, Figure property 1782 XWD XWD files reading writing xyz coordinates See Cartesian coordinates xyz coordinates See Cartesian coordinates Y annotation arrow property annotation arrow property annotation arrow property annotation ellipse property annotation rectangle property annotation textarrow property y-axis limits, setting and querying YAxisLocation, Axes property 1711 YColor, Axes property 1711 YData areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property Image property Line property 1839 lineseries property Patch property 1878 quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property Surface property 1930 surfaceplot property YDataMode contour property quivergroup property surfaceplot property YDataSource areaseries property barseries property contour property errorbar property lineseries property quivergroup property scatter property stairseries property stem property surfaceplot property YDir, Axes property 1712 yellow highlighting in M-file YGrid, Axes property 1712 ylabel YLabel, Axes property 1712 ylim YLim, Axes property 1713 YLimMode, Axes property 1713 YMinorGrid, Axes property 1713 yprime.c yprime.c yprimef.F yprimef.f yprimefg.F yprimefg.f YScale, Axes property 1713 YTick, Axes property 1713 YTickLabel, Axes property 1714 YTickLabelMode, Axes property 1714 YTickMode, Axes property 1714 z-axis limits, setting and querying Z-buffer Z-buffer orthographic projection perspective projection printing rendering truecolor ZColor, Axes property 1711 ZData contour property Line property 1839 lineseries property lineseries property Patch property 1878 quivergroup property stemseries property Surface property 1930 surfaceplot property ZDataSource contour property lineseries property lineseries property lineseries property surfaceplot property ZDir, Axes property 1712 zero of a function, finding zeros zeros zeros zeros of mathematical functions sparse matrices ZGrid, Axes property 1712 zip zlabel zlim ZLim, Axes property 1713 ZLimMode, Axes property 1713 ZMinorGrid, Axes property 1713 zoom zoom zooming by setting camera angle ZScale, Axes property 1713 ZTick, Axes property 1713 ZTickLabel, Axes property 1714 ZTickLabelMode, Axes property 1714 ZTickMode, Axes 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