Introduction MATLAB D。 cumentati。n MATLAB provides extensive documentation, in both printed and online format, to help you learn about and use all of its features. If you are a new user start with this book, Getting Started with MaTLAB, which introduces you to MATLAB. It covers all the primary matlab features at a high level, including many examples to help you to learn the material quickly Chapter 2, "Development Environment,-Introduces the MATLAB development environment, including information about tools and the MATLAB desktop · Chapter3,“ Manipulating Matrices”- Introduces how to use matlab to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices Chapter 4, "Graphics"-Introduces mATlAB graphic capabilities, including information about plotting data, annotating graphs, and working with · Chapter5,“ Programming with MATLAB”- Describes how to use the MATLAB language to create scripts and functions, and manipulate data structures, such as cell arrays and multidimensional arrays. This section also provides an overview of the demo programs included with MATLAB To find more detailed information about any of these topics, use the matlab online help. The online help provides task-oriented and reference informatio about matlab features. The matlab documentation is also available in printed form and in PDF format MATLAB Online Help To view the online documentation, select MATLAB Help from the Help menu in MATLAB. For more information about using the online documentation, see "Help Browser"on page 2-7. For MaTLAB, the documentation is organized into these main topics Development Environment--Provides complete information on the MATLAB desktop Mathematics-Describes how to use matlab mathematical and statistical capabilities 1-41 Introduction 1-4 MATLAB Documentation MATLAB provides extensive documentation, in both printed and online format, to help you learn about and use all of its features. If you are a new user, start with this book, Getting Started with MATLAB, which introduces you to MATLAB. It covers all the primary MATLAB features at a high level, including many examples to help you to learn the material quickly: • Chapter 2, “Development Environment”—Introduces the MATLAB development environment, including information about tools and the MATLAB desktop. • Chapter 3, “Manipulating Matrices”—Introduces how to use MATLAB to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices. • Chapter 4, “Graphics”—Introduces MATLAB graphic capabilities, including information about plotting data, annotating graphs, and working with images. • Chapter 5, “Programming with MATLAB”—Describes how to use the MATLAB language to create scripts and functions, and manipulate data structures, such as cell arrays and multidimensional arrays. This section also provides an overview of the demo programs included with MATLAB. To find more detailed information about any of these topics, use the MATLAB online help. The online help provides task-oriented and reference information about MATLAB features. The MATLAB documentation is also available in printed form and in PDF format. MATLAB Online Help To view the online documentation, select MATLAB Help from the Help menu in MATLAB. For more information about using the online documentation, see “Help Browser” on page 2-7. For MATLAB, the documentation is organized into these main topics: • Development Environment—Provides complete information on the MATLAB desktop. • Mathematics—Describes how to use MATLAB mathematical and statistical capabilities