Desktop Tools

March 12th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Documents

This section provides an introduction to MATLAB’s desktop tools. You can also use MATLAB functions to perform most of the features found in the desktop tools. The tools are: Read More

format

March 6th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Functions

format Set output format.
All computations in MATLAB are done in double precision.
format may be used to switch between different output display formats as follows:
format Default. Same as SHORT.
format SHORT Scaled fixed point format with 5 digits.
format LONG Scaled fixed point format with 15 digits.
format SHORT E Floating point format with 5 digits.
format LONG E Floating point format with 15 digits.
format SHORT G Best of fixed or floating point format with 5 digits.
format LONG G Best of fixed or floating point format with 15 digits.
format HEX Hexadecimal format.
format + The symbols +, – and blank are printed
for positive, negative and zero elements.
Imaginary parts are ignored.
format BANK Fixed format for dollars and cents.
format RAT Approximation by ratio of small integers. Read More

MATLAB Desktop

March 6th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Documents

When you start MATLAB, the MATLAB desktop appears, containing tools (graphical user interfaces) for managing files, variables, and applications associated with MATLAB.
The first time MATLAB starts, the desktop appears as shown in the following illustration, although your Launch Pad may contain different entries. Read More