Symbols 

!
-
%
& <1> <2>
&&
' <1> <2>
( )
*
+
,
.
...
/
:
<
=
==
>
\
^
{}
| <1> <2>
||
~ <1> <2>
~=

Numerics 

1-norm <1> <2>
2-norm (estimate of)

abs
absolute value
Accelerator
    Uimenu property
accuracy
    of linear equation solution
    of matrix inversion
    relative floating-point
acos
acosh
acot
acoth
acsc
acsch
actxcontrol
actxserver
Adams-Bashforth-Moulton ODE solver
addframe
    AVI files
addition (arithmetic operator)
addpath
addproperty
addressing selected array elements
adjacency graph
airy
Airy functions
    relationship to modified Bessel functions
aligning scattered data
    multi-dimensional
    two-dimensional
ALim, Axes property
all
allocation of storage (automatic)
alpha channel
AlphaData
    image property
    surface property
AlphaDataMapping
    image property
    patch property
    surface property
AmbientLightColor, Axes property
AmbientStrength
    Patch property
    Surface property
and (M-file function equivalent for &)
AND, logical
    bit-wise
angle
annotating plots
ans
anti-diagonal
any
arccosecant
arccosine
arccotangent
archiving files
arcsecant
arcsine
arctangent
    four-quadrant
area
arguments, M-file
    checking number of input
    number of input
    number of output
    passing variable numbers of
arithmetic operations, matrix and array distinguished
arithmetic operators
    reference
array
    addressing selected elements of
    displaying
    finding indices of
    left division (arithmetic operator)
    maximum elements of
    mean elements of
    median elements of
    minimum elements of
    multiplication (arithmetic operator)
    of all ones
    power (arithmetic operator)
    product of elements
    of random numbers <1> <2>
    removing first n singleton dimensions of
    removing singleton dimensions of
    reshaping
    right division (arithmetic operator)
    shift circularly
    shifting dimensions of
    size of
    sorting elements of
    structure <1> <2> <3> <4>
    sum of elements
    swapping dimensions of <1> <2>
    transpose (arithmetic operator)
    of all zeros
arrays
    detecting empty
    editing
    maximum size of
    opening
arrowhead matrix
ASCII
    delimited files
        writing
ASCII data
    converting sparse matrix after loading from
    printable characters (list of)
    reading
    reading from disk
    saving to disk
asec
asech
asin
asinh
aspect ratio of axes <1> <2>
assignin
atan
atan2
atanh
.au files
    reading
    writing
audio
    saving in AVI format
    signal conversion <1> <2>
audio devices
audiodevinfo
audioplayer
audiorecorder
autoselection of OpenGL
auwrite
average of array elements
average,running
avi
avifile
aviinfo
aviread
Axes
    creating
    defining default properties
    fixed-width font
    property descriptions
axes
    setting and querying data aspect ratio
    setting and querying limits
    setting and querying plot box aspect ratio
axes
    editing
axis
axis crossing See zero of a function
azimuth (spherical coordinates)
azimuth of viewpoint

BackFaceLighting
    Surface property
BackFaceLightingpatch property
BackGroundColor
    Uicontrol property
BackgroundColor
    Text property
BackingStore, Figure property
badly conditioned
balance
bar
bar3
bar3h
barh
base to decimal conversion
base two operations
    conversion from decimal to binary
    logarithm
    next power of two
base2dec
beep
Bessel functions
    first kind
    modified, first kind
    modified, second kind
    second kind
Bessel functions, modified
    relationship to Airy functions
Bessel's equation
    (defined)
    modified (defined)
besseli
besselj
besselk
bessely
beta
beta function
    (defined)
    incomplete (defined)
    natural logarithm
betainc
betaln
bicg
bicgstab
BiConjugate Gradients method
BiConjugate Gradients Stabilized method
big endian formats
bin2dec
binary
    data
        writing to file
    files
        reading
    mode for opened files
binary data
    reading from disk
    saving to disk
binary to decimal conversion
bisection search
bit depth
    querying
    support
        See also index entries for individual file formats
    supported bit depths
bitand
bitcmp
bitget
bitmax
bitor
bitset
bitshift
bit-wise operations
    AND
    get
    OR
    set bit
    shift
    XOR
bitxor
blanks
    removing trailing
blanks
blkdiag
BMP <1> <2> <3>
bold font
    TeX characters
box
Box, Axes property
braces, curly (special characters)
brackets (special characters)
break
breakpoints
    listing
    removing
    resuming execution from
    setting in M-files
brighten
browser
    for help
Buckminster Fuller
builtin
BusyAction
    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
ButtonDownFcn
    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
bvp4c
bvpget
bvpinit
bvpset
bvpval

caching
    MATLAB directory
calendar
CallBack
    Uicontextmenu property
    Uicontrol property
    Uimenu property
CallbackObject, Root property
camdolly
camera
    dollying position
    moving camera and target postions
    placing a light at
    positioning to view objects
    rotating around camera target <1> <2>
    rotating around viewing axis
    setting and querying position
    setting and querying projection type
    setting and querying target
    setting and querying up vector
    setting and querying view angle
CameraPosition, Axes property
CameraPositionMode, Axes property
CameraTarget, Axes property
CameraTargetMode, Axes property
CameraUpVector, Axes property
CameraUpVectorMode, Axes property
CameraViewAngle, Axes property
CameraViewAngleMode, Axes property
camlight
camlookat
camorbit
campan
campos
camproj
camroll
camtarget
camup
camva
camzoom
capture
CaptureMatrix, Root property
CaptureRect, Root property
cart2pol
cart2sph
Cartesian coordinates <1> <2> <3> <4>
case
    in switch statement (defined)
    lower to upper
    upper to lower
case
cat
catch
caxis
Cayley-Hamilton theorem
cd
CData
    Image property
    Surface property
    Uicontrol property
CDataMapping
    Image property
    patch property
    Surface property
CDatapatch property
cdf2rdf
cdfepoch
cdfinfo
cdfread
cdfwrite
ceil
cell
cell array
    conversion to from numeric array
    creating
    structure of, displaying
cell2mat
cell2struct
celldisp
cellfun
cellplot
cgs
char
characters
    conversion, in format specification string <1> <2>
    escape, in format specification string <1> <2>
check boxes
Checked, Uimenu property
checkerboard pattern (example)
checkin
    examples
    options
checkout
    examples
    options
child functions
Children
    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
chol
Cholesky factorization
    (as algorithm for solving linear equations)
    lower triangular factor
    minimum degree ordering and (sparse)
    preordering for
cholinc
cholupdate
circshift
cla
clabel
class
class, object See object classes
classes
    field names
    loaded
clc <1> <2>
clear
clear
    serial port I/O
clearing
    Command Window
    items from workspace
    Java import list
clf
CLim, Axes property
CLimMode, Axes property
clipboard
Clipping
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Image property
    Light property
    Line property
    rectangle property
    Root property
    Surface property
    Text property
    Uicontextmenu property
    Uicontrol property
    Uimenu property
Clippingpatch property
clock
close
    AVI files
CloseRequestFcn, Figure property
closest point search
closest triangle search
closing
    files
    MATLAB
cmapeditor
cmopts
colamd
colmmd
Color
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Light property
    Line property
    Text property
colorbar
colormap
    editor
colormap
Colormap, Figure property
colormaps
    converting from RGB to HSV
    plotting RGB components
ColorOrder, Axes property
ColorSpec
colperm
COM
    object methods
        actxcontrol
        actxserver
        addproperty
        delete
        deleteproperty
        eventlisteners
        events
        get
        inspect
        invoke
        isevent
        ismethod
        isprop
        load
        move
        propedit
        registerevent
        release
        save
        send
        set
        unregisterallevents
        unregisterevent
combinations of n elements
combs
comet
comet3
comma (special characters)
command syntax
Command Window
    clearing
    cursor position
commands
    help for <1> <2>
commercial MATLAB
    emulating the Runtime Server
common elements See set operations, intersection
compan
companion matrix
compass
complementary error function
    (defined)
    scaled (defined)
complete elliptic integral
    (defined)
    modulus of <1> <2>
complex
    exponential (defined)
    logarithm <1> <2>
    numbers
    numbers, sorting <1> <2>
    phase angle
    sine
    unitary matrix
    See also imaginary
complex
complex conjugate
    sorting pairs of
complex data
    creating
complex numbers, magnitude
complex Schur form
compress files
computer
computer MATLAB is running on
concatenating arrays
cond
condeig
condest
condition number of matrix <1> <2>
    improving
coneplot
conj
conjugate, complex
    sorting pairs of
contents.m file
context menu
continuation (..., special characters)
continue
continued fraction expansion
contour
    and mesh plot
    filled plot
    functions
    of mathematical expression
    with surface plot
contour
contour3
contourc
contourf
contours
    in slice planes
contourslice
contrast
conv
conv2
conversion
    base to decimal
    binary to decimal
    Cartesian to cylindrical
    Cartesian to polar
    complex diagonal to real block diagonal
    cylindrical to Cartesian
    decimal number to base <1> <2>
    decimal to binary
    decimal to hexadecimal
    full to sparse
    hexadecimal to decimal
    hexadecimal to double precision
    integer to string
    lowercase to uppercase
    matrix to string
    numeric array to cell array
    numeric array to logical array
    numeric array to string
    partial fraction expansion to pole-residue
    polar to Cartesian
    pole-residue to partial fraction expansion
    real to complex Schur form
    spherical to Cartesian
    string matrix to cell array
    string to numeric array
    uppercase to lowercase
    vector to character string
conversion characters in format specification string <1> <2>
convex hulls
    multidimensional vizualization
    two-dimensional vizualization
convhull
convhulln
convn
convolution
    inverse See deconvolution
    two-dimensional
coordinate system and viewpoint
coordinates
    Cartesian <1> <2> <3> <4>
    cylindrical <1> <2> <3>
    polar <1> <2> <3>
    spherical
coordinates.See also conversion
copyfile
copyobj
corrcoef
cos
cosecant
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
cosh
cosine
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
cot
cotangent
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
coth
cov
covariance
    least squares solution and
cplxpair
cputime
CreateFcn
    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
creating your own MATLAB functions
cross
cross product
csc
csch
csvread
csvwrite
ctranspose (M-file function equivalent for ')
cubic interpolation <1> <2>
    piecewise Hermite
cubic spline interpolation
    multidimensional
    one-dimensional
    three-dimensional
    two-dimensional
cumprod
cumsum
cumtrapz
cumulative
    product
    sum
curl
curly braces (special characters)
current directory
    changing
CurrentAxes
CurrentAxes, Figure property
CurrentCharacter, Figure property
CurrentFigure, Root property
CurrentMenu, Figure property (obsolete)
CurrentObject, Figure property
CurrentPoint
    Axes property
    Figure property
cursor images
cursor position
Curvature, rectangle property
curve fitting (polynomial)
customverctrl
Cuthill-McKee ordering, reverse <1> <2>
cylinder
cylindrical coordinates <1> <2> <3>

daspect
data
    ASCII
        reading from disk
    ASCII, saving to disk
    binary
        writing to file
    binary, dependence upon array size and type
    binary, saving to disk
    computing 2-D stream lines
    computing 3-D stream lines
    formatted
        reading from files
        writing to file
    formatting <1> <2>
    isosurface from volume data
    reading binary from disk
    reading from files
    reducing number of elements in
    smoothing 3-D
    writing to strings
data aspect ratio of axes
data types
    complex
data, aligning scattered
    multi-dimensional
    two-dimensional
data, ASCII
    converting sparse matrix after loading from
DataAspectRatio, Axes property
DataAspectRatioMode, Axes property
date
date and time functions
date string
    format of
date vector
datenum
datestr
datevec
dbclear
dbcont
dbdown
dblquad
dbmex
dbquit
dbstack
dbstatus
dbstep
dbstop
dbtype
dbup
dde23
ddeadv
ddeexec
ddeget
ddeinit
ddepoke
ddereq
ddeset
ddeterm
ddeunadv
deal
deblank
debugging
    changing workspace context
    changing workspace to calling M-file
    displaying function call stack
    MEX-files on UNIX
    M-files <1> <2>
    quitting debug mode
    removing breakpoints
    resuming execution from breakpoint
    setting breakpoints in
    stepping through lines
dec2base <1> <2>
dec2bin
dec2hex
decimal number to base conversion <1> <2>
decimal point (.)
    (special characters)
    to distinguish matrix and array operations
decomposition
    Dulmage-Mendelsohn
    "economy-size" <1> <2>
    orthogonal-triangular (QR)
    Schur
    singular value <1> <2>
deconv
deconvolution
default tolerance
definite integral
del operator
del2
delaunay
Delaunay tessellation
    3-dimensional vizualization
    multidimensional vizualization
Delaunay triangulation
    vizualization
delaunay3
delaunayn
delete <1> <2>
delete
    serial port I/O
    timer object
DeleteFcn
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Image property
    Light property
    Root property
    Surface property
    Text property <1> <2>
    Uicontextmenu property
    Uicontrol property
    Uimenu property
DeleteFcn, line property
DeleteFcn, rectangle property
DeleteFcnpatch property
deleteproperty
deleting
    files
    items from workspace
delimiters in ASCII files <1> <2>
demo
density
    of sparse matrix
depdir
dependence, linear
dependent functions
depfun
derivative
    approximate
    polynomial
det
Detect
detecting
    alphabetic characters
    empty arrays
    finite numbers
    global variables
    infinite elements
    logical arrays
    members of a set
    NaNs
    objects of a given class
    positive, negative, and zero array elements
    prime numbers
    real numbers
    sparse matrix
determinant of a matrix
detrend
deval
diag
diagonal
    anti-
    k-th (illustration)
    main
    sparse
dialog
dialog box
    error
    help
    input
    list
    message
    print
    question
    warning
diary
Diary, Root property
DiaryFile, Root property
diff
differences
    between adjacent array elements
    between sets
differential equation solvers
    defining an ODE problem
    ODE boundary value problems
        adjusting parameters
        extracting properties
        extracting properties of <1> <2> <3> <4>
        forming initial guess
    ODE initial value problems
        adjusting parameters of
        extracting properties of
    parabolic-elliptic PDE problems
DiffuseStrength
    Surface property
DiffuseStrengthpatch property
digamma function
dimension statement (lack of in MATLAB)
dimensions
    size of
Diophantine equations
dir
direct term of a partial fraction expansion
directories
    adding to search path
    checking existence of
    copying
    creating
    listing contents of
    listing MATLAB files in
    listing, on UNIX
    MATLAB
        caching
    removing
    removing from search path
    See also directory, search path
directory
    root
    temporary system
    See also directories
directory, changing
directory, current
discontinuities, eliminating (in arrays of phase angles)
discontinuities, plotting functions with
discontinuous problems
disp
disp
    serial port I/O
    timer object
display
display format
displaying output in Command Window
distribution
    Gaussian
Dithermap
Dithermap, Figure property
DithermapMode, Figure property
division
    array, left (arithmetic operator)
    array, right (arithmetic operator)
    by zero
    matrix, left (arithmetic operator)
    matrix, right (arithmetic operator)
    modulo
    of polynomials
    remainder after
divisor
    greatest common
dlmread
dlmwrite
dmperm
docroot
documentation
    displaying online
    location of files for UNIX
documentation location
dolly camera
dos
dot
dot product <1> <2>
double
double click, detecting
double integral
    numerical evaluation
DoubleBuffer, Figure property
dragrect
DrawMode, Axes property
drawnow
dsearch
dsearchn
dual vector
Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition

echo
Echo, Root property
edge finding, Sobel technique
EdgeAlpha
    patch property
    surface property
EdgeColor
    patch property
    Surface property
    Text property
EdgeColor, rectangle property
EdgeLighting
    patch property
    Surface property
editable text
editing
    M-files
eig
eigensystem
    transforming
eigenvalue
    accuracy of
    complex
    matrix logarithm and
    modern approach to computation of
    multiple
    of companion matrix
    problem <1> <2>
    problem, generalized <1> <2>
    problem, polynomial
    repeated
    Wilkinson test matrix and
eigenvalues
    effect of roundoff error
    improving accuracy
eigenvector
    left
    matrix, generalized
    right
eigs
elevation (spherical coordinates)
elevation of viewpoint
ellipj
ellipke
elliptic functions, Jacobian
    (defined)
elliptic integral
    complete (defined)
    modulus of <1> <2>
else
elseif
Enable
    Uicontrol property
    Uimenu property
end
end caps for isosurfaces
end of line, indicating
end-of-file indicator
eomday
eps
equal arrays
    detecting <1> <2>
equal sign (special characters)
equations, linear
    accuracy of solution
EraseMode
    Image property
    Line property
    rectangle property
    Surface property
    Text property
EraseModepatch property
erf
erfc
erfcinv
erfcx
erfinv
error
    roundoff See roundoff error
error
error function
    (defined)
    complementary
    scaled complementary
error message
    displaying
    Index into matrix is negative or zero
    retrieving last generated <1> <2>
error messages
    Out of memory
errorbar
errordlg
ErrorMessage, Root property
errors
    in file input/output
ErrorType, Root property
escape characters in format specification string <1> <2>
etime
etree
etreeplot
eval
evalc
evalin
eventlisteners
events
examples
    calculating isosurface normals
    contouring mathematical expressions
    isosurface end caps
    isosurfaces
    mesh plot of mathematical function
    mesh/contour plot
    plotting filled contours
    plotting function of two variables
    plotting parametric curves
    polar plot of function
    reducing number of patch faces
    reducing volume data
    subsampling volume data
    surface plot of mathematical function
    surface/contour plot
Excel spreadsheets
    loading
exclamation point (special characters)
executing statements repeatedly <1> <2>
execution
    improving speed of by setting aside storage
    pausing M-file
    resuming from breakpoint
    time for M-files
exist
exit
exp
expint
expm
exponential
    complex (defined)
    integral
    matrix
exponentiation
    array (arithmetic operator)
    matrix (arithmetic operator)
extension, filename
    .m
    .mat
Extent
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
eye
ezcontour
ezcontourf
ezmesh
ezmeshc
ezplot
ezplot3
ezpolar
ezsurf
ezsurfc

FaceAlphapatch property
FaceAlphasurface property
FaceColor
    Surface property
FaceColor, rectangle property
FaceColorpatch property
FaceLighting
    Surface property
FaceLightingpatch property
faces, reducing number in patches
Faces,patch property
FaceVertexAlphaData, patch property
FaceVertexCData,patch property
factor
factorial
factorization
    LU
    QZ <1> <2>
    See also decomposition
factorization, Cholesky
    (as algorithm for solving linear equations)
    minimum degree ordering and (sparse)
    preordering for
factors, prime
false
fclose
fclose
    serial port I/O
feather
feof
ferror
feval
fft
FFT See Fourier transform
fft2
fftn
fftshift
FFTW
fgetl
fgetl
    serial port I/O
fgets
fgets
    serial port I/O
field names of a structure, obtaining
fields, noncontiguous, inserting data into
fig files
figflag
Figure
    creating
    defining default properties
    properties
    redrawing
figure
figure windows, displaying
Figures
    updating from M-file
figures
    annotating
    opening
    saving
file
    extension, getting
    position indicator
        finding
        setting
        setting to start of file
file formats <1> <2>
file size
    querying
fileattrib
filebrowser
filename
    building from parts
    parts
    temporary
filename extension
    .m
    .mat
fileparts
files
    ASCII delimited
        reading
        writing
    beginning of, rewinding to <1> <2>
    checking existence of
    closing
    compressing
    contents, listing
    copying
    deleting
    end of, testing for
    errors in input or output
    Excel spreadsheets
        loading
    fig <1> <2>
    figure, saving
    finding position within
    getting next line
    getting next line (with line terminator)
    listing
        in directory
        names in a directory
    listing contents of
    locating
    MAT
    mdl
    mode when opened
    model, saving
    opening <1> <2>
        in Web browser
    opening in Windows applications
    path, getting
    pathname for
    reading
        binary
        data from
        formatted
    reading image data from
    readme
    rewinding to beginning of <1> <2>
    setting position within
    sound
        reading <1> <2>
        writing <1> <2> <3>
    startup
    version, getting
    .wav
        reading
        writing
    WK1
        loading
        writing to
    writing binary data to
    writing formatted data to
    writing image data to
    See also file
filesep
fill
fill3
filter
    digital
    finite impulse response (FIR)
    infinite impulse response (IIR)
    two-dimensional
filter
filter2
find
findfigs
finding
    indices of arrays
    sign of array elements
    zero of a function
    See also detecting
findobj
finish
finish.m
finite numbers
    detecting
FIR filter
fitsinfo
fitsread
fix
FixedColors, Figure property
fixed-width font
    axes
    text
    uicontrols
FixedWidthFontName, Root property
flint See floating-point, integer
flints
flipdim
fliplr
flipud
floating-point
    integer <1> <2>
    integer, maximum
    numbers, interval between
floating-point arithmetic, IEEE
    smallest postive number
floor
flops
flow control
    break
    case
    end
    error
    for
    keyboard
    otherwise
    return
    switch
    while
fmin
fminbnd
fmins
fminsearch
F-norm
font
    fixed-width, axes
    fixed-width, text
    fixed-width, uicontrols
FontAngle
    Axes property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
FontName
    Axes property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
fonts
    bold
    italic
    specifying size
    TeX characters
        bold
        italics
        specifying family
        specifying size
    units
FontSize
    Axes property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
FontUnits
    Axes property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
FontWeight
    Axes property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
fopen
fopen
    serial port I/O
for
ForegroundColor
    Uicontrol property
    Uimenu property
Format
format
    precision when writing
    reading files
    specification string, matching file data to
format
formats
    big endian
    little endian
FormatSpacing, Root property
formatted data
    reading from file
    writing to file
formatting data
Fourier transform
    algorithm, optimal performance of <1> <2> <3> <4>
    convolution theorem and
    discrete, n-dimensional
    discrete, one-dimensional
    discrete, two-dimensional
    fast
    as method of interpolation
    inverse, n-dimensional
    inverse, one-dimensional
    inverse, two-dimensional
    shifting the zero-frequency component of
fplot
fprintf
fprintf
    serial port I/O
fraction, continued
fragmented memory
frame2im
frames
frames for printing
fread
fread
    serial port I/O
free serial port from MATLAB
freeserial
freqspace
freqspace
frequency response
    desired response matrix
        frequency spacing
frequency vector
frewind
fscanf
fscanf
    serial port I/O
fseek
ftell
full
fullfile
function
    minimizing (single variable)
function <1> <2>
function syntax
functions
    call stack for
    checking existence of
    clearing from workspace
    finding using keywords
    help for <1> <2>
    in memory
    locating
    pathname for
    that work down the first non-singleton dimension
funm
fwrite
fwrite
    serial port I/O
fzero

gallery
gamma
gamma function
    (defined)
    incomplete
    logarithm of
    logarithmic derivative
gammainc
gammaln
Gaussian distribution function
Gaussian elimination
    (as algorithm for solving linear equations) <1> <2>
    Gauss Jordan elimination with partial pivoting
    LU factorization
gca
gcbo
gcd
gcf
gco
generalized eigenvalue problem <1> <2>
generating a sequence of matrix names (M1 through M12)
genpath
geodesic dome
get <1> <2>
get
    serial port I/O
    timer object
getenv
getfield
getframe
ginput
global
global variable
    defining
global variables, clearing from workspace
gmres
gplot
gradient
gradient, numerical
graph
    adjacency
graphics objects
    Axes
    Figure
    getting properties
    Image
    Light
    Line
    Patch
    resetting properties
    Root
    setting properties
    Surface
    Text
    uicontextmenu
    Uicontrol
    Uimenu
graphics objects, deleting
graphs
    editing
graymon
greatest common divisor
Greek letters and mathematical symbols
grid
    aligning data to a
grid
grid arrays
    for volumetric plots
    multi-dimensional
griddata
griddata3
griddatan
GridLineStyle, Axes property
gsvd
gtext
GUIs, printing

H1 line
hadamard
Hadamard matrix
    subspaces of
HandleVisibility
    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
hankel
Hankel matrix
HDF <1> <2> <3>
    appending to when saving (WriteMode)
    compression
    reading with special imread syntax
    setting JPEG quality when writing
hdf
hdfinfo
hdfread
hdftool
help
    contents file
    creating for M-files
    files, location for UNIX
    keyword search in functions
    online
help
Help browser
    accessing from doc
help files
Help Window
helpbrowser
helpdesk
helpdlg
helpwin
Hermite transformations, elementary
hess
Hessenberg form of a matrix
hex2dec
hex2num
hidden
hilb
Hilbert matrix
    inverse
hist
histc
HitTest
    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
hold
home
HorizontalAlignment
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
horzcat
horzcat (M-file function equivalent for [,])
Householder reflections (as algorithm for solving linear equations)
hsv2rgb
HTML browser
    in MATLAB
HTML files
    opening
hyperbolic
    cosecant
    cosecant, inverse
    cosine
    cosine, inverse
    cotangent
    cotangent, inverse
    secant
    secant, inverse
    sine
    sine, inverse
    tangent
    tangent, inverse
hyperplanes, angle between

i
icon images
identity matrix
    sparse
IEEE floating-point arithmetic
    smallest positive number
if
ifft
ifft2
ifftn
ifftshift
IIR filter
im2java
imag
Image
    creating
    properties
image
image types
    querying
Images
    converting MATLAB image to Java Image
images
    file formats <1> <2>
    reading data from files
    returning information about
    writing to files
imagesc
imaginary
    part of complex number
    parts of inverse FFT <1> <2>
    unit (sqrt(-1)) <1> <2>
    See also complex
imfinfo
    returning file information
imformats
import
import
importdata
importing
    Java class and package names
imread
imwrite <1> <2>
incomplete beta function
    (defined)
incomplete gamma function
    (defined)
ind2sub
Index into matrix is negative or zero (error message)
indexing
    logical
indicator of file position
indices, array
    finding
    of sorted elements
Inf
inferiorto
infinite elements
    detecting
infinity
    norm
info
information
    returning file information
inheritance, of objects
inline
inmem
inpolygon
input
    checking number of M-file arguments
    name of array passed as
    number of M-file arguments
    prompting users for <1> <2>
input
inputdlg
inputname
inspect
installation, root directory of
instrcallback
instrfind
int2str
int8, int16, int32, int64
integer
    floating-point <1> <2>
    floating-point, maximum
integration
    polynomial
    quadrature
interp1
interp2
interp3
interpft
interpn
interpolated shading and printing
interpolation
    one-dimensional
    two-dimensional
    three-dimensional
    multidimensional
    cubic method <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>
    cubic spline method
    FFT method
    linear method <1> <2>
    nearest neighbor method <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>
    trilinear method <1> <2> <3>
interpreter, MATLAB
    search algorithm of
Interpreter, Text property
interpstreamspeed
Interruptible
    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
intersect
inv
inverse
    cosecant
    cosine
    cotangent
    Fourier transform <1> <2> <3>
    Hilbert matrix
    hyperbolic cosecant
    hyperbolic cosine
    hyperbolic cotangent
    hyperbolic secant
    hyperbolic sine
    hyperbolic tangent
    of a matrix
    secant
    sine
    tangent
    tangent, four-quadrant
inversion, matrix
    accuracy of
InvertHardCopy, Figure property
invhilb
invoke
involutary matrix
ipermute
is*
isa
iscell
iscellstr
ischar
isempty
isequal
isequalwithequalnans
isevent
isfield
isfinite
isglobal
ishandle
ishold
isinf
isjava
iskeyword
isletter
islogical
ismember
ismethod
isnan
isnumeric
isobject
isocap
isonormals
isosurface
    calculate data from volume
    end caps
    vertex normals
isosurface
ispc
isprime
isprop
isreal
isruntime
issorted
isspace
issparse
isstr
isstruct
isstudent
isunix
isvalid
    timer object
isvarname
isvarname
italics font
    TeX characters

j
Jacobi rotations
Jacobian elliptic functions
    (defined)
Java
    class names <1> <2>
    objects <1> <2>
Java Image class
    creating instance of
Java import list
    adding to
    clearing
Java version used by MATLAB
java_method <1> <2> <3> <4>
java_object
javachk
joining arrays See concatenating arrays
JPEG comment
    setting when writing a JPEG image
JPEG files <1> <2> <3>
    parameters that can be set when writing
JPEG quality
    setting when writing a JPEG image
    setting when writing an HDF image

K>> prompt
keyboard
keyboard mode
    terminating
KeyPressFcn, Figure property
keyword search in functions
kron
Kronecker tensor product

Label, Uimenu property
labeling
    axes
    matrix columns
    plots (with numeric values)
Laplacian
largest array elements
lasterr
lasterror
lastwarn
LaTeX, see TeX
Layer, Axes property
Layout Editor
    starting
lcm
ldivide (M-file function equivalent for .\)
least common multiple
least squares
    polynomial curve fitting
    problem
    problem, nonnegative
    problem, overdetermined
legend
legendre
Legendre functions
    (defined)
    Schmidt semi-normalized
length
length
    serial port I/O
license
Light
    creating
    defining default properties
    positioning in camera coordinates
    properties
light
Light object
    positioning in spherical coordinates
lightangle
lighting
limits of axes, setting and querying
Line
    creating
    defining default properties
    properties <1> <2>
line
    editing
line numbers in M-files
linear audio signal <1> <2>
linear dependence (of data)
linear equation systems
    accuracy of solution
    solving overdetermined
linear equation systems, methods for solving
    Cholesky factorization
    Gaussian elimination
    Householder reflections
    least squares
    matrix inversion (inaccuracy of)
linear interpolation <1> <2>
linear regression
linearly spaced vectors, creating
lines
    computing 2-D stream
    computing 3-D stream
    drawing stream lines
LineSpec
LineStyle
    Line property
    patch property
    rectangle property
    surface object
    text object
LineStyleOrder
    Axes property
LineWidth
    Axes property
    Line property
    Patch property
    rectangle property
    Surface property
    text object
linspace
list boxes
    defining items
ListboxTop, Uicontrol property
listdlg
little endian formats
load <1> <2>
load
    serial port I/O
loadobj
Lobatto IIIa ODE solver
local variables <1> <2>
locking M-files
log
    saving session to file
log
log10 [log010]
log2
logarithm
    base ten
    base two
    complex <1> <2>
    matrix (natural)
    natural
    of beta function (natural)
    of gamma function (natural)
    of real numbers
    plotting
logarithmic derivative
    gamma function
logarithmically spaced vectors, creating
logical
logical array
    converting numeric array to
    detecting
logical indexing
logical operations
    AND, bit-wise
    OR, bit-wise
    XOR
    XOR, bit-wise
logical operators <1> <2>
logical tests
    all
    any
    See also detecting
loglog
logm
logspace
lookfor
Lotus WK1 files
    loading
    writing
lower
lower triangular matrix
lowercase to uppercase
ls
lscov
lsqnonneg
lsqr
lu
LU factorization
    storage requirements of (sparse)
luinc

machine epsilon
magic
magic squares
Marker
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
MarkerEdgeColor
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
MarkerFaceColor
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
MarkerSize
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
mat2cell
mat2str
material
MAT-file
    converting sparse matrix after loading from
MAT-files
    listing for directory
MATLAB
    installation directory
    quitting
    startup
    version number, displaying
matlab (UNIX command)
MATLAB interpreter
    search algorithm of
MATLAB startup file
matlab.mat <1> <2>
matlabrc
matlabroot
matrices
    preallocation
matrix
    addressing selected rows and columns of
    arrowhead
    companion
    complex unitary
    condition number of <1> <2>
    condition number, improving
    converting to formatted data file
    converting to from string
    converting to vector
    decomposition
    defective (defined)
    detecting sparse
    determinant of
    diagonal of
    Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition
    evaluating functions of
    exponential
    flipping left-right
    flipping up-down
    Hadamard <1> <2>
    Hankel
    Hermitian Toeplitz
    Hessenberg form of
    Hilbert
    identity
    inverse
    inverse Hilbert
    inversion, accuracy of
    involutary
    left division (arithmetic operator)
    lower triangular
    magic squares <1> <2>
    maximum size of
    modal
    multiplication (defined)
    orthonormal
    Pascal <1> <2>
    permutation <1> <2>
    poorly conditioned
    power (arithmetic operator)
    pseudoinverse
    reading files into
    reduced row echelon form of
    replicating
    right division (arithmetic operator)
    rotating 90°
    Schur form of <1> <2>
    singularity, test for
    sorting rows of
    sparse See sparse matrix
    specialized
    square root of
    subspaces of
    test
    Toeplitz
    trace of <1> <2>
    transpose (arithmetic operator)
    transposing
    unimodular
    unitary
    upper triangular
    Vandermonde
    Wilkinson <1> <2>
    writing as binary data
    writing formatted data to
    writing to ASCII delimited file
    writing to spreadsheet
    See also array
matrix functions
    evaluating
matrix names, (M1 through M12) generating a sequence of
matrix power See matrix, exponential
max
Max, Uicontrol property
maximum matching
MDL-files
    checking existence of
mean
median
median value of array elements
memory
    clearing
    minimizing use of
    variables in
memory
menu
menu (of user input choices)
MenuBar, Figure property
mesh
mesh plot
    tetrahedron
meshc
meshgrid
MeshStyle, Surface property
meshz
message
    error See error message
    warning See warning message
methods
    inheritance of
    locating
MEX-files
    clearing from workspace
    debugging on UNIX
    listing for directory
M-file
    debugging
    displaying during execution
    function
    function file, echoing
    naming conventions
    pausing execution of
    programming
    script
    script file, echoing
M-files
    checking existence of
    clearing from workspace
    creating
        in MATLAB directory
    debugging with profile
    deleting
    editing
    line numbers, listing
    listing names of in a directory
    locking (preventing clearing)
    opening
    optimizing
    setting breakpoints
    unlocking (allowing clearing)
Microsoft Excel files
    loading
min
Min, Uicontrol property
MinColormap, Figure property
minimizing, function
    of one variable
minimum degree ordering
MinorGridLineStyle, Axes property
minres
minus (M-file function equivalent for -)
mislocked
mkdir
mkpp
mldivide (M-file function equivalent for \)
mlock
mod
modal matrix
models
    opening
    saving
modified Bessel functions
    relationship to Airy functions
modifying for PVCS
modulo arithmetic
Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse
more <1> <2>
move
movefile
movie
movie2avi
moviein
movies
    exporting in AVI format
mpower (M-file function equivalent for ^)
mrdivide (M-file function equivalent for /)
msgbox
mtimes (M-file function equivalent for *)
mu-law encoded audio signals <1> <2>
multibandread
multibandwrite
multidimensional arrays
    concatenating
    interpolation of
    longest dimension of
    number of dimensions of
    rearranging dimensions of <1> <2>
    removing singleton dimensions of
    reshaping
    size of
    sorting elements of
    See also array
multiple
    least common
multiplication
    array (arithmetic operator)
    matrix (defined)
    of polynomials
multistep ODE solver
munlock

Name, Figure property
namelengthmax
naming conventions
    M-file
NaN
NaN
    detecting
NaN (Not-a-Number)
    returned by rem
nargchk
nargin
nargout
ndgrid
ndims
nearest neighbor interpolation <1> <2> <3>
newplot
NextPlot
    Axes property
    Figure property
nextpow2
nnls
nnz
no derivative method
noncontiguous fields, inserting data into
nonzero entries
    specifying maximum number of in sparse matrix
nonzero entries (in sparse matrix)
    allocated storage for
    number of
    replacing with ones
    vector of
nonzeros
norm
    1-norm <1> <2>
    2-norm (estimate of)
    F-norm
    infinity
    matrix
    pseudoinverse and
    vector
norm
normal vectors, computing for volumes
NormalMode
    Patch property
    Surface property
normest
not (M-file function equivalent for ~)
notebook
now
null
null space
num2cell
num2str
number
    of array dimensions
numbers
    detecting finite
    detecting infinity
    detecting NaN
    detecting prime
    imaginary
    NaN
    plus infinity
    prime
    random <1> <2>
    real
    smallest positive
NumberTitle, Figure property
numel
numeric format
numeric precision
    format reading binary data
numerical differentiation formula ODE solvers
numerical evaluation
    double integral
    triple integral
nzmax

object
    determining class of
    inheritance
object classes, list of predefined <1> <2>
objects
    Java <1> <2>
ODE file template
ode113
ode15s
ode23
ode23s
ode23t
ode23tb
ode45
odefile
odeget
odeset
off-screen figures, displaying
ones
one-step ODE solver
online documentation, displaying
online help
    location of files for UNIX
open
OpenGL
    autoselection criteria
opening
    files in Windows applications
opening files
openvar
operating system command
operating system command, issuing
operators
    arithmetic
    logical <1> <2>
    relational <1> <2>
    special characters
    symbols
optimget
optimization parameters structure <1> <2>
Optimization Toolbox
optimizing M-file execution
optimset
logical OR
    bit-wise
or (M-file function equivalent for |)
orderfields
ordering
    minimum degree
    reverse Cuthill-McKee <1> <2>
orient
orth
orthogonal-triangular decomposition
orthographic projection, setting and querying
orthonormal matrix
otherwise
Out of memory (error message)
output
    controlling display format
    in Command Window
    number of M-file arguments
overdetermined equation systems, solving
overflow

pack
pagedlg
pagesetupdlg
paging
    of screen
paging in the 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
    current
    removing directories from
    viewing
path
path2rc
pathname
    partial
pathnames
    of functions or files
    relative
pathtool
pause
pauses, removing
pausing M-file execution
pbaspect
PBM
    parameters that can be set when writing
pcg
pcg
pchip
pcode
pcolor
PCX <1> <2> <3>
PDE See Partial Differential Equations
pdepe
pdeval
percent sign (special characters)
perfect matching
period (.), to distinguish matrix and array operations
period (special characters)
perl
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
PGM
    parameters that can be set when writing
phase angle, complex
phase, complex
    correcting angles
pi
pie
pie3
pinv
planerot
platform MATLAB is running on
plot
    editing
plot box aspect ratio of axes
Plot Editor
    interface <1> <2>
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
    reading with special imread syntax
    writing options for
        alpha
        background color
        chromaticities
        gamma
        interlace type
        resolution
        significant bits
        transparency
PNG,PNM,PBM,PPM,RAS,TIFF
Pointer, Figure property
PointerLocation, Root property
PointerShapeCData, Figure property
PointerShapeHotSpot, Figure property
PointerWindow, Root property
pol2cart
polar
polar coordinates
    computing the angle
    converting from Cartesian
    converting to cylindrical or Cartesian
    plotting in
poles of transfer function
poly
polyarea
polyder
polyeig
polyfit
polygamma function
polygon
    area of
    creating with patch
    detecting points inside
polyint
polynomial
    analytic integration
    characteristic
    coefficients (transfer function)
    curve fitting with
    derivative of
    division
    eigenvalue problem
    evaluation
    evaluation (matrix sense)
    make piecewise
    multiplication
polyval
polyvalm
poorly conditioned
    matrix
poorly conditioned eigenvalues
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 real numbers
    of two, next
power (M-file function equivalent for .^)
PPM
    parameters that can be set when writing
ppval
preallocation
    matrix
precision
    reading binary data writing
prefdir
prime factors
    dependence of Fourier transform on <1> <2> <3>
prime numbers
    detecting
primes
print
print frames
printdlg
printer drivers
    GhostScript drivers
    interploated shading
    MATLAB printer drivers
printframe
PrintFrame Editor
printing
    borders
    GUIs
    interpolated shading
    on MS-Windows
    with a variable filename
    with non-normal EraseMode <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>
    with print frames
printing tips
printing, suppressing
printopt
printpreview
prod
product
    cumulative
    Kronecker tensor
    of array elements
    of vectors (cross)
    scalar (dot)
profile
profile report
profreport
projection type, setting and querying
ProjectionType, Axes property
K>> prompt
prompting users for input <1> <2>
propedit <1> <2>
Property Editor
    interface
pseudoinverse
psi
push buttons
pwd

qmr
qr
QR decomposition
    deleting column from
qrdelete
qrinsert
qrupdate
quad
quad8
quadl
quadrature
questdlg
quit
quitting MATLAB
quiver
quiver3
quotation mark
    inserting in a string
qz
QZ factorization <1> <2>

radio buttons
rand
randn
random
    numbers <1> <2>
    permutation
    sparse matrix <1> <2>
    symmetric sparse matrix
randperm
range space
rank
rank of a matrix
RAS files
    parameters that can be set when writing
rat
rational fraction approximation
rats
rbbox <1> <2>
rcond
rdivide (M-file function equivalent for ./)
readasync
reading
    binary files
    data from files
    formatted data from file
    formatted data from strings
readme file
readme files, displaying
real
real numbers
reallog
realmax
realmin
realpow
realsqrt
rearranging arrays
    converting to vector
    removing first n singleton dimensions
    removing singleton dimensions
    reshaping
    shifting dimensions
    swapping dimensions <1> <2>
rearranging matrices
    converting to vector
    flipping left-right
    flipping up-down
    rotating 90°
    transposing
record
rectint
RecursionLimit
    Root property
reduced row echelon form
reducepatch
reducevolume
reference page
    accessing from doc
refresh
regexp
regexpi
regexprep
registerevent
regression
    linear
regularly spaced vectors, creating <1> <2>
rehash
relational operators <1> <2>
relative accuracy
    floating-point
release
release serial port from MATLAB
rem
remainder after division
renderer
    OpenGL
    painters
    zbuffer
Renderer, Figure property
RendererMode, Figure property
repeatedly executing statements <1> <2>
replicating a matrix
repmat
reports
    profile
reset
reshape
residue
residues of transfer function
Resize, Figure property
ResizeFcn, Figure property
rethrow
return
reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering <1> <2>
rewinding files to beginning of <1> <2>
RGB, converting to HSV
rgb2hsv
rgbplot
ribbon
right-click and context menus
rmdir
rmfield
rmpath
RMS See root-mean-square
rolling camera
root
root directory
Root graphics object
root object
root, see rootobject
root-mean-square
    of vector
roots
roots of a polynomial
rose <1> <2>
Rosenbrock
    banana function
    ODE solver
rosser
rot90
rotate
rotate3d
rotating camera
rotating camera target
Rotation, Text property
rotations
    Jacobi
round
    to nearest integer
    towards infinity
    towards minus infinity
    towards zero
round
roundoff error
    characteristic polynomial and
    convolution theorem and
    effect on eigenvalues
    evaluating matrix functions
    in inverse Hilbert matrix
    partial fraction expansion and
    polynomial roots and
    sparse matrix conversion and
rref
rrefmovie
rsf2csf
rubberband box
run
Runge-Kutta ODE solvers
running average
runtime
runtime command

save <1> <2>
save
    serial port I/O
saveas
saveobj
saving
    ASCII data
    session to a file
    workspace variables
scalar product (of vectors)
scaled complementary error function (defined)
scatter
scatter3
scattered data, aligning
    multi-dimensional
    two-dimensional
Schmidt semi-normalized Legendre functions
schur
Schur decomposition
Schur form of matrix <1> <2>
screen, paging
ScreenDepth, Root property
ScreenSize, Root property
script
scrolling screen
search path
    adding directories to
    MATLAB's
    modifying
    viewing
search, string
sec
secant
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
sech
Selected
    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
selecting areas
SelectionHighlight
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Image property
    Light property
    Line property
    Patch property
    rectangle property
    Surface property
    Text property
    Uicontextmenu property
    Uicontrol property
SelectionType, Figure property
selectmoveresize
semicolon (special characters)
semilogx
semilogy
send
sendmail
Separator, Uimenu property
sequence of matrix names (M1 through M12)
    generating
serial
serial port
    release from MATLAB
serialbreak
session
    saving
set <1> <2>
set
    serial port I/O
    timer object
set operations
    difference
    exclusive or
    intersection
    membership
    union
    unique
setdiff
setfield
setstr
setxor
shading
shading colors in surface plots
ShareColors, Figure property
shiftdim
shifting array
    circular
ShowHiddenHandles, Root property
shrinkfaces
shutdown
sign
signum function
simplex search
Simpson's rule, adaptive recursive
Simulink
    printing diagram with frames
    version number, displaying
sin
sine
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
single
single quote (special characters)
singular value
    decomposition <1> <2>
    largest
    rank and
sinh
size
    array dimesions
size
    serial port I/O
size of array dimensions
size of fonts, see also FontSize property
size vector
skipping bytes (during file I/O)
slice
slice planes, contouring
sliders
SliderStep, Uicontrol property
smallest array elements
smooth3
smoothing 3-D data
soccer ball (example)
sort
sorting
    array elements
    complex conjugate pairs
    matrix rows
sortrows
sound
    converting vector into <1> <2>
    files
        reading <1> <2>
        writing <1> <2>
    playing
    recording
    resampling
    sampling
sound <1> <2>
source control systems
    checking in files
    checking out files
    undo checkout
    viewing current system
spalloc
sparse
sparse matrix
    allocating space for
    applying function only to nonzero elements of
    density of
    detecting
    diagonal
    finding indices of nonzero elements of
    identity
    minimum degree ordering of
    number of nonzero elements in
    permuting columns of
    random <1> <2>
    random symmetric
    replacing nonzero elements of with ones
    results of mixed operations on
    solving least squares linear system
    specifying maximum number of nonzero elements
    vector of nonzero elements
    visualizing sparsity pattern of
sparse storage
    criterion for using
spaugment
spconvert
spdiags
special characters
    descriptions
SpecularColorReflectance
    Patch property
    Surface property
SpecularExponent
    Patch property
    Surface property
SpecularStrength
    Patch property
    Surface property
speye
spfun
sph2cart
sphere
sphereical coordinates
    defining a Light position in
spherical coordinates
spinmap
spline
spline interpolation (cubic)
    multidimensional
    one-dimensional
    three dimensional
    two-dimensional
Spline Toolbox
spones
spparms
sprand
sprandn
sprandsym
sprank
spreadsheets
    loading WK1 files
    loading XLS files
    reading into a matrix
    writing from matrix
    writing matrices into
sprintf
sqrt
sqrtm
square root
    of a matrix
    of array elements
    of real numbers
squeeze
sscanf
stack, displaying
stairs
standard deviation
start
    timer object
startat
    timer object
startup
startup file
startup files
Stateflow
    printing diagram with frames
static text
std
stem
stem3
stop
    timer object
stopasync
stopwatch timer
storage
    allocated for nonzero entries (sparse)
    sparse
storage allocation
str2cell
str2double
str2func
str2mat
str2num
strcat
strcmp
strcmpi
stream lines
    computing 2-D
    computing 3-D
    drawing
stream2
stream3
stretch-to-fill
strfind
String
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
string
    comparing one to another
    comparing the first n characters of two
    converting from vector to
    converting matrix into <1> <2>
    converting to lowercase
    converting to numeric array
    converting to uppercase
    dictionary sort of
    finding first token in
    searching and replacing
    searching for
string matrix to cell array conversion
strings
    converting to matrix (formatted)
    inserting a quotation mark in
    writing data to
strings
strjust
strmatch
strncmp
strncmpi
strread
strrep
strtok
struct
struct2cell
structure array
    field names of
    getting contents of field of
    remove field from
    setting contents of a field of
strvcat
Style
    Light property
    Uicontrol property
sub2ind
subfunction
subplot
subsasgn
subscripts
    in axis title
    in text strings
subsindex
subspace
subsref
subsref (M-file function equivalent for A(i,j,k...))
substruct
subtraction (arithmetic operator)
subvolume
sum
    cumulative
    of array elements
sum
superiorto
superscripts
    in axis title
    in text strings
support
surf
surf2patch
Surface
    and contour plotter
    converting to a patch
    creating
    defining default properties <1> <2>
    plotting mathematical functions
    properties
surface
surface normals, computing for volumes
surfc
surfl
surfnorm
svd
svds
switch
symamd
symbfact
symbols
    operators
symbols in text
symmlq
symmmd
symrcm
syntax
syntaxes
    of M-file functions, defining
system
system directory, temporary

table lookup See interpolation
Tag
    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
tan
tangent
    four-quadrant, inverse
    hyperbolic
    inverse
    inverse hyperbolic
tanh
target, of camera
tempdir
tempname
temporary
    files
    system directory
tensor, Kronecker product
terminal
terminating MATLAB
test matrices
test, logical See logical tests and detecting <1> <2>
tetrahedron
    mesh plot
tetramesh
TeX commands in text
Text
    creating
    defining default properties
    fixed-width font
    properties
text
    subscripts
    superscripts
text
    editing
text mode for opened files
textread
textwrap
tic
TickDir, Axes property
TickDirMode, Axes property
TickLength, Axes property
TIFF <1> <2>
    compression
    encoding
    ImageDescription field
    maxvalue
    parameters that can be set when writing
    reading with special imread syntax
    resolution
    writemode
tiling (copies of a matrix)
time
    CPU
    elapsed (stopwatch timer)
    required to execute commands
time and date functions
timer
    properties
timer
    timer object
timerfind
    timer object
times (M-file function equivalent for .*)
title
    with superscript <1> <2>
title
Title, Axes property
toc
toeplitz
Toeplitz matrix
toggle buttons
token See also string
tolerance, default
Toolbox
    Optimization
    Spline
TooltipString
    Uicontrol property
trace
trace of a matrix <1> <2>
trailing blanks
    removing
transform, Fourier
    discrete, n-dimensional
    discrete, one-dimensional
    discrete, two-dimensional
    inverse, n-dimensional
    inverse, one-dimensional
    inverse, two-dimensional
    shifting the zero-frequency component of
transformation
    See also conversion
transformations
    elementary Hermite
transparency
transparency chunk
transpose
    array (arithmetic operator)
    matrix (arithmetic operator)
transpose (M-file function equivalent for .')
trapz
treelayout
treeplot
triangulation
    2-D plot
tricubic interpolation
tril
trilinear interpolation <1> <2> <3>
trimesh
triple integral
    numerical evaluation
triplequad
triplot
trisurf
triu
true
truth tables (for logical operations)
try
tsearch
tsearchn
Type
    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
type

UIContextMenu
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Image property
    Light property
    Line property
    Patch property
    rectangle property
    Surface property
    Text property
UiContextMenu
    Uicontrol property
Uicontextmenu
    properties
Uicontextmenu
    Uicontextmenu property
uicontextmenu
Uicontrol
    defining default properties
    fixed-width font
    properties
    types of
uicontrol
uigetdir
uigetfile
uiimport
Uimenu
    creating
    defining default properties
    properties
uimenu
uint8 <1> <2>
uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
uiputfile
uiresume
uisetcolor
uisetfont
uiwait
uminus (M-file function equivalent for unary -)
uncompress files
unconstrained minimization
undefined numerical results
undocheckout
unimodular matrix
union
unique
unitary matrix (complex)
Units
    Axes property
    Figure property
    Root property
    Text property
    Uicontrol property
unix
unlocking M-files
unmkpp
unregisterallevents
unregisterevent
unwrap
unzip
up vector, of camera
updating figure during M-file execution
uplus (M-file function equivalent for unary +)
upper
upper triangular matrix
uppercase to lowercase
url
    opening in Web browser
urlread
urlwrite
usejava
UserData
    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

Value, Uicontrol property
vander
Vandermonde matrix
var
varargout
variable numbers of M-file arguments
variables
    checking existence of
    clearing from workspace
    global
    graphical representation of
    in workspace
    listing
    local <1> <2>
    name of passed
    opening <1> <2>
    persistent
    saving
    sizes of
vector
    dot product
    dual
    frequency
    length of
    product (cross)
vector field, plotting
vectorize
vectorize
vectorizing ODE function (BVP)
vectors, creating
    logarithmically spaced
    regularly spaced <1> <2>
velocity vectors, plotting
ver
verctrl
version
version numbers
    displaying
    returned as strings
vertcat
vertcat (M-file function equivalent for [;])
VertexNormals
    Patch property
    Surface property
VerticalAlignment, Text property
Vertices, Patch property
video
    saving in AVI format
view
    azimuth of viewpoint
    coordinate system defining
    elevation of viewpoint
view
view angle, of camera
View, Axes property (obsolete)
viewing
    a group of object
    a specific object in a scene
viewmtx
Visible
    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
visualizing
    cell array structure
    sparse matrices
volumes
    calculating isosurface data
    computing 2-D stream lines
    computing 3-D stream lines
    computing isosurface normals
    contouring slice planes
    drawing stream lines
    end caps
    reducing face size in isosurfaces
    reducing number of elements in
voronoi
Voronoi diagrams
    multidimensional vizualization
    two-dimensional vizualization
voronoin

wait
    timer object
waitbar
waitfor
waitforbuttonpress
warndlg
warning
warning message (enabling, suppressing, and displaying)
waterfall
.wav files
    reading
    writing
waveplay
waverecord
wavplay
wavread
wavrecord
wavwrite
web
Web browser
    displaying help in
    pointing to file or url
weekday
well conditioned
what
whatsnew
which
while
white space characters, ASCII <1> <2>
whitebg
wilkinson
Wilkinson matrix <1> <2>
WindowButtonDownFcn, Figure property
WindowButtonMotionFcn, Figure property
WindowButtonUpFcn, Figure property
WindowStyle, Figure property
winopen
WK1 files
    loading
    writing from matrix
wk1read
wk1write
workspace
    changing context while debugging <1> <2>
    clearing items from
    consolidating memory
    predefining variables
    saving
    variables in
    viewing contents of
workspace
workspace variables
    reading from disk
writing
    binary data to file
    formatted data to file

x-axis limits, setting and querying
XAxisLocation, Axes property
XColor, Axes property
XData
    Image property
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
XDir, Axes property
XDisplay, Figure property
XGrid, Axes property
xlabel
XLabel, Axes property
xlim
XLim, Axes property
XLimMode, Axes property
XLS files
    loading
xlsfinfo
xlsread
XMinorGrid, Axes property
xmlread
xmlwrite
logical XOR
    bit-wise
xor
XOR, printing <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>
XScale, Axes property
xslt
XTick, Axes property
XTickLabel, Axes property
XTickLabelMode, Axes property
XTickMode, Axes property
XVisual, Figure property
XVisualMode, Figure property
XWD <1> <2> <3>
xyz coordinates See Cartesian coordinates <1> <2>

y-axis limits, setting and querying
YAxisLocation, Axes property
YColor, Axes property
YData
    Image property
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
YDir, Axes property
YGrid, Axes property
ylabel
YLabel, Axes property
ylim
YLim, Axes property
YLimMode, Axes property
YMinorGrid, Axes property
YScale, Axes property
YTick, Axes property
YTickLabel, Axes property
YTickLabelMode, Axes property
YTickMode, Axes property

z-axis limits, setting and querying
ZColor, Axes property
ZData
    Line property
    Patch property
    Surface property
ZDir, Axes property
zero of a function, finding
zero-padding
    while converting hexadecimal numbers
zeros
ZGrid, Axes property
zip
zlabel
zlim
ZLim, Axes property
ZLimMode, Axes property
ZMinorGrid, Axes property
zoom
ZScale, Axes property
ZTick, Axes property
ZTickLabel, Axes property
ZTickLabelMode, Axes property
ZTickMode, Axes property