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ACCESSING MATLAB THE MATLAB DESKTOP Help Window Start Button Command Window Workspace Window Command History Window Array Editor Window Current Directory Window MATRICES AND MATRIX OPERATIONS Referencing Individual Entries Matrix Operators Matrix Division (Slash and Backslash) Entry-Wise Operators Relational Operators Complex Numbers Strings Other Data Types SUBMATRICES AND COLON NOTATION Generating Vectors Accessing Submatrices MATLAB FUNCTIONS Constructing Matrices Scalar Functions Vector Functions and Data Analysis Matrix Functions The linsolve Function The find Function CONTROL FLOW STATEMENTS The for Loop The while Loop The switch Statement The try/catch Statement Matrix Expressions (if and while) Infinite Loops M-FILES M-File Editor/Debugger Window Script Files Function Files Multiple Inputs and Outputs Variable Arguments Comments and Documentation MATLAB's Path ADVANCED M-FILE FEATURES Function Handles and Anonymous Functions Name Resolution Error and Warning Messages User Input Performance Measures Efficient Code CALLING C FROM MATLAB A Simple Example C Versus MATLAB Arrays A Matrix Computation in C MATLAB mx and mex Routines Online Help for MEX Routines Larger Examples on the Web CALLING FORTRAN FROM MATLAB Solving a Transposed System A Fortran mexFunction with %val If You Cannot Use %val CALLING JAVA FROM MATLAB A Simple Example Encryption/Decryption MATLAB's Java Class Path Calling Your Own Java Methods Loading a URL as a Matrix TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS Planar Plots Multiple Figures Graph of a Function Parametrically Defined Curves Titles, Labels, and Text in a Graph Control of Axes and Scaling Multiple Plots Line Types, Marker Types, Colors Subplots and Specialized Plots Graphics Hard Copy THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHS Curve Plots Mesh and Surface Plots Parametrically Defined Surfaces Volume and Vector Visualization Color Shading and Color Profile Perspective of View ADVANCED GRAPHICS Handle Graphics Graphical User Interface Images SPARSE MATRIX COMPUTATIONS

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