Getting Started

Getting Started

If you are new to MATLAB, you should start by reading Manipulating Matrices. The most important things to learn are how to enter matrices, how to use the : (colon) operator, and how to invoke functions. After you master the basics, you should read the rest of the sections below and run the demos.

At the heart of MATLAB is a new language you must learn before you can fully exploit its power. You can learn the basics of MATLAB quickly, and mastery comes shortly after. You will be rewarded with high productivity, high-creativity computing power that will change the way you work.

• Introduction - describes the components of the MATLAB system.
• Development Environment - introduces the MATLAB development environment, including information about tools and the MATLAB desktop.
• Manipulating Matrices - introduces how to use MATLAB to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices.
• Graphics - introduces MATLAB graphic capabilities, including information about plotting data, annotating graphs, and working with images.
• 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.

Related Information

For more detailed tutorial information about any of the topics covered in this collection, see Using MATLAB. For reference information about MATLAB functions, see Reference.

Introduction