Symbols 

!

A 

ActiveX entries for MATLAB

annotating plots

arrays

editing

ASCII files

loading data from

auread

automatic highlighting in Editor/Debugger

automatic indenting in Editor/Debugger

automation server

automation startup option

auwrite

B 

binary files

breakpoints

C 

C programs

for reading files

for writing files

cd

clc

clear

clearing M-files

clearing the Command Window

closing MATLAB

color printing from Editor <1> <2>

command line editing

command to operating system

Command Window

commands on multiple lines

conversion specifiers

copying options

current directory

customizing menus in Editor

D 

data

exchanging between platforms

datatips

dbclear

dbcont

dbdown

dbquit

dbstack

dbstatus

dbstep

dbstop

dbtype

dbup

Debugger

changing workspace context

continue

pause

red stop sign

stack <1> <2>

step

debugging <1> <2>

debugging commands

defaults, setting

delete

diary <1> <2>

dir

directory, current

dlmread

dlmwrite

E 

echoing

edit <1> <2>

editing

arrays

M-files

editor

command line

default

preference

See also Editor (MATLAB's)

Editor (MATLAB's)

customizing menus

font used in

indenting

matching quotes automatically

options

printing in color

saving files

syntax formatting

See also editor

Editor/Debugger <1> <2> <3>

highlighting

indenting

warning

See also editor

ending MATLAB

errors

finding

evaluating

values in Debugger

exiting MATLAB

F 

figure

figure window

files

ASCII

loading

saving

editing M-files

exchanging between platforms

log

manipulating

MAT-files

matlabrc.m

M-files

debugging

opening

reading with C or Fortran programs

registry

search path default

sound, reading

sound, writing

spreadsheet

startup

startup.m

writing with C or Fortran programs

finish.m

finishdlg.m

finishsav.m

font

in Command Window

in Editor

fopen

format

numeric

See also sprintf

format

formatting of syntax in Editor

Fortran programs

for reading files

for writing files

fprintf

fread

fwrite

G 

general preferences

graphical debugging

graphics <1> <2>

annotations

H 

help

directory

for MATLAB

highlighting in Editor/Debugger

I 

image files

reading

writing

imread

imwrite

indenting in Editor/Debugger

inserting in Editor

interpreter, MATLAB

interrupting a running program

L 

line breaks

line number

load <1> <2>

loading

ASCII files

log file

logfile startup option

M 

matching quotes automatically

MAT-files

saving

MATLAB

Command Window

help for

interpreter

path

quitting

starting

matlab

matlabrc.m

memory

utilization

menus

M-files

debugging

editing

for entering data

impact of clearing on breakpoints

running at startup

search path

Microsoft Windows

environment for MATLAB

minimize startup option

more

multiple lines for a single statement

N 

nosplash startup option

numeric format <1> <2>

O 

open

opening files

operating system command

operators

semicolon

options

for Editor

for startup

output

controlling display format

suppressing

overtype mode

P 

pack

paging in the Command Window

path

MATLAB

search <1> <2>

Path Browser

pathdef.m <1> <2>

pathtool

pausing in Debugger

platforms, exchanging files between

plot

Plot Editor

plots

annotations in

preferences <1> <2>

printing

in color from Editor <1> <2>

programming

debugging

programs

running from MATLAB

stopping while running

Q 

question mark button

quitting MATLAB

See also finish.m

R 

r M_file startup option

reading

sound files

spreadsheet files

red stop sign in Debugger

registry

file

for Windows

resetting

regserver startup option

running in Editor

S 

save <1> <2> <3>

saving

ASCII files

Editor options

files in Editor

variables

workspace

search path

for MATLAB files

semicolon to suppress output

shell escape

sound files

reading

writing

splash screen at startup

spreadsheet files, writing

stack

Debugger <1> <2>

starting MATLAB

startup files

startup options

for UNIX

startup.m

statements

on multiple lines

step

in Debugger

stopping a running program

stopping in Debugger

suppressing output

syntax formatting in Editor

syntax highlighting in Editor/Debugger

system_dependent

T 

text

in Command Window

in Editor

text editor. See Editor

textread

titlebar in Editor/Debugger

toolbar

preferences

type

U 

UNIX

startup options

unregserver startup option

utilities, running from MATLAB

V 

variables

currently in the workspace

visualization

W 

wavread <1> <2>

what

who

whos <1> <2>

Windows

environment for MATLAB

registry

wk1read

wk1write

workspace

changing context in Debugger

loading

saving

viewing contents

workspace

Workspace Browser

writing

sound files

X 

Xdefaults file