P

pack

Padé approximation (of matrix exponential)

pagedlg

paging

of screen

output in command window

PaperOrientation, Figure property

PaperPosition, Figure property

PaperPositionMode, Figure property

PaperSize, Figure property

PaperType, Figure property

PaperUnits, Figure property

parametric curve, plotting

Parent

Axes property

Figure property

Image property

Light property

Line property

Patch property

rectangle property

Root property

Surface property

Text property

Uicontextmenu property

Uicontrol property

Uimenu property

parentheses (special characters)

pareto

Parlett's method (of evaluating matrix functions)

partial fraction expansion

partialpath

pascal

Pascal matrix <1> <2>

Patch

converting a surface to

creating

defining default properties

properties

reducing number of faces

reducing size of face

patch

path

adding directories to

building from parts

cache

current

viewing

path

pathname

partial

pathnames

of functions or files

relative

pathtool

pause

pauses, removing

pausing M-file execution

pbaspect

pcg

pcode

pcolor

peaks

percent sign (special characters)

period (.), to distinguish matrix and array operations

period (special characters)

perms

permutation

of array dimensions

matrix <1> <2>

random

permutations of n elements

permute

persistent

persistent variable

perspective projection, setting and querying

P-files

checking existence of

phase, complex

correcting angles

pi

pi () <1> <2> <3>

pie

pie3

pinv

platform MATLAB is running on

plot

editing

plot box aspect ratio of axes

Plot Editor

help for

plot, volumetric

generating grid arrays for

slice plot

plot3

PlotBoxAspectRatio, Axes property

PlotBoxAspectRatioMode, Axes property

plotedit

plotmatrix

plotting

2-D plot

3-D plot

contours (a

contours (ez function)

errorbars

ez-function mesh plot

feather plots

filled contours

function plots

functions with discontinuities

histogram plots

in polar coordinates

isosurfaces

loglog plot

mathematical function

mesh contour plot

mesh plot

parametric curve

plot with two y-axes

ribbon plot

rose plot

scatter plot <1> <2>

scatter plot, 3-D

semilogarithmic plot

stairstep plot

stem plot

stem plot, 3-D

surface plot

surfaces

velocity vectors

volumetric slice plot

plotting See visualizing

plotyy

plus (M-file function equivalent for +)

PNG

parameters that can be set when saving

Pointer, Figure property

PointerLocation, Root property

PointerShapeCData, Figure property

PointerShapeHotSpot, Figure property

PointerWindow, Root property

pol2cart

polar <1> <2>

polar coordinates <1> <2> <3>

plotting in

poles of transfer function

poly

polyarea

polyder

polyeig

polyfit

polygon

area of

creating with patch

detecting points inside

polynomial

characteristic <1> <2> <3>

coefficients (transfer function)

curve fitting with

derivative of

division

eigenvalue problem

evaluation

evaluation (matrix sense)

multiplication

polyval

polyvalm

poorly conditioned

eigenvalues

matrix

pop-up menus

defining choices

Position

Axes property

Figure property

Light property

Text property

Uicontextmenu property

Uicontrol property

Uimenu property

position indicator in file

position of camera

dollying

position of camera, setting and querying

Position, rectangle property

PostScript

printing interpolated shading

pow2

power

matrix See matrix exponential

of two, next

power (M-file function equivalent for .^)

precision

reading binary data writing

writing binary data

prime factors

dependence of Fourier transform on

prime numbers <1> <2>

primes

print

print drivers

interploated shading

supported

print frames

printdlg

printframe

PrintFrame Editor

printing

borders

GUIs

interpolated shading

line styles on Windows95

on MS-Windows

thick lines on Windows95

with non-normal EraseMode <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>

with print frames

printing tips

printing, suppressing

printopt

prod

product

cumulative

Kronecker tensor

of array elements

of vectors (cross)

scalar (dot)

profile

profile report

Profile, Root property

ProfileFile, Root property

ProfileFunction, Root property

ProfileInterval, Root property

profreport

projection type, setting and querying

ProjectionType, Axes property

K>> prompt

prompting users for input <1> <2>

pseudoinverse

push buttons

pwd