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Symbols 

! function
%
    comment symbol
    create comment
%#ok indicator to suppress M-Lint message
%%
, after functions
... in statements
; after functions
<CR>
>> prompt in Command Window
{% block comment symbol

accelerators, keyboard
addpath
AppleScript
    running from MATLAB
Array Editor
    preferences
array editor
    decimal separator
arrays
    editing
    workspace
arrow keys
    Command Window usage
    Editor/Debugger
ASCII files
    viewing contents of
asv
autoinit cells
    converting input cells to
    converting to input cells
    defining
AutoInit style
    definition of
automatic completion of statement
autosave

backup
    Editor/Debugger autosave
bang (!) function
bang function
base workspace
batch mode for starting MATLAB
batch mode for starting MATLAB (UNIX)
beep
    Command Window preferences
    Editor/Debugger preferences
    in Editor/Debugger
blank line
blank spaces in MATLAB commands
block comments
    extending
blue breakpoint icon
bookmarks
    in files in Editor/Debugger
    in Help browser
Boolean searching in Help browser
breaking long lines
breakpoints
    anonymous functions
    blue icon
    clearing (removing)
    clearing, automatically
    conditional
    disabling and enabling
    multiple per line
    running file
    setting
    types
Bring MATLAB to Front
browser
    Help
    Web, in MATLAB
bugs, reporting to The MathWorks
built-in editor

C/C++
    editing files in Editor/Debugger
caching
    M-files
    search path
calc zones
    defining
    ensuring workspace consistency in M-books
    evaluating
    output from
callbacks
    in shortcuts
calling from MATLAB
capitalization in MATLAB
case sensitivity in MATLAB
cell arrays
    editing
cell groups
    converting to input cells
    creating
    definition of
    evaluating
    output from
cell markers
    defined
    hiding
    printing
cell mode
cell scripts
cells
    beep
    defining in M-files
    evaluating
    removing
cells in M-File Editor/Debugger
character set
    preference for MAT-files
checkin
    on UNIX platforms
checking in files
    on UNIX platforms
checking out files
    on PC platforms
    on UNIX platforms
    undoing on PC platforms
    undoing on UNIX platforms
checkout
    on UNIX platforms
clc
clear
ClearCase source control system
    configuring on UNIX platforms
clearing
    Command Window
    variables
clicking on multiple items
clipboard
closing
    desktop tools
    MATLAB
    M-files
Code check report
    checking M-files code
code examples
code iteration
code resources
code samples
    sample code
Collatz problem
color
    general preferences
    indicators for syntax
    printing M-book
colors
    in M-files
    preferences in MATLAB
column numbers
command flags
Command History
    about
    deleting entries in window
    file
    preferences
    printing window contents
    running functions from window
command line
    defined
    editing
command name
    automatic completion
command switches
Command Window
    bringing to front in Notebook
    clearing
    editing in
    help
    paging of output in
    preferences
    printing contents of
    prompt
    width
Command Window scroll buffer
commands
    executing a group of
    on multiple lines
    to operating system
comments
    adding/removing with any text editor
    adding/removing with Editor/Debugger
    block
    color indicators
    creating in Editor/Debugger
    multiline statements
    purpose
    using ... (ellipsis)
    within a line
comp.soft-sys.matlab
comparing working copy to source control version on PC platforms
completing statements automatically
compression
    MAT-files and Fig-Files
conditional breakpoints
configuration management
     See source control system interface
configuration, desktop
configuring Notebook
confirmation dialog boxes
    preferences
console mode
content of M-files, searching
Contents in Help browser
    synchronizing preference
Contents tab in Help browser
    description
    synchronizing with display
context menus
continuing long statements
control keys
    editing commands
    Editor/Debugger
conversion
    Word document to M-book
cropping graphics
    in M-books
cssm
current directory
    at startup for MATLAB
    changing
    contents of
    field in toolbar
    relevance to MATLAB
    tool
Current Directory browser
    preferences

data consistency
    calc zones in M-books
    evaluating M-books
    in M-book
datatips
    example
dbclear
dbstop
    example
Debugger
debugging
    ending
    example
    features
    M-files
        options
    Notebook
    prompt
    stepping
    techniques
    with unsaved changes
decimal places in output
defaults
    preferences for MATLAB
    setting in startup file for MATLAB
Define Autoinit Cell
Define Calc Zone
Define Input Cell
delete
delete function
    preference for recycling
deleting
    files
    variables
deleting files
delimiter
    matching in Editor/Debugger
delimiter matching
    Command Window preferences
    Editor/Debugger preferences
desktop
    active window
    color preferences
    configuration
    description
    focus
    font preferences for
    layout
        saving
    layout, predefined options
    starting without
    tools
        closing
        opening
    windows
        closing
        docking
        grouping together
        moving
        opening
        sizing
        undocking
development environment for MATLAB
diary
diff report
dir
directories
    copying
    creating
    deleting
    MATLAB
        caching
    renaming
    searching contents of
    See also current directory, search path
disabling
    breakpoints
display pane in Help browser
displaying
    output
displaying source control properties of a file
dividers for cells
do not show again
    preferences
docking windows in desktop
document bar
    document name
    width
documentation
    printing
    problems, reporting
    viewing
dots (...)
downloading
    M-files
dragging in the desktop

echo execution
edit
    creating new M-file in Editor/Debugger
editing
    in Command Window
    M-files
        outside of MATLAB
        without running MATLAB
Editor
    see Editor/Debugger
editor
    built-in
    external to MATLAB
    setting as default
Editor, stand-alone (Windows)
Editor/Debugger
    arranging documents
    closing
    closing files
    description
    example
    go to
        bookmark
        function
        line number
    indenting
    modifying values
    navigation keys
    opening files
    other text files
    preferences
    rule displayed
    status bar
        function
    viewing values
EDU>> prompt in Command Window
ellipses (...) in statements
Emacs key bindings in Editor/Debugger
Embed Figures in M-book
embedding graphics
    in M-book
encoding
    preference when saving
end of file
ending MATLAB
environment settings at startup
environment variables
error breakpoints
    stop for errors
error message identifiers
error messages
    in Command Window
error style
    definition
errors
    color indicators
    finding in M-files
    run-time
    source control
    syntax
Evaluate Calc Zone
Evaluate Cell
Evaluate Loop
Evaluate Loop dialog box
Evaluate M-Book
evaluating
    M-books, ensuring data consistency
    selection in Command History window
    selection in Command Window
evaluating sections of M-file
example code
examples
    in documentation, index of
    running from Help browser
exe
executables
    running from MATLAB
executing
    group of statements
    M-files in Editor/Debugger
execution
    displaying functions during
existing code
exiting MATLAB

f button
F Inc Search field
favorites in Help browser
feedback to The MathWorks
Fig-files
    compatibility
    save options
file exchange
    for M-files
file management system
     See source control system interface
filebrowser
files
    contents, viewing
    copying
    creating in the Current Directory browser
    deleting
    editing M-files
    log
    MATLAB related, listing
    naming
    opening
    operations in MATLAB
    renaming
    running
    viewing contents of
Find Files dialog box
finding
    files using Current Directory browser
    M-files
    string in M-files
    text in Command History window
    text in Command Window
    text in current file
    text in M-files
    text in page of Help browser
finish.m file running when quitting
firewall
flags
    for startup
focus
folders. See directories
font
    Help browser
    Help browser display pane
    Help Navigator
    preferences in MATLAB
format
    controlling numeric format in M-book
    preferences
format
    in M-book
function name
    automatic completion
function workspace
functions
    color indicators
    displaying during execution
    executing a group of
    help for
        reference page
    long (on multiple lines)
    multiple in one line
    naming

get latest version of file on PC platforms
getting files
graphical debugger
graphics
    controlling output in M-book
    embedding in M-book
    in M-books
graphing
    variables from the Workspace browser
gray breakpoint icons
Group Cells

help
    functions
    in Command Window
    M-files
help
Help browser
    contents listing
    copying information from
    display pane
    font preferences
    index
    navigating
    printing help
    running examples from
    searching
Help Navigator
helpbrowser
Hide Cell Markers
highlighted search terms
history
    automatic log file
    source control on PC platforms
history of statements
history.m file
home
hot keys
    Array Editor
    Command Window
    desktop
    Editor/Debugger
HTML
    editing files in Editor/Debugger
    source, viewing in Help browser
HTML viewer in MATLAB
hyperlinks
    Command Window

icons
    supplied with MATLAB
import
    files for use with MATLAB
include
    files with MATLAB
incremental searching
    in Editor/Debugger
indenting
    in Command Window
    in Editor/Debugger
    nested functions
    preference in Editor
        C/C++
        Java
    preference in Editor/Debugger
index
    examples in documentation
    Help browser
        results
        tips
info.xml
    Start button
    Start button, editing
initiation (init) file for MATLAB
input
    to MATLAB in Command Window
input cells
    controlling evaluation
    controlling graphic output
    converting autoinit cell to
    converting text to
    converting to autoinit cell
    converting to cell groups
    converting to text
    defining in M-books
    evaluating
    evaluating cell groups
    evaluating in loop
    maintaining consistency
    timing out during evaluation
    use of Word Normal style
Input style
    definition of
Insert key
    Command Window
    Editor/Debugger
insert mode
    Command Window
    Editor/Debugger
Internet proxy server
interrupting a running program
invalid breakpoints
iterative programming

Java
    editing files in Editor/Debugger
Java VM
    starting without

K>>
    prompt in Command Window
K>> prompt in Command Window
    debugging mode
    keyboard statement
key bindings
keyboard
keyboard shortcuts
    Array Editor
keyboard shortcuts and accelerators
keys
    editing in Command Window
    Editor/Debugger
keywords
    color indicators
    in documentation

layout for desktop
    saving
license information
line
    in Editor/Debugger
line breaks
    adding for long statements
line numbers
    going to
line termination
line wrapping
links
    Command Window
    in Help browser
load
locking files on checkout
log
    automatic
    file
    session
    statements
logfile startup option
login
    remote on Macintosh
long lines
lookfor
looping
    to evaluate input cells
lowercase usage in MATLAB

Macintosh
    startup
        remote login
matched delimiters
    Command Window preferences
matching parentheses
    Editor/Debugger preferences
    in Editor/Debugger
MAT-files
    compatibility
    compression options
    creating
    defined
    loading
    preferences
    starting MATLAB from
    view without loading
Mathtools.net
MATLAB
    commands, executing in a Word document
    files, listing
    path
    quitting
        confirmation
MATLAB stand-alone editor
matlab.mat
matlabrc.m, startup file
matrices
    editing
M-books
    creating
    data consistency
    data integrity
    entering text and commands
    evaluating all input cells
    modifying style template
    opening
    printing
    sizing graphic output
    styles
measuring performance of M-files
meditor, MATLAB stand-alone MATLAB editor
meditor.exe
    MATLAB stand-alone Editor
membership Web page
message identifiers
M-files
    appearance
    automatic saving
    checking code
    colors in
    content, viewing
    creating
        from Command History window
        in MATLAB directory
        new file
    debugging
        options
    editing
        options
        without running MATLAB
    file association (Windows)
    finding
    help
        viewing in Current Directory browser
    naming
    navigating
    opening
    pausing
    performance of
    printing
    profiling
    replacing content
    running
        at startup
        at startup (UNIX)
        from Command Window
        from Current Directory browser
    running with unsaved changes
    saving
    search path
    searching contents of
    starting MATLAB from
    user-contributed
    viewing description
Microsoft Word
    converting document to M-book
    specifying version and location
minimize
    Windows startup option
mkdir
M-Lint
    suppressing messages
more
mouse, right-clicking
multidimensional arrays
    editing
multiple item selection
multiple lines for statements
multiprocessing

naming functions and variables
navigating
    M-files
nested comments
nested functions
    indenting
newsgroup for MATLAB
newsletters
nodesktop startup option
nojvm startup option
Normal style (Microsoft Word)
    default style in M-book
    defaults
    used in undefined input cells
nosplash startup option
Notebook
    configuring
    debugging
    options
    overview
    platforms supported
notebook
    function
Notebook menu
    Word menu bar
numbering lines
numeric format
    controlling in M-book
    output
    preferences

open
opening files
    Current Directory browser
openvar
operating system commands
optimizing performance of M-files
options
    shutdown
    startup
output
    display
        format
        hidden
    hiding
    in Command Window
    paging
    spaces per tab
    spacing of
    suppressing
output cells
    converting to text
    purging
Output style
    definition
overwrite mode
    Command Window
    Editor/Debugger

paging in the Command Window
parentheses
    highlighted
    matching
parentheses matching
    Command Window preferences
    Editor/Debugger preferences
path
    adding directories to
    changing
    description
    order of directories
    problems and recovering
    saving changes
    saving for future sessions
    viewing
PATH environment variable
pathdef.m
    location
pathtool
pausing execution of M-file
pcode
    error checking
PDF
    printing documentation files
    reader, preference for Help browser
performance
    improving for M-files
periods (...)
pop-up menus
precision
    output display
preferences
    MATLAB, general
printing
    Command History window contents
    Command Window contents
    documentation
    help
    M-files
printing an M-book
    cell markers
    color
    defaults
problems, reporting to The MathWorks
product filter in Help browser
    preference
product version
profile
    example
Profiler
    time described
profiling
programs
    running from MATLAB
    stopping while running
prompt
    in Command Window
    when debugging
properties
    source control on PC platforms
    tab completion
publishing
    cells
        platforms supported
Purge Output Cells
purging output cells

quitting
    saving workspace
quitting MATLAB
    confirmation

R Inc Search field
rapid development
recall previous lines
recover deleted files
recycle function
    preference
red breakpoint icons
red vertical line
    in Editor/Debugger
redo
    in desktop
reference pages
remote login
    Macintosh
removing files from source control system
requirements
    MATLAB
resizing windows in the desktop
results in MATLAB, displaying
revision control
     See source control system interface
right-hand text limit
roadmap for documentation
rule
    in Editor/Debugger
running
    M-files
    M-files in Editor/Debugger
run-time errors

save
    function
saving
    automatically in Editor/Debugger
    MAT-files
        preferences
    M-files
    workspace upon quitting
script for startup
scroll buffer for Command Window
scrolling in Command Window
search path
    problems and recovering
    saving for future sessions
searching
    for M-files
    Help browser
        Boolean
        results
        text in page
    M-file content
        across files
    text
        Command History window
        Command Window
    text in current file
    text in M-files
    text, incrementally
section breaks
    in calc zones
selecting multiple items
semicolon (;)
    after functions
    between functions
separator in functions
session
    automatic log file
session log
    Command History
    diary
setting breakpoints
shadowed functions
shell escape
shortcut
    for MATLAB in Windows
    keys in Editor/Debugger
    keys in MATLAB
shortcut keys
    Array Editor
    Command Window editing
    Editor/Debugger
shortcuts
    categories
    creating
        from Command History window
    defined
    deleting
    editing
    Editor/Debugger
    file
    labels, hiding
    moving
    organizing
    toolbar
shortcuts.xml
Show Cell Markers
show file history on PC platforms
shutdown
    MATLAB
    options
sizing windows in the desktop
smart recall
snapshot
source control
    troubleshooting
source control on UNIX platforms
    getting files
    locking files
source control system interface
    PC platforms
        adding files
        preferences
        selecting system
        supported systems
    UNIX platforms
        preferences
        selecting system
        supported systems
source control system interface on PC platforms
    checking out files
    comparing working copy to source control version
    displaying file properties
    get latest version of file
    removing files
    showing file history
    starting source control system
    undoing file check-out
source control system interface on UNIX platforms
    checking in files
    checking out files
    configuring ClearCase source control system
    supported systems
    undoing file check-out
spaces in MATLAB commands
spacing
    output in Command Window
    tabs in Command Window
splash screen
    UNIX startup option
    Windows startup option
stack
    in Editor/Debugger
    viewing
stand-alone Editor
Start button
    adding toolboxes
    customizing
starting MATLAB
    DOS
    UNIX
    Windows
startup
    directory for MATLAB
    files for MATLAB
    Macintosh, remote login
    M-file double-click
    M-files open
    options for MATLAB
    script
startup.m
    location
    startup file
statement
    definition
statements
    defined
    executing a group of
    long (on multiple lines)
stepping through M-file
stopping a running program
stops
    in M-files
stops (...)
strings
    across multiple lines
    color indicators
    saving as Unicode
structures
    editing
    tab completion
style preferences for text
styles in M-book
    modifying
subfunction
    displayed in Editor/Debugger status bar
subfunctions
    going to in M-file
suggestions to The MathWorks
support
    technical
suppressing M-Lint messages
suppressing output
switches
    for startup
syntax
    color indicators
    color preferences in MATLAB
    coloring and indenting
    errors
    highlighting
system environment variables
system path for UNIX
system requirements
    MATLAB

tab
    indenting in Editor/Debugger
    preference for indenting in Editor
        C/C++
        Java
    preference for indenting in Editor/Debugger
    spacing in Command Window
tab completion
tabbing desktop windows together
table of contents for help
Technical Support
    contacting
    Web page
templates
    M-book
temporary directory
    for deleted files
terminating a running program
text
    converting to input cells
    finding in page in Help browser
    preferences in MATLAB
    styles in M-book
text editor, setting as default
text editors for M-files
text files
    editing in Editor/Debugger
    opening in Editor/Debugger
time
    measured for M-files
time-out message
    while evaluating multiple input cells in an M-book
tmp/MATLAB_Files directory
Toggle Graph Output for Cell
token matching
    Command Window preferences
    Editor/Debugger preferences
toolbars
    desktop
    shortcuts
toolbox path cache
    preferences
toolboxes
    custom, adding to Start button
tools in desktop
    description
tooltips
    for data
troubleshooting
    source control problems
type ahead feature
    in Command History window

UNC (Universal Naming Convention) pathname
uncomment
Undefine Cells
undo
    in desktop
    in Editor
undocking windows from desktop
undoing file check-out
    on PC platforms
    on UNIX platforms
Ungroup Cells
Unicode
    preference when saving
UNIX
    system path
updates to products
uppercase usage in MATLAB
utilities
    running from MATLAB

validating
    M-files
values
    examining
    viewing in Editor/Debugger
variables
    deleting or clearing
    displaying values of
    editing values
    graphing from the Workspace browser
    naming
    saving
    viewing during execution
    workspace
version
    information for MathWorks products
version control
     See source control system interface
viewing desktop tools
Visible figure property
    embedding graphics in M-book

warning breakpoints
warning message identifiers
Web
    accessing from MATLAB
    site for The MathWorks
Web browser
    font
    in MATLAB
    proxy server
what
who
whos
width of Command Window
window
    active
    focus
windows in desktop
    about
    arrangement
    closing
    docking
    moving
    opening
    sizing
    undocking
winword.exe
Word documents
    converting to M-book
work directory
working directory
workspace
    base
    clearing
    defined
    functions
    initializing in M-book
    loading
    M-book contamination
    opening
    protecting integrity
    saving
    tool
    viewing
    viewing during execution
Workspace browser
    description
    preferences
wrapping
    lines in Command Window
    long statements

yellow highlighting in M-file