Getting Started

MATLAB Documentation

MATLAB provides extensive documentation, in both printed and online format, to help you learn about and use all of its features. If you are a new user, start with this book, Getting Started with MATLAB, which introduces you to MATLAB. It covers all the primary MATLAB features at a high level, including plenty of examples to help you to learn the material quickly.

• Chapter 2, Development Environment - introduces the MATLAB development environment, including information about tools and the MATLAB desktop.
• Chapter 3, Manipulating Matrices - introduces how to use MATLAB to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices.
• Chapter 4, Graphics - introduces MATLAB graphic capabilities, including information about plotting data, annotating graphs, and working with images.
• Chapter 5, Programming with MATLAB - describes how to use the MATLAB language to create scripts and functions, and manipulate data structures, such as cell arrays and multidimensional arrays. This section also provides an overview of the demo programs included with MATLAB.

To find more detailed information about any of these topics, use the MATLAB online documentation. The online Help provides task-oriented and reference information about MATLAB features. The MATLAB documentation is also available in printed form and in PDF format.

The MATLAB System

MATLAB Online Help