Language Fundamentals

Entering Commands
ans Most recent answer

clc Clear Command Window

diary Save Command Window text to file

format Set Command Window output display format

home Send cursor home

iskeyword Determine whether input is MATLAB keyword

more Control paged output for Command Window

Matrices and Arrays

zeros Create array of all zeros

ones Create array of all ones

rand Uniformly distributed random numbers

true Logical 1 (true)

false Logical 0 (false)

eye Identity matrix

diag Create diagonal matrix or get diagonal elements of matrix

blkdiag Construct block diagonal matrix from input arguments

cat Concatenate arrays along specified dimension

horzcat Concatenate arrays horizontally

vertcat Concatenate arrays vertically

repelem Repeat copies of array elements

repmat Repeat copies of array

linspace Generate linearly spaced vector

logspace Generate logarithmically spaced vector

freqspace Frequency spacing for frequency response

meshgrid 2-D and 3-D grids

ndgrid Rectangular grid in N-D space

length Length of largest array dimension

size Array size

ndims Number of array dimensions

numel Number of array elements

isscalar Determine whether input is scalar

isvector Determine whether input is vector

ismatrix Determine whether input is matrix

isrow Determine whether input is row vector

iscolumn Determine whether input is column vector

isempty Determine whether array is empty

sort Sort array elements

sortrows Sort rows of matrix or table

issorted Determine if array is sorted

issortedrows Determine if matrix or table rows are sorted

topkrows Top rows in sorted order

flip Flip order of elements

fliplr Flip array left to right

flipud Flip array up to down

rot90 Rotate array 90 degrees

transpose Transpose vector or matrix

ctranspose Complex conjugate transpose

permute Rearrange dimensions of N-D array

ipermute Inverse permute dimensions of N-D array

circshift Shift array circularly

shiftdim Shift dimensions

reshape Reshape array

squeeze Remove singleton dimensions

colon Vector creation, array subscripting, and for-loop iteration

end Terminate block of code, or indicate last array index

ind2sub Subscripts from linear index

sub2ind Convert subscripts to linear indices

Operators and Elementary Operations

Arithmetic
plus Addition

uplus Unary plus

minus Subtraction

uminus Unary minus

times Element-wise multiplication

rdivide Right array division

ldivide Left array division

power Element-wise power

mtimes Matrix Multiplication

mrdivide Solve systems of linear equations xA = B for x

mldivide Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x

mpower Matrix power

cumprod Cumulative product

cumsum Cumulative sum

diff Differences and Approximate Derivatives

movsum Moving sum

prod Product of array elements

sum Sum of array elements

ceil Round toward positive infinity

fix Round toward zero

floor Round toward negative infinity

idivide Integer division with rounding option

mod Remainder after division (modulo operation)

rem Remainder after division

round Round to nearest decimal or integer

bsxfun Apply element-wise operation to two arrays with implicit expansion enabled

Relational Operations
eq Determine equality

ge Determine greater than or equal to

gt Determine greater than

le Determine less than or equal to

lt Determine less than

ne Determine inequality

isequal Determine array equality

isequaln Determine array equality, treating NaN values as equal

Logical Operations
Logical Operators: Short-circuit Logical operations with short-circuiting

and Find logical AND

not Find logical NOT

or Find logical OR

xor Find logical exclusive-OR

all Determine if all array elements are nonzero or true

any Determine if any array elements are nonzero

false Logical 0 (false)

find Find indices and values of nonzero elements

islogical Determine if input is logical array

logical Convert numeric values to logicals

true Logical 1 (true)

Set Operations
intersect Set intersection of two arrays

ismember Array elements that are members of set array

ismembertol Members of set within tolerance

issorted Determine if array is sorted

setdiff Set difference of two arrays

setxor Set exclusive OR of two arrays

union Set union of two arrays

unique Unique values in array

uniquetol Unique values within tolerance

join Combine two tables or timetables by rows using key variables

innerjoin Inner join between two tables or timetables

outerjoin Outer join between two tables or timetables

Bit-Wise Operations
bitand Bit-wise AND

bitcmp Bit-wise complement

bitget Get bit at specified position

bitor Bit-wise OR

bitset Set bit at specific location

bitshift Shift bits specified number of places

bitxor Bit-wise XOR

swapbytes Swap byte ordering

Data Types
Numeric Types
double Double-precision arrays

single Single-precision arrays

int8 8-bit signed integer arrays

int16 16-bit signed integer arrays

int32 32-bit signed integer arrays

int64 64-bit signed integer arrays

uint8 8-bit unsigned integer arrays

uint16 16-bit unsigned integer arrays

uint32 32-bit unsigned integer arrays

uint64 64-bit unsigned integer arrays

cast Cast variable to different data type

typecast Convert data types without changing underlying data

isinteger Determine if input is integer array

isfloat Determine if input is floating-point array

isnumeric Determine if input is numeric array

isreal Determine whether array is real

isfinite Array elements that are finite

isinf Array elements that are infinite

isnan Array elements that are NaN

eps Floating-point relative accuracy

flintmax Largest consecutive integer in floating-point format

Inf Infinity
intmax Largest value of specified integer type

intmin Smallest value of specified integer type

NaN Not-a-Number

realmax Largest positive floating-point number

realmin Smallest positive normalized floating-point number

Characters and Strings

string String array

strings Create array of strings with no characters

join Combine strings

char Character array

cellstr Convert to cell array of character vectors

blanks Create character array of blanks

newline Create newline character

compose Convert data into formatted string array

sprintf Format data into string

strcat Concatenate strings horizontally

convertCharsToStrings Convert character arrays to string arrays, leaving other arrays unaltered

convertStringsToChars Convert string arrays to character arrays, leaving other arrays unaltered

ischar Determine if input is character array

iscellstr Determine if input is cell array of character vectors

isstring Determine if input is string array

isStringScalar Determine if input is string array with one element

strlength Length of strings in string array

isstrprop Determine if string is of specified category

isletter Determine which characters are letters

isspace Determine which characters are space characters

contains Determine if pattern is in string

count Count occurrences of pattern in string

endsWith Determine if string ends with pattern

startsWith Determine if string starts with pattern

strfind Find one string within another

sscanf Read formatted data from string

replace Find and replace substrings in string array

replaceBetween Replace substrings identified by indicators that mark their starts and ends

strrep Find and replace substring

join Combine strings

split Split strings in string array

splitlines Split string at newline characters

strjoin Join text in array

strsplit Split string at specified delimiter

strtok Selected parts of string

erase Delete substrings within strings

eraseBetween Delete substrings between indicators that mark starts and ends of substrings

extractAfter Extract substring after specified position

extractBefore Extract substring before specified position

extractBetween Extract substrings between indicators that mark starts and ends of substrings

insertAfter Insert string after specified substring

insertBefore Insert string before specified substring

pad Add leading or trailing characters to strings

strip Remove leading and trailing characters from string

lower Convert string to lowercase

upper Convert string to uppercase

reverse Reverse order of characters in string

deblank Remove trailing whitespace from end of string or character array

strtrim Remove leading and trailing whitespace from string array or character array

strjust Justify string or character array

strcmp Compare strings

strcmpi Compare strings (case insensitive)

strncmp Compare first n characters of strings (case sensitive)

strncmpi Compare first n characters of strings (case insensitive)

regexp Match regular expression (case sensitive)

regexpi Match regular expression (case insensitive)

regexprep Replace text using regular expression

regexptranslate Translate text into regular expression

Dates and Time

datetime Arrays that represent points in time

NaT Not-a-Time

years Duration in years

days Duration in days

hours Duration in hours

minutes Duration in minutes

seconds Duration in seconds

milliseconds Duration in milliseconds

duration Lengths of time in fixed-length units

calyears Calendar duration in years

calquarters Calendar duration in quarters

calmonths Calendar duration in months

calweeks Calendar duration in weeks

caldays Calendar duration in days

calendarDuration Lengths of time in variable-length calendar units

year Year number

quarter Quarter number

month Month number and name

week Week number

day Day number or name

hour Hour number

minute Minute number

second Second number

ymd Year, month, and day numbers of datetime

hms Hour, minute, and second numbers of duration

split Split calendar duration into numeric and duration units

time Convert time of calendar duration to duration

timeofday Elapsed time since midnight for datetimes

isdatetime Determine if input is datetime array

isduration Determine if input is duration array

iscalendarduration Determine if input is calendar duration array

isnat Determine NaT (Not-a-Time) elements

isdst Determine daylight saving time elements

isweekend Determine weekend elements

timezones List time zones

tzoffset Time zone offset from UTC

between Calendar math differences

caldiff Calendar math successive differences

dateshift Shift date or generate sequence of dates and time

isbetween Determine elements within date and time interval

datenum Convert date and time to serial date number

datevec Convert date and time to vector of components

exceltime Convert MATLAB datetime to Excel date number

juliandate Convert MATLAB datetime to Julian date

posixtime Convert MATLAB datetime to POSIX time

yyyymmdd Convert MATLAB datetime to YYYYMMDD numeric value

addtodate Modify date number by field

char Character array

string String array

datestr Convert date and time to string format

now Current date and time as serial date number

clock Current date and time as date vector

date Current date string

calendar Calendar for specified month

eomday Last day of month

weekday Day of week

etime Time elapsed between date vectors

Categorical Arrays
categorical Array that contains values assigned to categories

iscategorical Determine whether input is categorical array

discretize Group data into bins or categories

categories Categories of categorical array

iscategory Test for categorical array categories

isordinal Determine whether input is ordinal categorical array

isprotected Determine whether categories of categorical array are protected

addcats Add categories to categorical array

mergecats Merge categories in categorical array

removecats Remove categories from categorical array

renamecats Rename categories in categorical array

reordercats Reorder categories in categorical array

setcats Set categories in categorical array

summary Print summary of table, timetable, or categorical array

countcats Count occurrences of categorical array elements by category

isundefined Find undefined elements in categorical array

Tables
table Table array with named variables that can contain different types

array2table Convert homogeneous array to table

cell2table Convert cell array to table

struct2table Convert structure array to table

table2array Convert table to homogeneous array

table2cell Convert table to cell array

table2struct Convert table to structure array

table2timetable Convert table to timetable

timetable2table Convert timetable to table

readtable Create table from file

writetable Write table to file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

head Get top rows of table, timetable, or tall array

tail Get bottom rows of table, timetable, or tall array

summary Print summary of table, timetable, or categorical array

height Number of table rows

width Number of table variables

istable Determine whether input is table

sortrows Sort rows of matrix or table

unique Unique values in array

issortedrows Determine if matrix or table rows are sorted

topkrows Top rows in sorted order

addvars Add variables to table or timetable

movevars Move variables in table or timetable

removevars Delete variables from table or timetable

splitvars Split multicolumn variables in table or timetable

mergevars Combine table or timetable variables into multicolumn variable

vartype Subscript into table or timetable by variable type

rows2vars Reorient table or timetable so that rows become variables

stack Stack data from multiple variables into single variable

unstack Unstack data from single variable into multiple variables

inner2outer Invert nested table-in-table hierarchy in tables or timetables

join Combine two tables or timetables by rows using key variables

innerjoin Inner join between two tables or timetables

outerjoin Outer join between two tables or timetables

union Set union of two arrays

intersect Set intersection of two arrays

ismember Array elements that are members of set array

setdiff Set difference of two arrays

setxor Set exclusive OR of two arrays

ismissing Find missing values

standardizeMissing Insert standard missing values

rmmissing Remove missing entries

fillmissing Fill missing values

varfun Apply function to table or timetable variables

rowfun Apply function to table or timetable rows

findgroups Find groups and return group numbers

splitapply Split data into groups and apply function

groupsummary Group summary computations

Timetables
timetable Timetable array with time-stamped rows and variables of different types

retime Resample or aggregate data in timetable, and resolve duplicate or irregular times

synchronize Synchronize timetables to common time vector, and resample or aggregate data from

lag Time-shift data in timetable

table2timetable Convert table to timetable

array2timetable Convert homogeneous array to timetable

timetable2table Convert timetable to table

istimetable Determine if input is timetable

isregular Determine whether times in timetable are regular

timerange Time range for timetable row subscripting

withtol Time tolerance for timetable row subscripting

vartype Subscript into table or timetable by variable type

rmmissing Remove missing entries

issorted Determine if array is sorted

sortrows Sort rows of matrix or table

unique Unique values in array

Structures
struct Structure array

fieldnames Field names of structure, or public fields of COM or Java object

getfield Field of structure array

isfield Determine whether input is structure array field

isstruct Determine whether input is structure array

orderfields Order fields of structure array

rmfield Remove fields from structure

setfield Assign values to structure array field

arrayfun Apply function to each element of array

structfun Apply function to each field of scalar structure

table2struct Convert table to structure array

struct2table Convert structure array to table

cell2struct Convert cell array to structure array

struct2cell Convert structure to cell array

Cell Arrays
cell Cell array

cell2mat Convert cell array to ordinary array of the underlying data type

cell2struct Convert cell array to structure array

cell2table Convert cell array to table

celldisp Display cell array contents

cellfun Apply function to each cell in cell array

cellplot Graphically display structure of cell array

cellstr Convert to cell array of character vectors

iscell Determine whether input is cell array

iscellstr Determine if input is cell array of character vectors

mat2cell Convert array to cell array with potentially different sized cells

num2cell Convert array to cell array with consistently sized cells

strjoin Join text in array

strsplit Split string at specified delimiter

struct2cell Convert structure to cell array

table2cell Convert table to cell array

Function Handles
feval Evaluate function

func2str Construct character vector from function handle

str2func Construct function handle from character vector

localfunctions Function handles to all local functions in MATLAB file

functions Information about function handle

Map Containers
containers.Map Object that maps values to unique keys

isKey Determine if Map object contains key

keys Return keys of Map object

remove Delete key-value pairs from Map object

values Return values of Map object

Time Series
Time Series Objects
timeseries Create timeseries object

addevent Add event to timeseries

addsample Add data sample to timeseries object

append Concatenate timeseries objects in time

delevent Remove event from timeseries

delsample Remove sample from timeseries object

detrend Subtract mean or best-fit line from timeseries object

filter Modify frequency content of timeseries objects

idealfilter timeseries ideal filter

plot Plot timeseries

resample Resample timeseries time vector

set Set timeseries properties

setabstime Set timeseries times as date character vectors

setinterpfunction Set default interpolation method for timeseries object

setuniformtime Modify uniform timeseries time vector

synchronize Synchronize and resample two timeseries objects using common time vector

get Query timeseries properties

getabstime Convert timeseries time vector to cell array

getdatasamples Access timeseries data samples

getdatasamplesize timeseries data sample size

getinterpmethod timeseries interpolation method

getqualitydesc timeseries data quality

getsamples Subset of timeseries

getsampleusingtime Subset of timeseries data

gettsafteratevent Create timeseries at or after event

gettsafterevent Create timeseries after event

gettsatevent Create timeseries at event

gettsbeforeatevent Create timeseries at or before event

gettsbeforeevent Create timeseries before event

gettsbetweenevents Create timeseries between events

iqr Interquartile range of timeseries data

max Maximum of timeseries data

mean Mean of timeseries data

median Median of timeseries data

min Minimum of timeseries data

std Standard deviation of timeseries data

sum Sum of timeseries data

var Variance of timeseries data

Time Series Collections

tscollection Create tscollection object

addsampletocollection Add sample to tscollection

addts Add timeseries to tscollection

delsamplefromcollection Delete sample from tscollection

horzcat Horizontally concatenate tscollection objects

removets Remove timeseries from tscollection

resample Resample tscollection time vector

set Set tscollection properties

setabstime Set tscollection times as date character vectors

settimeseriesnames Rename timeseries in tscollection

vertcat Vertically concatenate tscollection objects

get Query tscollection properties

getabstime Convert tscollection time vector to cell array

getsampleusingtime Subset of tscollection data

gettimeseriesnames Names of timeseries in tscollection

isempty Determine if tscollection is empty

length Length of tscollection time vector

size Size of tscollection

Time Series Events

tsdata.event Create tsdata.event object

findEvent Query tsdata.event by name

get Query tsdata.event properties

getTimeStr Query tsdata.event times

set Set tsdata.event properties

Data Type Identification

iscalendarduration Determine if input is calendar duration array

iscategorical Determine whether input is categorical array

iscell Determine whether input is cell array

iscellstr Determine if input is cell array of character vectors

ischar Determine if input is character array

isdatetime Determine if input is datetime array

isduration Determine if input is duration array

isenum Determine if variable is enumeration

isfloat Determine if input is floating-point array

isgraphics True for valid graphics object handles

isinteger Determine if input is integer array

isjava Determine if input is Java object

islogical Determine if input is logical array

isnumeric Determine if input is numeric array

isobject Determine if input is MATLAB object

isreal Determine whether array is real

isstring Determine if input is string array

isstruct Determine whether input is structure array

istable Determine whether input is table

istimetable Determine if input is timetable

is* Detect state

isa Determine if input is object of specified class

class Determine class of object

validateattributes Check validity of array

whos List variables in workspace, with sizes and types

Data Type Conversion

char Character array

cellstr Convert to cell array of character vectors

int2str Convert integers to characters

mat2str Convert matrix to characters

num2str Convert numbers to character array

str2double Convert string to double precision value

str2num Convert character array to numeric array

native2unicode Convert numeric bytes to Unicode character representation

unicode2native Convert Unicode character representation to numeric bytes

base2dec Convert text representing number in base N to decimal number

bin2dec Convert text representation of binary number to decimal number

dec2base Convert decimal number to character vector representing base N number

dec2bin Convert decimal number to character vector representing binary number

dec2hex Convert decimal number to character vector representing hexadecimal number

hex2dec Convert text representation of hexadecimal number to decimal number

hex2num Convert IEEE hexadecimal string to double-precision number

num2hex Convert singles and doubles to IEEE hexadecimal strings

table2array Convert table to homogeneous array

table2cell Convert table to cell array

table2struct Convert table to structure array

array2table Convert homogeneous array to table

cell2table Convert cell array to table

struct2table Convert structure array to table

cell2mat Convert cell array to ordinary array of the underlying data type

cell2struct Convert cell array to structure array

mat2cell Convert array to cell array with potentially different sized cells

num2cell Convert array to cell array with consistently sized cells

struct2cell Convert structure to cell array

Mathematics
Elementary Math
Arithmetic
plus Addition

uplus Unary plus

minus Subtraction

uminus Unary minus

times Element-wise multiplication

rdivide Right array division

ldivide Left array division

power Element-wise power

mtimes Matrix Multiplication

mrdivide Solve systems of linear equations xA = B for x

mldivide Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x

mpower Matrix power

cumprod Cumulative product

cumsum Cumulative sum

diff Differences and Approximate Derivatives

movsum Moving sum

prod Product of array elements

sum Sum of array elements

ceil Round toward positive infinity

fix Round toward zero

floor Round toward negative infinity

idivide Integer division with rounding option

mod Remainder after division (modulo operation)

rem Remainder after division

round Round to nearest decimal or integer

bsxfun Apply element-wise operation to two arrays with implicit expansion enabled

Trigonometry
sin Sine of argument in radians

sind Sine of argument in degrees

asin Inverse sine in radians

asind Inverse sine in degrees

sinh Hyperbolic sine of argument in radians

asinh Inverse hyperbolic sine

cos Cosine of argument in radians

cosd Cosine of argument in degrees

acos Inverse cosine in radians

acosd Inverse cosine in degrees

cosh Hyperbolic cosine

acosh Inverse hyperbolic cosine

tan Tangent of argument in radians

tand Tangent of argument in degrees

atan Inverse tangent in radians

atand Inverse tangent in degrees

atan2 Four-quadrant inverse tangent

atan2d Four-quadrant inverse tangent in degrees

tanh Hyperbolic tangent

atanh Inverse hyperbolic tangent

csc Cosecant of input angle in radians

cscd Cosecant of argument in degrees

acsc Inverse cosecant in radians

acscd Inverse cosecant in degrees

csch Hyperbolic cosecant

acsch Inverse hyperbolic cosecant

sec Secant of angle in radians

secd Secant of argument in degrees

asec Inverse secant in radians

asecd Inverse secant in degrees

sech Hyperbolic secant

asech Inverse hyperbolic secant

cot Cotangent of angle in radians

cotd Cotangent of argument in degrees

acot Inverse cotangent in radians

acotd Inverse cotangent in degrees

coth Hyperbolic cotangent

acoth Inverse hyperbolic cotangent

hypot Square root of sum of squares (hypotenuse)

deg2rad Convert angle from degrees to radians

rad2deg Convert angle from radians to degrees

Exponents and Logarithms

exp Exponential

expm1 Compute exp(x)-1 accurately for small values of x

log Natural logarithm

log10 Common logarithm (base 10)

log1p Compute log(1+x) accurately for small values of x

log2 Base 2 logarithm and floating-point number dissection

nextpow2 Exponent of next higher power of 2

nthroot Real nth root of real numbers

pow2 Base 2 power and scale floating-point numbers

reallog Natural logarithm for nonnegative real arrays

realpow Array power for real-only output

realsqrt Squareroot for nonnegative real arrays

sqrt Square root

Complex Numbers
abs Absolute value and complex magnitude

angle Phase angle

complex Create complex array

conj Complex conjugate

cplxpair Sort complex numbers into complex conjugate pairs

i Imaginary unit

imag Imaginary part of complex number

isreal Determine whether array is real

j Imaginary unit

real Real part of complex number

sign Sign function (signum function)

unwrap Correct phase angles to produce smoother phase plots

Discrete Math
factor Prime factors

factorial Factorial of input

gcd Greatest common divisor

isprime Determine which array elements are prime

lcm Least common multiple

nchoosek Binomial coefficient or all combinations

perms All possible permutations

primes Prime numbers less than or equal to input value

rat Rational fraction approximation

rats Rational output

Polynomials
poly Polynomial with specified roots or characteristic polynomial

polyeig Polynomial eigenvalue problem

polyfit Polynomial curve fitting

residue Partial fraction expansion (partial fraction decomposition)

roots Polynomial roots

polyval Polynomial evaluation

polyvalm Matrix polynomial evaluation

conv Convolution and polynomial multiplication

deconv Deconvolution and polynomial division

polyint Polynomial integration

polyder Polynomial differentiation

Special Functions
airy Airy Functions

besselh Bessel function of third kind (Hankel function)

besseli Modified Bessel function of first kind

besselj Bessel function of first kind

besselk Modified Bessel function of second kind

bessely Bessel function of second kind

beta Beta function

betainc Incomplete beta function

betaincinv Beta inverse cumulative distribution function

betaln Logarithm of beta function

ellipj Jacobi elliptic functions

ellipke Complete elliptic integrals of first and second kind

erf Error function

erfc Complementary error function

erfcinv Inverse complementary error function

erfcx Scaled complementary error function

erfinv Inverse error function

expint Exponential integral

gamma Gamma function

gammainc Incomplete gamma function

gammaincinv Inverse incomplete gamma function

gammaln Logarithm of gamma function

legendre Associated Legendre functions

psi Psi (polygamma) function

Cartesian Coordinate System Conversion

cart2pol Transform Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical

cart2sph Transform Cartesian coordinates to spherical

pol2cart Transform polar or cylindrical coordinates to Cartesian

sph2cart Transform spherical coordinates to Cartesian

Constants and Test Matrices

eps Floating-point relative accuracy

flintmax Largest consecutive integer in floating-point format

i Imaginary unit

j Imaginary unit

Inf Infinity

pi Ratio of circle's circumference to its diameter

NaN Not-a-Number

isfinite Array elements that are finite

isinf Array elements that are infinite

isnan Array elements that are NaN

compan Companion matrix

gallery Test matrices

hadamard Hadamard matrix

hankel Hankel matrix

hilb Hilbert matrix

invhilb Inverse of Hilbert matrix

magic Magic square

pascal Pascal matrix

rosser Classic symmetric eigenvalue test problem

toeplitz Toeplitz matrix

vander Vandermonde matrix

wilkinson Wilkinson's eigenvalue test matrix

Linear Algebra
mldivide Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x

mrdivide Solve systems of linear equations xA = B for x

decomposition Matrix decomposition for solving linear systems

lsqminnorm Minimum norm least-squares solution to linear equation

linsolve Solve linear system of equations

inv Matrix inverse

pinv Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse

lscov Least-squares solution in presence of known covariance

lsqnonneg Solve nonnegative linear least-squares problem

sylvester Solve Sylvester equation AX + XB = C for X

eig Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

eigs Subset of eigenvalues and eigenvectors

balance Diagonal scaling to improve eigenvalue accuracy

svd Singular value decomposition

svds Subset of singular values and vectors

gsvd Generalized singular value decomposition

ordeig Eigenvalues of quasitriangular matrices

ordqz Reorder eigenvalues in QZ factorization

ordschur Reorder eigenvalues in Schur factorization

polyeig Polynomial eigenvalue problem

qz QZ factorization for generalized eigenvalues

hess Hessenberg form of matrix

schur Schur decomposition

rsf2csf Convert real Schur form to complex Schur form

cdf2rdf Convert complex diagonal form to real block diagonal form

lu LU matrix factorization

ldl Block LDL' factorization for Hermitian indefinite matrices

chol Cholesky factorization

cholupdate Rank 1 update to Cholesky factorization

qr Orthogonal-triangular decomposition

qrdelete Remove column or row from QR factorization

qrinsert Insert column or row into QR factorization

qrupdate Rank 1 update to QR factorization

planerot Givens plane rotation

transpose Transpose vector or matrix

ctranspose Complex conjugate transpose

mtimes Matrix Multiplication

mpower Matrix power

sqrtm Matrix square root

expm Matrix exponential

logm Matrix logarithm

funm Evaluate general matrix function

kron Kronecker tensor product

cross Cross product

dot Dot product

bandwidth Lower and upper matrix bandwidth

tril Lower triangular part of matrix

triu Upper triangular part of matrix

isbanded Determine if matrix is within specific bandwidth

isdiag Determine if matrix is diagonal

ishermitian Determine if matrix is Hermitian or skew-Hermitian

issymmetric Determine if matrix is symmetric or skew-symmetric

istril Determine if matrix is lower triangular

istriu Determine if matrix is upper triangular

norm Vector and matrix norms

normest 2-norm estimate

vecnorm Vector-wise norm

cond Condition number for inversion

condest 1-norm condition number estimate

rcond Reciprocal condition number

condeig Condition number with respect to eigenvalues

det Matrix determinant

null Null space

orth Orthonormal basis for range of matrix

rank Rank of matrix

rref Reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan elimination)

trace Sum of diagonal elements

subspace Angle between two subspaces

Random Number Generation

rand Uniformly distributed random numbers

randn Normally distributed random numbers

randi Uniformly distributed pseudorandom integers

randperm Random permutation

rng Control random number generation

RandStream Random number stream

Interpolation
interp1 1-D data interpolation (table lookup)

interp2 Interpolation for 2-D gridded data in meshgrid format

interp3 Interpolation for 3-D gridded data in meshgrid format

interpn Interpolation for 1-D, 2-D, 3-D, and N-D gridded data in ndgrid format

griddedInterpolant Gridded data interpolation

pchip Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomial (PCHIP)

spline Cubic spline data interpolation

ppval Evaluate piecewise polynomial

mkpp Make piecewise polynomial

unmkpp Extract piecewise polynomial details

padecoef Padé approximation of time delays

interpft 1-D interpolation (FFT method)

ndgrid Rectangular grid in N-D space

meshgrid 2-D and 3-D grids

griddata Interpolate 2-D or 3-D scattered data

griddatan Interpolate N-D scattered data

scatteredInterpolant Interpolate 2-D or 3-D scattered data

Optimization
fminbnd Find minimum of single-variable function on fixed interval
fminsearch Find minimum of unconstrained multivariable function using derivative-free metho

lsqnonneg Solve nonnegative linear least-squares problem

fzero Root of nonlinear function

optimget Optimization options values

optimset Create or edit optimization options structure

Numerical Integration and Differential Equations

Ordinary Differential Equations
ode45 Solve nonstiff differential equations — medium order method

ode23 Solve nonstiff differential equations — low order method

ode113 Solve nonstiff differential equations — variable order method

ode15s Solve stiff differential equations and DAEs — variable order method

ode23s Solve stiff differential equations — low order method

ode23t Solve moderately stiff ODEs and DAEs — trapezoidal rule

ode23tb Solve stiff differential equations — trapezoidal rule + backward differentiation form

ode15i Solve fully implicit differential equations — variable order method

decic Compute consistent initial conditions for ode15i

odeget Extract ODE option values

odeset Create or modify options structure for ODE solvers

deval Evaluate differential equation solution structure

odextend Extend solution to ODE

Boundary Value Problems

bvp4c Solve boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

bvp5c Solve boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

bvpinit Form initial guess for BVP solvers

bvpxtend Form guess structure for extending boundary value solutions

bvpget Extract properties from options structure created with bvpset

bvpset Create or alter options structure of boundary value problem

deval Evaluate differential equation solution structure

Delay Differential Equations

dde23 Solve delay differential equations (DDEs) with constant delays

ddesd Solve delay differential equations (DDEs) with general delays

ddensd Solve delay differential equations (DDEs) of neutral type

ddeget Extract properties from delay differential equations options structure

ddeset Create or alter delay differential equations options structure

deval Evaluate differential equation solution structure

Partial Differential Equations

pdepe Solve initial-boundary value problems for parabolic-elliptic PDEs in 1-D

pdeval Evaluate numerical solution of PDE using output of pdepe

Numerical Integration and Differentiation

integral Numerical integration

integral2 Numerically evaluate double integral

integral3 Numerically evaluate triple integral

quadgk Numerically evaluate integral, adaptive Gauss-Kronrod quadrature

quad2d Numerically evaluate double integral, tiled method

cumtrapz Cumulative trapezoidal numerical integration

trapz Trapezoidal numerical integration

polyint Polynomial integration

del2 Discrete Laplacian

diff Differences and Approximate Derivatives

gradient Numerical gradient

polyder Polynomial differentiation

Fourier Analysis and Filtering

fft Fast Fourier transform
fft2 2-D fast Fourier transform

fftn N-D fast Fourier transform

fftshift Shift zero-frequency component to center of spectrum

fftw Define method for determining FFT algorithm

ifft Inverse fast Fourier transform

ifft2 2-D inverse fast Fourier transform

ifftn Multidimensional inverse fast Fourier transform

ifftshift Inverse zero-frequency shift

nextpow2 Exponent of next higher power of 2

interpft 1-D interpolation (FFT method)

conv Convolution and polynomial multiplication

conv2 2-D convolution

convn N-D convolution

deconv Deconvolution and polynomial division

filter 1-D digital filter

filter2 2-D digital filter

ss2tf Convert state-space representation to transfer function

padecoef Padé approximation of time delays

Sparse Matrices
spalloc Allocate space for sparse matrix

spdiags Extract and create sparse band and diagonal matrices

speye Sparse identity matrix

sprand Sparse uniformly distributed random matrix

sprandn Sparse normally distributed random matrix

sprandsym Sparse symmetric random matrix

sparse Create sparse matrix

spconvert Import from sparse matrix external format

issparse Determine whether input is sparse

nnz Number of nonzero matrix elements

nonzeros Nonzero matrix elements

nzmax Amount of storage allocated for nonzero matrix elements

spfun Apply function to nonzero sparse matrix elements

spones Replace nonzero sparse matrix elements with ones

spparms Set parameters for sparse matrix routines

spy Visualize sparsity pattern

find Find indices and values of nonzero elements

full Convert sparse matrix to full matrix

dissect Nested dissection permutation

amd Approximate minimum degree permutation

colamd Column approximate minimum degree permutation

colperm Sparse column permutation based on nonzero count

dmperm Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition

randperm Random permutation

symamd Symmetric approximate minimum degree permutation

symrcm Sparse reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering

pcg Preconditioned conjugate gradients method

minres Minimum residual method

symmlq Symmetric LQ method

gmres Generalized minimum residual method (with restarts)

bicg Biconjugate gradients method

bicgstab Biconjugate gradients stabilized method

bicgstabl Biconjugate gradients stabilized (l) method

cgs Conjugate gradients squared method

qmr Quasi-minimal residual method

tfqmr Transpose-free quasi-minimal residual method

lsqr LSQR method

ichol Incomplete Cholesky factorization

ilu Incomplete LU factorization

eigs Subset of eigenvalues and eigenvectors

svds Subset of singular values and vectors

normest 2-norm estimate

condest 1-norm condition number estimate

sprank Structural rank

etree Elimination tree

symbfact Symbolic factorization analysis

spaugment Form least-squares augmented system

dmperm Dulmage-Mendelsohn decomposition

etreeplot Plot elimination tree

treelayout Lay out tree or forest

treeplot Plot picture of tree

gplot Plot nodes and links representing adjacency matrix

unmesh Convert edge matrix to coordinate and Laplacian matrices

Graph and Network Algorithms

graph Graph with undirected edges

digraph Graph with directed edges

addnode Add new node to graph

rmnode Remove node from graph

addedge Add new edge to graph

rmedge Remove edge from graph

flipedge Reverse edge directions

numnodes Number of nodes in graph

numedges Number of edges in graph

findnode Locate node in graph

findedge Locate edge in graph

edgecount Number of edges between two nodes

reordernodes Reorder graph nodes

subgraph Extract subgraph

bfsearch Breadth-first graph search

dfsearch Depth-first graph search

centrality Measure node importance

maxflow Maximum flow in graph

conncomp Connected graph components

biconncomp Biconnected graph components

condensation Graph condensation

bctree Block-cut tree graph

minspantree Minimum spanning tree of graph

toposort Topological order of directed acyclic graph

isdag Determine if graph is acyclic

transclosure Transitive closure

transreduction Transitive reduction

isisomorphic Determine whether two graphs are isomorphic

isomorphism Compute isomorphism between two graphs

ismultigraph Determine whether graph has multiple edges

simplify Reduce multigraph to simple graph

shortestpath Shortest path between two single nodes

shortestpathtree Shortest path tree from node

distances Shortest path distances of all node pairs

adjacency Graph adjacency matrix

incidence Graph incidence matrix

laplacian Graph Laplacian matrix

degree Degree of graph nodes

neighbors Neighbors of graph node

nearest Nearest neighbors within radius

indegree In-degree of nodes

outdegree Out-degree of nodes

predecessors Node predecessors

successors Node successors

inedges Incoming edges to node

outedges Outgoing edges from node

plot Plot graph nodes and edges

labeledge Label graph edges

labelnode Label graph nodes

layout Change layout of graph plot

highlight Highlight nodes and edges in plotted graph

GraphPlot Graph plot for directed and undirected graphs

Computational Geometry
Triangulation Representation
triangulation Triangulation in 2-D or 3-D

tetramesh Tetrahedron mesh plot

trimesh Triangular mesh plot

triplot 2-D triangular plot

trisurf Triangular surface plot

Delaunay Triangulation
delaunayTriangulation Delaunay triangulation in 2-D and 3-D

delaunay Delaunay triangulation

delaunayn N-D Delaunay triangulation

tetramesh Tetrahedron mesh plot

trimesh Triangular mesh plot

triplot 2-D triangular plot

trisurf Triangular surface plot

Spatial Search
triangulation Triangulation in 2-D or 3-D

delaunayTriangulation Delaunay triangulation in 2-D and 3-D

dsearchn N-D nearest point search

tsearchn N-D closest simplex search

delaunay Delaunay triangulation

delaunayn N-D Delaunay triangulation

Bounding Regions
boundary Boundary of a set of points in 2-D or 3-D

alphaShape Polygons and polyhedra from points in 2-D and 3-D

convhull Convex hull

convhulln N-D convex hull

Voronoi Diagram
patch Create one or more filled polygons

voronoi Voronoi diagram

voronoin N-D Voronoi diagram

Elementary Polygons
inpolygon Points located inside or on edge of polygonal region

nsidedpoly Regular polygon

polyarea Area of polygon

polybuffer Create buffer around points or lines

rectint Rectangle intersection area

polyshape 2-D polygons

addboundary Add polyshape boundary

rmboundary Remove polyshape boundary

rmholes Remove holes in polyshape

rmslivers Remove polyshape boundary outliers

simplify Simplify polyshape boundaries

boundary Vertex coordinates of polyshape boundary

isequal Determine if polyshape objects are equal

ishole Determine if polyshape boundary is a hole

isinterior Query points inside polyshape

issimplified Determine if polyshape is well-defined

nearestvertex Query nearest polyshape vertex

numboundaries Number of polyshape boundaries

numsides Number of polyshape sides

overlaps Determine whether polyshape objects overlap

area Area of polyshape

boundingbox Bounding box of polyshape

centroid Centroid of polyshape

convhull Convex hull of polyshape

perimeter Perimeter of polyshape

triangulation Triangulate polyshape

turningdist Compute turning distance between polyshape objects

intersect Intersection of polyshape objects

subtract Difference of two polyshape objects

union Union of polyshape objects

xor Exclusive OR of two polyshape objects

polybuffer Buffer polyshape

rotate Rotate polyshape

scale Scale polyshape

translate Translate polyshape

holes Convert polyshape hole boundaries to array of polyshape objects

plot Plot polyshape

regions Access polyshape regions

sortboundaries Sort polyshape boundaries

sortregions Sort polyshape regions

Graphics
2-D and 3-D Plots
Line Plots
plot 2-D line plot

plot3 3-D line plot

loglog Log-log scale plot

semilogx Semilogarithmic plot

semilogy Semilogarithmic plot

errorbar Line plot with error bars

fplot Plot expression or function

fplot3 3-D parametric curve plotter

fimplicit Plot implicit function

LineSpec (Line Specification) Line specification

ColorSpec (Color Specification) Color specification

Pie Charts, Bar Plots, and Histograms

bar Bar graph

bar3 Plot 3-D bar graph

barh Plot bar graph horizontally

bar3h Plot horizontal 3-D bar graph

histogram Histogram plot

histogram2 Bivariate histogram plot

morebins Increase number of histogram bins

fewerbins Decrease number of histogram bins

histcounts Histogram bin counts

histcounts2 Bivariate histogram bin counts

binscatter Binned scatter plot

rose Angle histogram plot

pareto Pareto chart

area Filled area 2-D plot

pie Pie chart

pie3 3-D pie chart

Discrete Data Plots

stem Plot discrete sequence data

stairs Stairstep graph

stem3 Plot 3-D discrete sequence data

scatter Scatter plot

scatter3 3-D scatter plot

spy Visualize sparsity pattern

plotmatrix Scatter plot matrix

heatmap Create heatmap chart

sortx Sort elements in heatmap row

sorty Sort elements in heatmap column

wordcloud Create word cloud chart from text data

geobubble Visualize data values at specific geographic locations

geolimits Set or query geographic limits

Polar Plots
polarplot Plot line in polar coordinates

polarscatter Scatter chart in polar coordinates

polarhistogram Histogram chart in polar coordinates

compass Plot arrows emanating from origin

ezpolar Easy-to-use polar coordinate plotter

rlim Set or query r-axis limits for polar axes

thetalim Set or query theta-axis limits for polar axes

rticks Set or query r-axis tick values

thetaticks Set or query theta-axis tick values

rticklabels Set or query r-axis tick labels

thetaticklabels Set or query theta-axis tick labels

rtickformat Specify r-axis tick label format

thetatickformat Specify theta-axis tick label format

rtickangle Rotate r-axis tick labels

polaraxes Create polar axes

Contour Plots
contour Contour plot of matrix

contourf Filled 2-D contour plot

contourc Low-level contour plot computation

contour3 3-D contour plot

contourslice Draw contours in volume slice planes

clabel Label contour plot elevation

fcontour Plot contours

Vector Fields
feather Plot velocity vectors

quiver Quiver or velocity plot

compass Plot arrows emanating from origin

quiver3 3-D quiver or velocity plot

streamslice Plot streamlines in slice planes

streamline Plot streamlines from 2-D or 3-D vector data

Surfaces, Volumes, and Polygons

Surface and Mesh Plots
surf Surface plot

surfc Contour plot under a 3-D shaded surface plot

surface Create surface object

surfl Surface plot with colormap-based lighting

surfnorm Compute and display 3-D surface normals

mesh Mesh plot

meshc Plot a contour graph under mesh graph

meshz Plot a curtain around mesh plot

hidden Remove hidden lines from mesh plot

fsurf Plot 3-D surface

fmesh Plot 3-D mesh

fimplicit3 Plot 3-D implicit function

waterfall Waterfall plot

ribbon Ribbon plot

contour3 3-D contour plot

peaks Example function of two variables

cylinder Generate cylinder

ellipsoid Generate ellipsoid

sphere Generate sphere

pcolor Pseudocolor (checkerboard) plot

surf2patch Convert surface data to patch data

Volume Visualization
contourslice Draw contours in volume slice planes

flow Simple function of three variables

isocaps Compute isosurface end-cap geometry

isocolors Calculate isosurface and patch colors

isonormals Compute normals of isosurface vertices

isosurface Extract isosurface data from volume data

reducepatch Reduce number of patch faces

reducevolume Reduce number of elements in volume data set

shrinkfaces Reduce size of patch faces

slice Volume slice planes

smooth3 Smooth 3-D data

subvolume Extract subset of volume data set

volumebounds Coordinate and color limits for volume data

coneplot Plot velocity vectors as cones in 3-D vector field

curl Compute curl and angular velocity of vector field

divergence Compute divergence of vector field

interpstreamspeed Interpolate stream-line vertices from flow speed

stream2 Compute 2-D streamline data

stream3 Compute 3-D streamline data

streamline Plot streamlines from 2-D or 3-D vector data

streamparticles Plot stream particles

streamribbon 3-D stream ribbon plot from vector volume data

streamslice Plot streamlines in slice planes

streamtube Create 3-D stream tube plot

Polygons
fill Filled 2-D polygons

fill3 Filled 3-D polygons

patch Create one or more filled polygons

surf2patch Convert surface data to patch data

Animation
movie Play recorded movie frames

getframe Capture axes or figure as movie frame

frame2im Return image data associated with movie frame

im2frame Convert image to movie frame

animatedline Create animated line

addpoints Add points to animated line

getpoints Return points that define animated line

clearpoints Clear points from animated line

comet 2-D comet plot

comet3 3-D comet plot

drawnow Update figures and process callbacks

refreshdata Refresh data in graph when data source is specified

Formatting and Annotation

Titles and Labels
title Add title

xlabel Label x-axis

ylabel Label y-axis

zlabel Label z-axis

clabel Label contour plot elevation

legend Add legend to axes

colorbar Colorbar showing color scale

text Add text descriptions to data points

texlabel Format text with TeX characters

gtext Add text to figure using mouse

line Create primitive line

rectangle Create rectangle with sharp or curved corners

annotation Create annotations

Axes Appearance
xlim Set or query x-axis limits

ylim Set or query y-axis limits

zlim Set or query z-axis limits

axis Set axis limits and aspect ratios

box Display axes outline

daspect Control data unit length along each axis

pbaspect Control relative lengths of each axis

grid Display or hide axes grid lines

xticks Set or query x-axis tick values

yticks Set or query y-axis tick values

zticks Set or query z-axis tick values

xticklabels Set or query x-axis tick labels

yticklabels Set or query y-axis tick labels

zticklabels Set or query z-axis tick labels

xtickformat Specify x-axis tick label format

ytickformat Specify y-axis tick label format

ztickformat Specify z-axis tick label format

xtickangle Rotate x-axis tick labels

ytickangle Rotate y-axis tick labels

ztickangle Rotate z-axis tick labels

datetick Date formatted tick labels

ruler2num Convert data from specific ruler to numeric data

num2ruler Convert numeric data for use with specific ruler

hold Retain current plot when adding new plots

subplot Create axes in tiled positions

yyaxis Create chart with two y-axes

cla Clear axes

axes Create Cartesian axes

figure Create figure window

Colormaps
colormap View and set current colormap

colorbar Colorbar showing color scale

rgbplot Plot colormap

Colormap Editor Open colormap editor

brighten Brighten or darken colormap

contrast Create grayscale colormap to enhance image contrast

caxis Set colormap limits

spinmap Rotate colormap colors

hsv2rgb Convert HSV colors to RGB

rgb2hsv Convert RGB colors to HSV

parula Parula colormap array

jet Jet colormap array

hsv HSV colormap array

hot Hot colormap array

cool Cool colormap array

spring Spring colormap array

summer Summer colormap array

autumn Autumn colormap array

winter Winter colormap array

gray Gray colormap array

bone Bone colormap array

copper Copper colormap array

pink Pink colormap array

lines Lines colormap array

colorcube Colorcube colormap array

prism Prism colormap array

flag Flag colormap array

3-D Scene Control

Camera Views
view Viewpoint specification

makehgtform Create 4-by-4 transform matrix

viewmtx View transformation matrices

cameratoolbar Control camera toolbar programmatically

campan Rotate camera target around camera position

camzoom Zoom in and out on scene

camdolly Move camera position and target

camlookat Position camera to view object or group of objects

camorbit Rotate camera position around camera target

campos Set or query camera position

camproj Set or query projection type

camroll Rotate camera about view axis

camtarget Set or query location of camera target

camup Set or query camera up vector

camva Set or query camera view angle

Lighting, Transparency, and Shading

camlight Create or move light object in camera coordinates

light Create light

lightangle Create or position light object in spherical coordinates

lighting Specify lighting algorithm

shading Set color shading properties

diffuse Calculate diffuse reflectance

material Control reflectance properties of surfaces and patches

specular Calculate specular reflectance

alim Set or query axes alpha limits

alpha Add transparency to objects in axes

alphamap Specify figure alphamap (transparency)

Images
imshow Display image

image Display image from array

imagesc Display image with scaled colors

imread Read image from graphics file

imresize Resize image

imwrite Write image to graphics file

imfinfo Information about graphics file

imformats Manage image file format registry

frame2im Return image data associated with movie frame

im2frame Convert image to movie frame

im2java Convert image to Java image

im2double Convert image to double precision

ind2rgb Convert indexed image to RGB image

rgb2gray Convert RGB image or colormap to grayscale

rgb2ind Convert RGB image to indexed image

imapprox Approximate indexed image by reducing number of colors

dither Convert image, increasing apparent color resolution by dithering

cmpermute Rearrange colors in colormap

cmunique Eliminate duplicate colors in colormap; convert grayscale or truecolor image to ind

Printing and Saving

print Print figure or save to specific file format

saveas Save figure to specific file format

getframe Capture axes or figure as movie frame

savefig Save figure and contents to FIG-file

openfig Open figure saved in FIG-file

orient Paper orientation for printing or saving

hgexport Export figure

printopt Configure printer defaults

Graphics Objects
Graphics Object Properties
get Query graphics object properties

set Set graphics object properties

reset Reset graphics object properties to their defaults

Property Inspector Open property inspector

Graphics Object Identification

gca Current axes or chart

gcf Current figure handle

gcbf Handle of figure containing object whose callback is executing

gcbo Handle of object whose callback is executing

gco Handle of current object

groot Graphics root object

ancestor Ancestor of graphics object

allchild Find all children of specified objects

findall Find all graphics objects

findobj Locate graphics objects with specific properties

findfigs Find visible offscreen figures

gobjects Initialize array for graphics objects

isgraphics True for valid graphics object handles

ishandle Test for valid graphics or Java object handle

copyobj Copy graphics objects and their descendants

delete Delete files or objects

Graphics Object Programming

gobjects Initialize array for graphics objects

isgraphics True for valid graphics object handles

isempty Determine whether array is empty

isequal Determine array equality

isa Determine if input is object of specified class

clf Clear current figure window

cla Clear axes

close Remove specified figure

Interactive Control and Callbacks

uicontextmenu Create context menu

uimenu Create menu or menu items

dragrect Drag rectangles with mouse

rbbox Create rubberband box for area selection

refresh Redraw current figure

shg Show most recent graph window

Object Containers
hggroup Create group object

hgtransform Create transform object

makehgtform Create 4-by-4 transform matrix

eye Identity matrix

Specifying Target for Graphics Output

hold Retain current plot when adding new plots

ishold Current hold state

newplot Determine where to draw graphics objects

clf Clear current figure window

cla Clear axes

Graphics Performance
drawnow Update figures and process callbacks

opengl Control OpenGL rendering

Data Import and Analysis

Data Import and Export
Standard File Formats
Text Files
readtable Create table from file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

writetable Write table to file

textscan Read formatted data from text file or string

dlmread Read ASCII-delimited file of numeric data into matrix

dlmwrite Write matrix to ASCII-delimited file

csvread Read comma-separated value (CSV) file

csvwrite Write comma-separated value file

type Display contents of file

DelimitedTextImportOptions Import options object for delimited text

FixedWidthImportOptions Import options object for fixed-width text files

Spreadsheets
Import Tool Import data from file

readtable Create table from file

writetable Write table to file

xlsfinfo Determine if file contains Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

xlsread Read Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file

xlswrite Write Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file

importdata Load data from file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

preview Preview eight rows from file using import options

SpreadsheetDatastore Datastore for spreadsheet files

SpreadsheetImportOptions Import options object for Spreadsheets

Images
im2java Convert image to Java image

imfinfo Information about graphics file

imread Read image from graphics file

imwrite Write image to graphics file

Tiff MATLAB Gateway to LibTIFF library routines

Scientific Data
NetCDF Files
nccreate Create variable in NetCDF file

ncdisp Display contents of NetCDF data source in Command Window

ncinfo Return information about NetCDF data source

ncread Read data from variable in NetCDF data source

ncreadatt Read attribute value from NetCDF data source

ncwrite Write data to NetCDF file

ncwriteatt Write attribute to NetCDF file

ncwriteschema Add NetCDF schema definitions to NetCDF file

HDF5 Files
High-Level Functions
h5create Create HDF5 data set

h5disp Display contents of HDF5 file

h5info Return information about HDF5 file

h5read Read data from HDF5 data set

h5readatt Read attribute from HDF5 file

h5write Write to HDF5 data set

h5writeatt Write HDF5 attribute

Low-Level Functions
Library (H5)
H5.close Close HDF5 library

H5.garbage_collect Free unused memory in HDF5 library

H5.get_libversion Version of HDF5 library

H5.open Open HDF5 library

H5.set_free_list_limits Set size limits on free lists

Attribute (H5A)
H5A.close Close specified attribute

H5A.create Create attribute

H5A.delete Delete attribute

H5A.get_info Information about attribute

H5A.get_name Attribute name

H5A.get_space Copy of attribute data space

H5A.get_type Copy of attribute data type

H5A.iterate Execute function for attributes attached to object

H5A.open Open attribute

H5A.open_by_idx Open attribute specified by index

H5A.open_by_name Open attribute specified by name

H5A.read Read attribute

H5A.write Write attribute

Dataset (H5D)
H5D.close Close dataset

H5D.create Create new dataset

H5D.get_access_plist Copy of dataset access property list

H5D.get_create_plist Copy of dataset creation property list

H5D.get_offset Location of dataset in file

H5D.get_space Copy of dataset data space

H5D.get_space_status Determine if space is allocated

H5D.get_storage_size Determine required storage size

H5D.get_type Copy of datatype

H5D.open Open specified dataset

H5D.read Read data from HDF5 dataset

H5D.set_extent Change size of dataset dimensions

H5D.vlen_get_buf_size Determine variable length storage requirements

H5D.write Write data to HDF5 dataset

Dimension Scale (H5DS)

H5DS.attach_scale Attach dimension scale to specific dataset dimension

H5DS.detach_scale Detach dimension scale from specific dataset dimension

H5DS.get_label Retrieve label from specific dataset dimension

H5DS.get_num_scales Number of scales attached to dataset dimension

H5DS.get_scale_name Name of dimension scale

H5DS.is_scale Determine if dataset is a dimension scale

H5DS.iterate_scales Iterate on scales attached to dataset dimension

H5DS.set_label Set label for dataset dimension

H5DS.set_scale Convert dataset to dimension scale

Error (H5E)
H5E.clear Clear error stack
H5E.get_major Description of major error number

H5E.get_minor Description of minor error number

H5E.walk Walk error stack

File (H5F)
H5F.close Close HDF5 file

H5F.create Create HDF5 file

H5F.flush Flush buffers to disk

H5F.get_access_plist File access property list

H5F.get_create_plist File creation property list

H5F.get_filesize Size of HDF5 file

H5F.get_freespace Amount of free space in file

H5F.get_info Global information about file

H5F.get_mdc_config Metadata cache configuration

H5F.get_mdc_hit_rate Metadata cache hit-rate

H5F.get_mdc_size Metadata cache size data

H5F.get_name Name of HDF5 file

H5F.get_obj_count Number of open objects in HDF5 file

H5F.get_obj_ids List of open HDF5 file objects

H5F.is_hdf5 Determine if file is HDF5

H5F.mount Mount HDF5 file onto specified location

H5F.open Open HDF5 file

H5F.reopen Reopen HDF5 file

H5F.set_mdc_config Configure HDF5 file metadata cache

H5F.unmount Unmount file or group from mount point

Group (H5G)
H5G.close Close group
H5G.create Create group

H5G.get_info Information about group

H5G.open Open specified group

Identifier (H5I)
H5I.dec_ref Decrement reference count

H5I.get_file_id File identifier for specified object

H5I.get_name Name of object

H5I.get_ref Reference count of object

H5I.get_type Type of object

H5I.inc_ref Increment reference count of specified object

H5I.is_valid Determine if specified identifier is valid

Link (H5L)
H5L.copy Copy link from source location to destination location

H5L.create_external Create soft link to external object

H5L.create_hard Create hard link

H5L.create_soft Create soft link

H5L.delete Remove link

H5L.exists Determine if link exists

H5L.get_info Information about link

H5L.get_name_by_idx Information about link specified by index

H5L.get_val Value of symbolic link

H5L.iterate Iterate over links

H5L.iterate_by_name Iterate through links in group specified by name

H5L.move Rename link

H5L.visit Recursively iterate through links in group specified by group identifier

H5L.visit_by_name Recursively iterate through links in group specified by location and group name
MATLAB (H5ML)
H5ML.compare_values Numerically compare two HDF5 values

H5ML.get_constant_names Constants known by HDF5 library

H5ML.get_constant_value Value corresponding to a string

H5ML.get_function_names Functions provided by HDF5 library

H5ML.get_mem_datatype Data type for dataset ID

Object (H5O)
H5O.close Close object

H5O.copy Copy object from source location to destination location

H5O.get_comment Get comment for object specified by object identifier

H5O.get_comment_by_name Get comment for object specified by location and object name

H5O.get_info Object metadata

H5O.link Create hard link to specified object

H5O.open Open specified object

H5O.open_by_idx Open object specified by index

H5O.set_comment Set comment for object specified by object identifier

H5O.set_comment_by_name Set comment for object specified by location and object name

H5O.visit Visit objects specified by object identifier

H5O.visit_by_name Visit objects specified by location and object name

Property (H5P)
General Property List Operations
H5P.close Close property list

H5P.copy Copy of property list

H5P.create Create new property list

H5P.get_class Property list class

Generic Property List Operations

H5P.close_class Close property list class
H5P.equal Determine equality of property lists

H5P.exist Determine if specified property exists in property list

H5P.get Value of specified property in property list

H5P.get_class_name Name of property list class

H5P.get_class_parent Identifier for parent class

H5P.get_nprops Query number of properties in property list or class

H5P.get_size Query size of property value in bytes

H5P.isa_class Determine if property list is member of class

H5P.iterate Iterate over properties in property list

H5P.set Set property list value

Dataset Access, Memory, and Transfer Properties

H5P.get_btree_ratios B-tree split ratios

H5P.get_chunk_cache Raw data chunk cache parameters

H5P.get_edc_check Determine if error detection is enabled

H5P.get_hyper_vector_size Number of I/O vectors

H5P.set_btree_ratios Set B-tree split ratios for dataset transfer

H5P.set_chunk_cache Set raw data chunk cache parameters

H5P.set_edc_check Enable error detection for dataset transfer

H5P.set_hyper_vector_size Set number of I/O vectors for hyperslab I/O

Dataset Creation Properties

H5P.all_filters_avail Determine availability of all filters

H5P.fill_value_defined Determine if fill value is defined

H5P.get_alloc_time Return timing of storage space allocation

H5P.get_chunk Return size of chunks

H5P.get_external Return information about external file

H5P.get_external_count Return count of external files

H5P.get_fill_time Return time when fill values are written to dataset

H5P.get_fill_value Return dataset fill value

H5P.get_filter Return information about filter in pipeline

H5P.get_filter_by_id Return information about specified filter

H5P.get_layout Determine layout of raw data for dataset

H5P.get_nfilters Return number of filters in pipeline

H5P.modify_filter Modify filter in pipeline

H5P.remove_filter Remove filter from property list

H5P.set_alloc_time Set timing for storage space allocation

H5P.set_chunk Set chunk size

H5P.set_deflate Set compression method and compression level

H5P.set_external Add additional file to external file list

H5P.set_fill_time Set time when fill values are written to dataset

H5P.set_fill_value Set fill value for dataset creation property list

H5P.set_filter Add filter to filter pipeline

H5P.set_fletcher32 Set Fletcher32 checksum filter in dataset creation

H5P.set_layout Set type of storage for dataset

H5P.set_nbit Set N-Bit filter

H5P.set_scaleoffset Set Scale-Offset filter

H5P.set_shuffle Set shuffle filter

File Access Properties

H5P.get_alignment Retrieve alignment properties

H5P.get_driver Low-level file driver

H5P.get_family_offset Offset for family file driver

H5P.get_fapl_core Information about core file driver properties

H5P.get_fapl_family File access property list information

H5P.get_fapl_multi Information about multifile access property list

H5P.get_fclose_degree File close degree

H5P.get_libver_bounds Library version bounds settings

H5P.get_gc_references Garbage collection references setting

H5P.get_mdc_config Metadata cache configuration

H5P.get_meta_block_size Metadata block size setting

H5P.get_multi_type Type of data property for MULTI driver

H5P.get_sieve_buf_size Maximum data sieve buffer size

H5P.get_small_data_block_size Small data block size setting

H5P.set_alignment Set alignment properties for file access property list

H5P.set_family_offset Set offset property for family of files

H5P.set_fapl_core Modify file access to use H5FD_CORE driver

H5P.set_fapl_family Set file access to use family driver

H5P.set_fapl_log Set use of logging driver

H5P.set_fapl_multi Set use of multifile driver

H5P.set_fapl_sec2 Set file access for sec2 driver

H5P.set_fapl_split Set file access for emulation of split file driver

H5P.set_fapl_stdio Set file access for standard I/O driver

H5P.set_fclose_degree Set file access for file close degree

H5P.set_gc_references Set garbage collection references flag

H5P.set_libver_bounds Set library version bounds for objects

H5P.set_mdc_config Set initial metadata cache configuration

H5P.set_meta_block_size Set minimum metadata block size

H5P.set_multi_type Specify type of data accessed with MULTI driver

H5P.set_sieve_buf_size Set maximum size of data sieve buffer

H5P.set_small_data_block_size Set size of block reserved for small data

File Creation Properties

H5P.get_istore_k Return 1/2 rank of indexed storage B-tree

H5P.get_sizes Return size of offsets and lengths

H5P.get_sym_k Return size of B-tree 1/2 rank and leaf node 1/2 size

H5P.get_userblock Return size of user block

H5P.get_version Return version information for file creation property list

H5P.set_istore_k Set size of parameter for indexing chunked datasets

H5P.set_sizes Set byte size of offsets and lengths

H5P.set_sym_k Set size of parameters used to control symbol table nodes

H5P.set_userblock Set user block size

Object Copy and Object Creation Properties

H5P.get_attr_creation_order Return tracking order and indexing settings

H5P.get_attr_phase_change Retrieve attribute phase change thresholds

H5P.get_copy_object Return properties to be used when object is copied

H5P.set_attr_creation_order Set tracking of attribute creation order

H5P.set_attr_phase_change Set attribute storage phase change thresholds

H5P.set_copy_object Set properties to be used when objects are copied

Group Creation Properties

H5P.get_create_intermediate_group Determine creation of intermediate groups

H5P.get_link_creation_order Query if link creation order is tracked

H5P.get_link_phase_change Query settings for conversion between groups

H5P.set_create_intermediate_group Set creation of intermediate groups

H5P.set_link_creation_order Set creation order tracking and indexing

H5P.set_link_phase_change Set parameters for group conversion

HDF5 String Properties

H5P.get_char_encoding Return character encoding

H5P.set_char_encoding Set character encoding used to encode strings

Reference (H5R)
H5R.create Create reference

H5R.dereference Open object specified by reference

H5R.get_name Name of referenced object

H5R.get_obj_type Type of referenced object

H5R.get_region Copy of data space of specified region

Dataspace (H5S)
H5S.copy Create copy of data space

H5S.create Create new data space

H5S.close Close data space

H5S.create_simple Create new simple data space

H5S.extent_copy Copy extent from source to destination data space

H5S.is_simple Determine if data space is simple

H5S.offset_simple Set offset of simple data space

H5S.select_all Select entire extent of data space

H5S.select_elements Specify coordinates to include in selection

H5S.select_hyperslab Select hyperslab region

H5S.select_none Reset selection region to include no elements

H5S.select_valid Determine validity of selection

H5S.set_extent_none Remove extent from data space

H5S.set_extent_simple Set size of data space

H5S.get_select_bounds Bounding box of data space selection

H5S.get_select_elem_npoints Number of element points in selection

H5S.get_select_elem_pointlist Element points in data space selection

H5S.get_select_hyper_blocklist List of hyperslab blocks

H5S.get_select_hyper_nblocks Number of hyperslab blocks

H5S.get_select_npoints Number of elements in data space selection

H5S.get_select_type Type of data space selection

H5S.get_simple_extent_dims Data space size and maximum size

H5S.get_simple_extent_ndims Data space rank

H5S.get_simple_extent_npoints Number of elements in data space

H5S.get_simple_extent_type Data space class

Datatype (H5T)
General Data Type Operation
H5T.close Close data type

H5T.commit Commit transient data type

H5T.committed Determine if data type is committed

H5T.copy Copy data type

H5T.create Create new data type

H5T.detect_class Determine of data type contains specific class

H5T.equal Determine equality of data types

H5T.get_class Data type class identifier

H5T.get_create_plist Copy of data type creation property list

H5T.get_native_type Native data type of dataset data type

H5T.get_size Size of data type in bytes

H5T.get_super Base data type

H5T.lock Lock data type

H5T.open Open named data type

Array Data Type

H5T.array_create Create array data type object
H5T.get_array_dims Array dimension extents

H5T.get_array_ndims Rank of array data type

Atomic Data Type Properties

H5T.get_cset Character set of string data type

H5T.get_ebias Exponent bias of floating-point type

H5T.get_fields Floating-point data type bit field information

H5T.get_inpad Internal padding type for floating-point data types

H5T.get_norm Mantissa normalization type

H5T.get_offset Bit offset of first significant bit

H5T.get_order Byte order of atomic data type

H5T.get_pad Padding type of least and most-significant bits

H5T.get_precision Precision of atomic data type

H5T.get_sign Sign type for integer data type

H5T.get_strpad Storage mechanism for string data type

H5T.set_cset Set character dataset for string data type

H5T.set_ebias Set exponent bias of floating-point data type

H5T.set_fields Set sizes and locations of floating-point bit fields

H5T.set_inpad Specify how unused internal bits are to be filled

H5T.set_norm Set mantissa normalization of floating-point data type

H5T.set_offset Set bit offset of first significant bit

H5T.set_order Set byte ordering of atomic data type

H5T.set_pad Set padding type for least and most significant bits

H5T.set_precision Set precision of atomic data type

H5T.set_sign Set sign property for integer data type

H5T.set_size Set size of data type in bytes

H5T.set_strpad Set storage mechanism for string data type

Compound Data Type

H5T.get_member_class Data type class for compound data type member

H5T.get_member_index Index of compound or enumeration type member

H5T.get_member_name Name of compound or enumeration type member

H5T.get_member_offset Offset of field of compound data type

H5T.get_member_type Data type of specified member

H5T.get_nmembers Number of elements in enumeration type

H5T.insert Add member to compound data type

H5T.pack Recursively remove padding from compound data type

Enumeration Data Type

H5T.enum_create Create new enumeration data type

H5T.enum_insert Insert enumeration data type member

H5T.enum_nameof Name of enumeration data type member

H5T.enum_valueof Value of enumeration data type member

H5T.get_member_value Value of enumeration data type member

Opaque Data Type Properties

H5T.get_tag Tag associated with opaque data type

H5T.set_tag Tag opaque data type with description

Variable-length Data Type

H5T.is_variable_str Determine if data type is variable-length string

H5T.vlen_create Create new variable-length data type

Filters and Compression (H5Z)

H5Z.filter_avail Determine if filter is available

H5Z.get_filter_info Information about filter

HDF4 Files
High-Level Functions
hdfinfo Information about HDF4 or HDF-EOS file

hdfread Read data from HDF4 or HDF-EOS file

hdftool Browse and import data from HDF4 or HDF-EOS files

imread Read image from graphics file

imwrite Write image to graphics file

Low-Level Functions
hdfan Gateway to HDF multifile annotation (AN) interface

hdfhx Gateway to HDF external data (HX) interface

hdfh Gateway to HDF H interface

hdfhd Gateway to HDF HD interface

hdfhe Gateway to HDF HE interface

hdfml Utilities for working with MATLAB HDF gateway functions

hdfpt Interface to HDF-EOS Point object

hdfv Gateway to HDF Vgroup (V) interface

hdfvf Gateway to VF functions in HDF Vdata interface

hdfvh Gateway to VH functions in HDF Vdata interface

hdfvs Gateway to VS functions in HDF Vdata interface

hdfdf24 Gateway to HDF 24-bit raster image (DF24) interface

hdfdfr8 Gateway to HDF 8-bit raster image (DFR8) interface

FITS Files
High-Level Functions
fitsdisp Display FITS metadata

fitsinfo Information about FITS file

fitsread Read data from FITS file

fitswrite Write image to FITS file

Low-Level Functions
File Access
createFile Create FITS file

openFile Open FITS file

openDiskFile Open FITS file

closeFile Close FITS file

deleteFile Delete FITS file

fileName Name of FITS file

fileMode I/O mode of FITS file

Image Manipulation
createImg Create FITS image

getImgSize Size of image

getImgType Data type of image

insertImg Insert FITS image after current image

readImg Read image data

setBscale Reset image scaling

writeImg Write to FITS image

Keywords
readCard Header record of keyword

readKey Keyword

readKeyCmplx Keyword as complex scalar value

readKeyDbl Keyword as double precision value

readKeyLongLong Keyword as int64

readKeyLongStr Long string value

readKeyUnit Physical units string from keyword

readRecord Header record specified by number

writeComment Write or append COMMENT keyword to CHU

writeDate Write DATE keyword to CHU

writeKey Update or add new keyword into current HDU

writeKeyUnit Write physical units string

writeHistory Write or append HISTORY keyword to CHU

deleteKey Delete key by name

deleteRecord Delete key by record number

getHdrSpace Number of keywords in header

Header Data Unit (HDU) Access

copyHDU Copy current HDU from one file to another

getHDUnum Number of current HDU in FITS file

getHDUtype Type of current HDU

getNumHDUs Total number of HDUs in FITS file

movAbsHDU Move to absolute HDU number

movNamHDU Move to first HDU having specific type and keyword values

movRelHDU Move relative number of HDUs from current HDU

writeChecksum Compute and write checksum for current HDU

deleteHDU Delete current HDU in FITS file

Image Compression
imgCompress Compress HDU from one file into another

isCompressedImg Determine if current image is compressed

setCompressionType Set image compression type

setHCompScale Set scale parameter for HCOMPRESS algorithm

setHCompSmooth Set smoothing for images compressed with HCOMPRESS

setTileDim Set tile dimensions

ASCII and Binary Tables

createTbl Create new ASCII or binary table extension

insertCol Insert column into table

insertRows Insert rows into table

insertATbl Insert ASCII table after current HDU

insertBTbl Insert binary table after current HDU

deleteCol Delete column from table

deleteRows Delete rows from table

getAColParms ASCII table information

getBColParms Binary table information

getColName Table column name

getColType Scaled column data type, repeat value, width

getEqColType Column data type, repeat value, width

getNumCols Number of columns in table

getNumRows Number of rows in table

readATblHdr Read header information from current ASCII table

readBTblHdr Read header information from current binary table

readCol Read rows of ASCII or binary table column

setTscale Reset image scaling

writeCol Write elements into ASCII or binary table column

Utilities
getConstantValue Numeric value of named constant

getVersion Revision number of the CFITSIO library

getOpenFiles List of open FITS files

Band-Interleaved Files
multibandread Read band-interleaved data from binary file

multibandwrite Write band-interleaved data to file

Common Data Format

cdfinfo Information about Common Data Format (CDF) file
cdfread Read data from Common Data Format (CDF) file

cdfepoch Convert date text or serial date number to CDF formatted dates

todatenum Convert CDF epoch object to MATLAB serial date number

Audio and Video

Reading and Writing Files
audioinfo Information about audio file

audioread Read audio file

audiowrite Write audio file

VideoReader Read video files

VideoWriter Write video files

mmfileinfo Information about multimedia file

lin2mu Convert linear audio signal to mu-law

mu2lin Convert mu-law audio signal to linear

Audio Recording and Playback

audiodevinfo Information about audio device

audioplayer Create object for playing audio

audiorecorder Create object for recording audio

sound Convert matrix of signal data to sound

soundsc Scale data and play as sound

beep Produce operating system beep sound

XML Documents
xmlread Read XML document and return Document Object Model node

xmlwrite Write XML Document Object Model node

xslt Transform XML document using XSLT engine

Workspace Variables and MAT-Files

load Load variables from file into workspace

save Save workspace variables to file

matfile Access and change variables directly in MAT-files, without loading into memory

disp Display value of variable

who List variables in workspace

whos List variables in workspace, with sizes and types

clear Remove items from workspace, freeing up system memory

clearvars Clear variables from memory

openvar Open workspace variable in Variables editor or other graphical editing tool

Low-Level File I/O

fclose Close one or all open files

feof Test for end of file

ferror File I/O error information

fgetl Read line from file, removing newline characters

fgets Read line from file, keeping newline characters

fileread Read contents of file as text

fopen Open file, or obtain information about open files

fprintf Write data to text file

fread Read data from binary file

frewind Move file position indicator to beginning of open file

fscanf Read data from text file

fseek Move to specified position in file

ftell Current position

fwrite Write data to binary file

TCP/IP Communication
tcpclient Create TCP/IP client object to communicate over TCP/IP

read Read data from remote host over TCP/IP

write Write data to remote host over TCP/IP

Web Access
webread Read content from RESTful web service

webwrite Write data to RESTful web service

websave Save content from RESTful web service to file

weboptions Specify parameters for RESTful web service

web Open web page or file in browser

sendmail Send email message to address list

ftp Object to connect to FTP server and access its files

ascii Set FTP transfer mode to ASCII

binary Set FTP transfer mode to binary

cd Change or view current folder on FTP server

close Close connection to FTP server

delete Delete file on FTP server

dir List folder contents on FTP server

mget Download files from FTP server

mkdir Make new folder on FTP server

mput Upload file or folder to FTP server

rename Rename file on FTP server

rmdir Remove folder on FTP server

JSON Format
jsondecode Decode JSON-formatted text

jsonencode Create JSON-formatted text from structured MATLAB data

Serial Port Devices

delete (serial) Remove serial port object from memory

fclose (serial) Disconnect serial port object from device

fgetl (serial) Read line of ASCII text from device and discard terminator
fgets (serial) Read line of text from device and include terminator

fopen (serial) Connect serial port object to device

fprintf (serial) Write text to device

fread (serial) Read binary data from device

fscanf (serial) Read ASCII data from device, and format as text

fwrite (serial) Write binary data to device

get (serial) Serial port object properties

isvalid (serial) Determine whether serial port objects are valid

readasync Read data asynchronously from device

serial Create serial port object

serialbreak Send break to device connected to serial port

seriallist List of serial ports connected to your system

set (serial) Configure or display serial port object properties

stopasync Stop asynchronous read and write operations

clear (serial) Remove serial port object from MATLAB workspace

disp (serial) Serial port object summary information

instrcallback Event information when event occurs

instrfind Read serial port objects from memory to MATLAB workspace

instrfindall Find visible and hidden serial port objects

load (serial) Load serial port objects and variables into MATLAB workspace

length (serial) Length of serial port object array

record Record data and event information to file

save (serial) Save serial port objects and variables to file

size (serial) Size of serial port object array

Large Files and Big Data

Datastore
datastore Create datastore for large collections of data

TabularTextDatastore Datastore for tabular text files

SpreadsheetDatastore Datastore for spreadsheet files

ImageDatastore Datastore for image data

FileDatastore Datastore with custom file reader

KeyValueDatastore Datastore for key-value pair data for use with mapreduce

TallDatastore Datastore for checkpointing tall arrays

read Read data in datastore

readall Read all data in datastore

preview Subset of data in datastore

partition Partition a datastore

numpartitions Number of datastore partitions

hasdata Determine if data is available to read

reset Reset datastore to initial state

matlab.io.Datastore Base datastore class

matlab.io.datastore.Partitionable Add parallelization support to datastore

matlab.io.datastore.HadoopFileBased Add Hadoop file support to datastore

matlab.io.datastore.DsFileSet File-set object for collection of files in datastore

matlab.io.datastore.DsFileReader File-reader object for files in a datastore

Tall Arrays
tall Create tall array

datastore Create datastore for large collections of data

mapreducer Define execution environment for mapreduce or tall arrays

gather Collect tall array into memory after executing queued operations

head Get top rows of table, timetable, or tall array

tail Get bottom rows of table, timetable, or tall array

topkrows Top rows in sorted order

istall Determine if input is tall array

classUnderlying Class of underlying data in tall array

isaUnderlying Determine if tall array data is of specified class

write Write tall array to disk for checkpointing

tallrng Control random number generation for tall arrays

MapReduce
mapreduce Programming technique for analyzing data sets that do not fit in memory

datastore Create datastore for large collections of data

add Add single key-value pair to KeyValueStore

addmulti Add multiple key-value pairs to KeyValueStore

hasnext Determine if ValueIterator has one or more values available

getnext Get next value from ValueIterator

mapreducer Define execution environment for mapreduce or tall arrays

gcmr Get current mapreducer configuration

KeyValueStore Store key-value pairs for use with mapreduce

ValueIterator An iterator over intermediate values for use with mapreduce

Large MAT-Files
matfile Access and change variables directly in MAT-files, without loading into memory

Memory Mapping
memmapfile Create memory map to a file

Preprocessing Data
ismissing Find missing values

rmmissing Remove missing entries

fillmissing Fill missing values

missing Create missing values

standardizeMissing Insert standard missing values

isoutlier Find outliers in data

filloutliers Detect and replace outliers in data

ischange Find abrupt changes in data

islocalmin Find local minima

islocalmax Find local maxima

smoothdata Smooth noisy data

movmean Moving mean

movmedian Moving median

detrend Remove linear trends

normalize Normalize data

rescale Scale range of array elements

discretize Group data into bins or categories

groupsummary Group summary computations

histcounts Histogram bin counts

histcounts2 Bivariate histogram bin counts

findgroups Find groups and return group numbers

splitapply Split data into groups and apply function

rowfun Apply function to table or timetable rows

varfun Apply function to table or timetable variables

accumarray Construct array with accumulation

Descriptive Statistics
min Minimum elements of an array

mink Find k smallest elements of array

max Maximum elements of an array

maxk Find k largest elements of array

bounds Smallest and largest elements

mean Average or mean value of array

median Median value of array

mode Most frequent values in array

std Standard deviation

var Variance

corrcoef Correlation coefficients

cov Covariance

cummax Cumulative maximum

cummin Cumulative minimum

movmad Moving median absolute deviation

movmax Moving maximum

movmean Moving mean

movmedian Moving median

movmin Moving minimum

movprod Moving product

movstd Moving standard deviation

movsum Moving sum

movvar Moving variance

Visual Exploration
pan Pan view of graph interactively

zoom Turn zooming on or off or magnify by factor

rotate Rotate object about specified origin and direction

rotate3d Rotate 3-D view using mouse

brush Interactively mark, delete, modify, and save observations in graphs

datacursormode Enable, disable, and manage interactive data cursor mode

ginput Graphical input from mouse or cursor

linkdata Automatically update graphs when variables change

linkaxes Synchronize limits of specified 2-D axes

linkprop Keep same value for corresponding properties of graphics objects

refreshdata Refresh data in graph when data source is specified

figurepalette Show or hide Figure Palette

plotbrowser Show or hide figure Plot Browser

plotedit Interactively edit and annotate plots

plottools Show or hide plot tools

propertyeditor Show or hide Property Editor

propedit Open Property Editor

showplottool Show or hide figure plot tool

Programming Scripts and Functions

Control Flow
if, elseif, else Execute statements if condition is true

for for loop to repeat specified number of times

parfor Parallel for loop

switch, case, otherwise Execute one of several groups of statements

try, catch Execute statements and catch resulting errors

while while loop to repeat when condition is true

break Terminate execution of for or while loop

continue Pass control to next iteration of for or while loop

end Terminate block of code, or indicate last array index

pause Stop MATLAB execution temporarily

return Return control to invoking function

Scripts
edit Edit or create file

input Request user input

publish Generate view of MATLAB file in specified format

grabcode Extract MATLAB code from file published to HTML

snapnow Force snapshot of image for inclusion in published document

Functions
Function Basics
function Declare function name, inputs, and outputs

Input and Output Arguments

nargin Number of function input arguments

nargout Number of function output arguments

varargin Variable-length input argument list

varargout Variable-length output argument list

narginchk Validate number of input arguments

nargoutchk Validate number of output arguments

validateattributes Check validity of array

validatestring Check validity of text

inputParser Input parser for functions

inputname Variable name of function input

mfilename File name of currently running code

Variables
isvarname Determine if input is valid variable name

matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings Construct unique strings from input strings

matlab.lang.makeValidName Construct valid MATLAB identifiers from input strings

namelengthmax Maximum identifier length

persistent Define persistent variable

assignin Assign value to variable in specified workspace

global Declare variables as global

mlock Prevent clearing function or script from memory

munlock Allow clearing function or script from memory

mislocked Determine if function or script is locked in memory

Error Handling
try, catch Execute statements and catch resulting errors

error Throw error and display message

warning Display warning message

lastwarn Last warning message

assert Throw error if condition false

onCleanup Cleanup tasks upon function completion

Files and Folders

Search Path
addpath Add folders to search path

rmpath Remove folders from search path

path View or change search path

savepath Save current search path

userpath View or change default user work folder

genpath Generate path name

pathsep Search path separator for current platform

pathtool Open Set Path dialog box to view and change search path

restoredefaultpath Restore search path to factory-installed state

rehash Refresh function and file system path caches

File Operations
dir List folder contents

ls List folder contents

pwd Identify current folder

fileattrib Set or get attributes of file or folder

exist Check existence of variable, script, function, folder, or class

isfile Determine if input is file

isfolder Determine if input is folder

type Display contents of file

visdiff Compare two files or folders

what List MATLAB files in folder

which Locate functions and files

cd Change current folder

copyfile Copy file or folder

delete Delete files or objects

recycle Set option to move deleted files to recycle folder

mkdir Make new folder

movefile Move file or folder

rmdir Remove folder

open Open file in appropriate application

winopen Open file in appropriate application (Windows)

File Compression
zip Compress files into zip file

unzip Extract contents of zip file

gzip Compress files into GNU zip files

gunzip Extract contents of GNU zip file

tar Compress files into tar file

untar Extract contents of tar file

File Name Construction

fileparts Get parts of file name

fullfile Build full file name from parts

filemarker Character to separate file name from local or nested function name

filesep File separator for current platform

tempdir Name of temporary folder for the system

tempname Unique name for temporary file

matlabroot MATLAB root folder

toolboxdir Root folder for specified toolbox

Debugging
dbclear Remove breakpoints

dbcont Resume execution

dbdown Reverse dbup workspace shift

dbquit Quit debug mode

dbstack Function call stack

dbstatus List all breakpoints

dbstep Execute next executable line from current breakpoint

dbstop Set breakpoints for debugging

dbtype Display file with line numbers

dbup Shift current workspace to workspace of caller in debug mode

keyboard Input from keyboard

echo Display statements during function execution

Code Editor
edit Edit or create file

Code Analysis and Execution

codeCompatibilityReport Create code compatibility report

analyzeCodeCompatibility Create code compatibility analysis results

checkcode Check MATLAB code files for possible problems

mlintrpt Run checkcode for file or folder

assert Throw error if condition false

runtests Run set of tests

testsuite Create suite of tests

pcode Create protected function file

eval Execute MATLAB expression in text

evalc Evaluate MATLAB expression with capture

evalin Execute MATLAB expression in specified workspace

feval Evaluate function

run Run MATLAB script

builtin Execute built-in function from overloaded method

timer Create object to schedule execution of MATLAB commands

App Building
App Designer
Designing Apps in App Designer
appdesigner Create or edit app file in App Designer

uiaxes (App Designer) Create UI axes for plots in App Designer

uibutton (App Designer) Create push button or state button component

uibuttongroup Create button group to manage radio buttons and toggle buttons

uicheckbox (App Designer) Create check box component

uidatepicker (App Designer) Create date picker component

uidropdown (App Designer) Create drop-down component

uieditfield (App Designer) Create text or numeric edit field component

uilabel (App Designer) Create label component

uilistbox (App Designer) Create list box component

uimenu Create menu or menu items

uiradiobutton (App Designer) Create radio button component

uislider (App Designer) Create slider component

uispinner (App Designer) Create spinner component

uitable Create table user interface component

uitextarea (App Designer) Create text area component

uitogglebutton (App Designer) Create toggle button component

uitree (App Designer) Create tree component

uitreenode (App Designer) Create tree node component

uifigure (App Designer) Create UI figure window

uipanel Create panel container object

uitabgroup Create container for tabbed panels

uitab Create tabbed panel

uigauge (App Designer) Create circular, linear, ninety-degree, or semicircular gauge compo

uiknob (App Designer) Create continuous or discrete knob component

uilamp (App Designer) Create lamp component

uiswitch (App Designer) Create slider switch, rocker switch, or toggle switch component

expand (App Designer) Expand tree node

collapse (App Designer) Collapse tree node

move (App Designer) Move tree node

scroll (App Designer) Scroll to location within list box or tree

uialert (App Designer) Display alert dialog box for UI figure window

uiconfirm (App Designer) Create confirmation dialog box

uiprogressdlg (App Designer) Create progress dialog box

uisetcolor Open color picker

uigetfile Open file selection dialog box

uiputfile Open dialog box for saving files

uigetdir Open folder selection dialog box

uiopen Open file selection dialog box and load selected file into workspace

uisave Open dialog box for saving variables to MAT-file

GUIDE or Programmatic Workflow

Designing Apps
figure Create figure window

axes Create Cartesian axes

uicontrol Create user interface control object

uitable Create table user interface component

uipanel Create panel container object

uibuttongroup Create button group to manage radio buttons and toggle buttons

uitab Create tabbed panel

uitabgroup Create container for tabbed panels

uimenu Create menu or menu items

uicontextmenu Create context menu

uitoolbar Create toolbar on figure

uipushtool Create push button on toolbar

uitoggletool Create toggle button on toolbar

actxcontrol Create Microsoft ActiveX control in figure window

align Align UI components and graphics objects

movegui Move figure to specified location on screen

getpixelposition Get component position in pixels

setpixelposition Set component position in pixels

listfonts List available system fonts

textwrap Wrap text for uicontrol

uistack Reorder visual stacking order of objects

Property Inspector Open property inspector

Dialog Boxes
errordlg Create error dialog box

warndlg Create warning dialog box

msgbox Create message dialog box

helpdlg Create help dialog box

waitbar Create or update wait bar dialog box

questdlg Create question dialog box

inputdlg Create dialog box to gather user input

listdlg Create list selection dialog box

uisetcolor Open color picker

uisetfont Open font selection dialog box

export2wsdlg Create dialog box for exporting variables to workspace

uigetfile Open file selection dialog box

uiputfile Open dialog box for saving files

uigetdir Open folder selection dialog box

uiopen Open file selection dialog box and load selected file into workspace

uisave Open dialog box for saving variables to MAT-file

printdlg Open figure Print dialog box

printpreview Open figure Print Preview dialog box

exportsetupdlg Open figure Export Setup dialog box

dialog Create empty modal dialog box

uigetpref Create dialog box that opens according to user preference

Programming Apps
guide Open GUIDE

uiwait Block program execution and wait to resume

uiresume Resume execution of blocked program

waitfor Block execution and wait for condition

waitforbuttonpress Wait for key press or mouse-button click

closereq Default figure close request function

getappdata Retrieve application-defined data

setappdata Store application-defined data

isappdata True if application-defined data exists

rmappdata Remove application-defined data

guidata Store or retrieve UI data

guihandles Create structure containing all child objects of Figure

uisetpref Manage preferences used in uigetpref

Packaging Apps
matlab.apputil.create Create or modify app project file for packaging app into .mlappinstall file using inte

matlab.apputil.package Package app files into .mlappinstall file

matlab.apputil.install Install app from a .mlappinstall file

matlab.apputil.run Run app programmatically

matlab.apputil.getInstalledAppInfo List installed app information

matlab.apputil.uninstall Uninstall app

Advanced Software Development

Creating Classes
Class Syntax Guide
class Determine class of object

isobject Determine if input is MATLAB object

enumeration Class enumeration members and names

events Event names

methods Class method names

properties Class property names

Sample Class Implementations

classdef Class definition keywords

Class Definition
Class File Organization
classdef Class definition keywords

import Add package or class to current import list

Properties
properties Class property names

isprop Determine if property of object

mustBeFinite Validate that value is finite or issue error

mustBeGreaterThan Validate that value is greater than another value or issue error

mustBeGreaterThanOrEqual Validate that value is greater than or equal to another value or issue error

mustBeInteger Validate that value is integer or issue error

mustBeLessThan Validate that value is less than another value or issue error

mustBeLessThanOrEqual Validate that value is less than or equal to another value or issue error

mustBeMember Validate that value is member of specified set

mustBeNegative Validate that value is negative or issue error

mustBeNonempty Validate that value is nonempty or issue error

mustBeNonNan Validate that value is nonNaN

mustBeNonnegative Validate that value is nonnegative or issue error

mustBeNonpositive Validate that value is nonpositive or issue error

mustBeNonsparse Validate that value is nonsparse or issue error

mustBeNonzero Validate that value is nonzero or issue error

mustBeNumeric Validate that value is numeric or issue error

mustBeNumericOrLogical Validate that value is numeric or logical or issue error

mustBePositive Validate that value is positive or issue error

mustBeReal Validate that value is real or issue error

dynamicprops Superclass for classes that support dynamic properties

meta.DynamicProperty Describe dynamic property of MATLAB object

event.DynamicPropertyEvent Event data for dynamic property events

meta.property Describe property of MATLAB class

meta.Validation Describes property validation

meta.FixedDimension Fixed dimension in property size specification

meta.UnrestrictedDimension Unrestricted dimension in property size specification

meta.ArrayDimension Size information for property validation

matlab.lang.OnOffSwitchState Represent on and off states with logical values

Methods
methods Class method names

ismethod Determine if method of object

meta.method Describe method of MATLAB class

Handle Classes
isequal Determine array equality

eq Determine equality

handle Superclass of all handle classes

matlab.mixin.SetGet Provide handle classes with set and get methods

matlab.mixin.SetGetExactNames Require exact name match for set and get methods

dynamicprops Superclass for classes that support dynamic properties

matlab.mixin.Copyable Superclass providing copy functionality for handle objects

Events
events Event names

handle.notify Notify listeners that event is occurring

handle.addlistener Create event listener bound to event source

handle.listener Create event listener without binding to event source

event.hasListener Determine if listeners exist for event

event.EventData Base class for event data

event.listener Class defining listener objects

event.PropertyEvent Data for property events

event.proplistener Define listener object for property events

Class Hierarchies
Subclass Definition
superclasses Names of superclasses

matlab.mixin.Heterogeneous Superclass for heterogeneous array formation

Enumerations
enumeration Class enumeration members and names

isenum Determine if variable is enumeration

meta.EnumeratedValue Describe enumeration member of MATLAB class

Class Customization
Object Indexing
numArgumentsFromSubscript Number of arguments for customized indexing methods

subsref Redefine subscripted reference for objects

subsasgn Redefine subscripted assignment

subsindex Convert object to array index

substruct Create structure argument for subsasgn or subsref

builtin Execute built-in function from overloaded method

Object Arrays
empty Create empty array

matlab.mixin.Heterogeneous Superclass for heterogeneous array formation

Customize Object Display for Classes

display Used internally for command-window display
details Display array details

matlab.mixin.CustomDisplay Interface for customizing object display

matlab.mixin.util.PropertyGroup Custom property list for object display

Object Save and Load

saveobj Modify save process for object

loadobj Customize load process for objects

Class Editing
edit Edit or create file

Class Introspection and Metadata

metaclass Obtain meta.class object

meta.abstractDetails Find abstract methods and properties

meta.class.fromName Return meta.class object associated with named class

meta.package.fromName Return meta.package object for specified package

meta.package.getAllPackages Get all top-level packages

properties Class property names

methods Class method names

events Event names

superclasses Names of superclasses

meta.class Describe MATLAB class

meta.property Describe property of MATLAB class

meta.method Describe method of MATLAB class

meta.event Describe event of MATLAB class

meta.package Describe MATLAB package

meta.DynamicProperty Describe dynamic property of MATLAB object

meta.EnumeratedValue Describe enumeration member of MATLAB class

meta.MetaData Superclass for MATLAB object metadata

meta.ArrayDimension Size information for property validation

meta.Validation Describes property validation

meta.FixedDimension Fixed dimension in property size specification

meta.UnrestrictedDimension Unrestricted dimension in property size specification

System Objects
Use System Objects
step Run System object algorithm

clone Create duplicate System object

isLocked Determine if System object is in use

nargin Number of input arguments for System object

nargout Number of output arguments for System object

reset Reset internal states of System object

release Release resources and allow changes to System object property values and input ch

Create System Objects

matlab.System Base class for System objects

matlab.system.StringSet Set of valid character vector values

matlab.system.mixin.FiniteSource Finite source mixin class

Calling External Functions

Call MEX File Functions
mexext Binary MEX file-name extension

inmem Names of functions, MEX-files, classes in memory

Call C Shared Libraries

loadlibrary Load C/C++ shared library into MATLAB

unloadlibrary Unload shared library from memory

libisloaded Determine if shared library is loaded

calllib Call function in shared library

libfunctions Return information on functions in shared library

libfunctionsview Display shared library function signatures in window

libstruct Convert MATLAB structure to C-style structure for use with shared library

libpointer Pointer object for use with shared library

lib.pointer Pointer object compatible with C pointer

Call Java Libraries

import Add package or class to current import list

isjava Determine if input is Java object

javaaddpath Add entries to dynamic Java class path

javaArray Construct Java array object

javachk Error message based on Java feature support

javaclasspath Return Java class path or specify dynamic path

javaMethod Call Java method

javaMethodEDT Call Java method from Event Dispatch Thread (EDT)

javaObject Call Java constructor

javaObjectEDT Call Java constructor on Event Dispatch Thread (EDT)

javarmpath Remove entries from dynamic Java class path

usejava Determine if Java feature is available

matlab.exception.JavaException Capture error information for Java exception

Call .NET Libraries

Getting Started with Microsoft .NET
NET.addAssembly Make .NET assembly visible to MATLAB

NET.isNETSupported Check for supported Microsoft .NET Framework

NET Summary of functions in MATLAB .NET interface

enableNETfromNetworkDrive Enable access to .NET commands from network drive

NET.Assembly Members of .NET assembly

NET.NetException Capture error information for .NET exception

Data Types
cell Cell array
NET.createArray Array for nonprimitive .NET types

NET.disableAutoRelease Lock .NET object representing a RunTime Callable Wrapper (COM Wrapper) so th

NET.enableAutoRelease Unlock .NET object representing a RunTime Callable Wrapper (COM Wrapper) so

Properties
NET.setStaticProperty Static property or field name

Events and Delegates

BeginInvoke Initiate asynchronous .NET delegate call

EndInvoke Retrieve result of asynchronous call initiated by .NET System.Delegate BeginInvok

Combine Convenience function for static .NET System.Delegate Combine method

Remove Convenience function for static .NET System.Delegate Remove method

RemoveAll Convenience function for static .NET System.Delegate RemoveAll method

Enumerations
bitand Bit-wise AND

bitor Bit-wise OR

bitxor Bit-wise XOR

bitnot .NET enumeration object bit-wise NOT instance method

Generic Classes
NET.convertArray Convert numeric MATLAB array to .NET array

NET.createGeneric Create instance of specialized .NET generic type

NET.invokeGenericMethod Invoke generic method of object

NET.GenericClass Represent parameterized generic type definitions

Call COM Objects

actxserver Create COM server

actxcontrol Create Microsoft ActiveX control in figure window

actxcontrollist List currently installed Microsoft ActiveX controls

actxcontrolselect Create Microsoft ActiveX control from UI

eventlisteners List event handler functions associated with COM object events

methodsview View class methods

registerevent Associate event handler for COM object event at run time

unregisterallevents Unregister all event handlers associated with COM object events

unregisterevent Unregister event handler associated with COM object event at run time

iscom Determine whether input is COM or ActiveX object

isevent Determine whether input is COM object event

isinterface Determine whether input is COM interface

COM Access COM components and ActiveX controls from MATLAB

Call Python Libraries

Getting Started
pyversion Change default version of Python interpreter

pyargs Create keyword argument for Python function

matlab.exception.PyException Capture error information for Python exception

Data Types
pyargs Create keyword argument for Python function

Functions
pyargs Create keyword argument for Python function

Calling Web Services

HTTP Interface
matlab.net.http.RequestMessage HTTP request message

matlab.net.http.ResponseMessage HTTP response message

matlab.net.http.Message HTTP request or response message

matlab.net.http.MessageType HTTP message type

matlab.net.http.MessageBody Body of HTTP message

matlab.net.http.ProtocolVersion HTTP protocol version

matlab.net.http.RequestLine First line of HTTP request message

matlab.net.http.RequestMethod HTTP request method

matlab.net.http.StartLine First line of HTTP message

matlab.net.http.StatusClass Status class of HTTP response

matlab.net.http.StatusCode Status code in HTTP response

matlab.net.http.StatusLine First line of HTTP response message

matlab.net.http.HeaderField Header field of HTTP message

matlab.net.http.field.AcceptField HTTP Accept header field

matlab.net.http.field.AuthenticateField HTTP WWW-Authenticate or Proxy-Authenticate header field

matlab.net.http.field.AuthenticationInfoField HTTP Authentication-Info header field in response message

matlab.net.http.field.AuthorizationField HTTP Authorization or Proxy-Authorization header field

matlab.net.http.field.ContentDispositionField HTTP Content-Disposition header field

matlab.net.http.field.ContentLengthField HTTP Content-Length field

matlab.net.http.field.ContentLocationField HTTP Content-Location header field

matlab.net.http.field.ContentTypeField HTTP Content-Type header field

matlab.net.http.field.CookieField HTTP Cookie header field

matlab.net.http.field.DateField HTTP Date header field

matlab.net.http.field.GenericField HTTP header field with any name and value

matlab.net.http.field.GenericParameterizedField GenericField to support parameterized syntax

matlab.net.http.field.HTTPDateField HTTP header field containing date

matlab.net.http.field.IntegerField Base class for HTTP header fields containing nonnegative integers

matlab.net.http.field.LocationField HTTP Location header field

matlab.net.http.field.MediaRangeField Base class for HTTP Content-Type and Accept header fields

matlab.net.http.field.SetCookieField HTTP Set-Cookie header field

matlab.net.http.field.URIReferenceField Base class for HTTP header fields containing URI components

matlab.net.http.io.ContentConsumer Consumer for HTTP message payloads

matlab.net.http.io.FileConsumer Consumer for files in HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.io.StringConsumer String consumer for HTTP payloads

matlab.net.http.io.JSONConsumer Content consumer that converts JSON input into MATLAB data
matlab.net.http.io.ImageConsumer Consumer for image data in HTTP payloads

matlab.net.http.io.MultipartConsumer Helper for multipart content types in HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.io.BinaryConsumer Consumer for binary data in HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.io.GenericConsumer Consumer for multiple content types in HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.io.ContentProvider ContentProvider for HTTP message payloads

matlab.net.http.io.FileProvider ContentProvider to send files

matlab.net.http.io.FormProvider ContentProvider that sends form data

matlab.net.http.io.MultipartFormProvider ContentProvider to send multipart/form-data messages

matlab.net.http.io.StringProvider ContentProvider to send MATLAB strings

matlab.net.http.io.JSONProvider ContentProvider to send MATLAB data as JSON string

matlab.net.http.io.ImageProvider ContentProvider to send MATLAB image data

matlab.net.http.io.MultipartProvider ContentProvider to send multipart/mixed HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.io.GenericProvider Generic ContentProvider for HTTP payloads

matlab.net.http.AuthenticationScheme HTTP Authentication scheme

matlab.net.http.AuthInfo Authentication or authorization information in HTTP messages

matlab.net.http.Cookie HTTP cookie received from server

matlab.net.http.CookieInfo HTTP cookie information

matlab.net.http.Credentials Credentials for authenticating HTTP requests

matlab.net.http.Disposition Results in HTTP log record

matlab.net.http.HTTPException Exception thrown by HTTP services

matlab.net.http.HTTPOptions Options controlling HTTP message exchange

matlab.net.http.LogRecord HTTP history log record

matlab.net.http.MediaType Internet media type used in HTTP headers

matlab.net.http.ProgressMonitor Progress monitor for HTTP message exchange

matlab.net.URI Uniform resource identifier (URI)

matlab.net.ArrayFormat Convert arrays in HTTP queries

matlab.net.QueryParameter Parameter in query portion of uniform resource identifier (URI)

matlab.net.base64decode Base 64 decoding of string

matlab.net.base64encode Base 64 encoding of byte string or vector

WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

matlab.wsdl.createWSDLClient Create interface to SOAP-based web service

matlab.wsdl.setWSDLToolPath Location of WSDL tools

Toolbox Distribution
matlab.addons.toolbox.packageToolbox Package toolbox project

matlab.addons.toolbox.toolboxVersion Query or modify version of toolbox

matlab.addons.toolbox.installToolbox Install toolbox file

matlab.addons.toolbox.uninstallToolbox Uninstall toolbox

matlab.addons.toolbox.installedToolboxes Return information about installed toolboxes

builddocsearchdb Build searchable documentation database

matlab.codetools.requiredFilesAndProducts List dependencies of MATLAB program files

Exception Handling
try, catch Execute statements and catch resulting errors

MException Capture error information

addCause Record additional causes of exception

getReport Get error message for exception

last Return last uncaught exception

rethrow Rethrow previously caught exception

throw Throw exception

throwAsCaller Throw exception as if occurs within calling function

Testing Frameworks
Script-Based Unit Tests
assert Throw error if condition false
runtests Run set of tests

testsuite Create suite of tests

TestResult Result of running test suite

Function-Based Unit Tests

functiontests Create array of tests from handles to local functions

runtests Run set of tests

testsuite Create suite of tests

TestSuite.run Run TestSuite array using TestRunner object configured for text output

Test Specification of a single test method

FunctionTestCase TestCase used for function-based tests

TestResult Result of running test suite

Class-Based Unit Tests

runtests Run set of tests

testsuite Create suite of tests

matlab.unittest.TestSuite.run Run TestSuite array using TestRunner object configured for text output

matlab.unittest.TestRunner.run Run all tests in TestSuite array

matlab.unittest.TestCase Superclass of all matlab.unittest test classes

matlab.unittest.TestSuite Class for grouping tests to run

matlab.unittest.Test Specification of a single test method

matlab.unittest.TestRunner Class for running tests in matlab.unittest framework

matlab.unittest.TestResult Result of running test suite

Extend Unit Testing Framework

matlab.unittest.constraints.Constraint Fundamental interface class for comparisons

matlab.unittest.constraints.BooleanConstraint Interface class for boolean combinations of constraints

matlab.unittest.constraints.Tolerance Abstract interface class for tolerances

matlab.unittest.fixtures.Fixture Interface class for test fixtures

matlab.unittest.diagnostics.Diagnostic Fundamental interface class for matlab.unittest diagnostics

matlab.unittest.diagnostics.ConstraintDiagnostic Diagnostic with fields common to most constraints

matlab.unittest.plugins.TestRunnerPlugin Plugin interface for extending TestRunner

matlab.unittest.plugins.QualifyingPlugin Interface for plugins that perform system-wide qualifications

matlab.unittest.plugins.OutputStream Interface that determines where to send text output

App Testing Framework

press Perform press gesture on UI component

choose Perform choose gesture on UI component

drag Perform drag gesture on UI component

type Type in UI component

matlab.uitest.unlock Unlock figure locked by app testing framework

matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse Create a TestCase object for interactive use

matlab.uitest.TestCase TestCase to write tests with app testing framework

Performance Testing Framework

runperf Run set of tests for performance measurement

testsuite Create suite of tests

matlab.perftest.TimeExperiment Interface for measuring execution time of code under test

matlab.perftest.FixedTimeExperiment TimeExperiment that collects fixed number of measurements

matlab.perftest.FrequentistTimeExperiment TimeExperiment that collects variable number of measurements

matlab.perftest.TestCase Superclass of matlab.perftest performance test classes

matlab.unittest.measurement.MeasurementResult Result of measuring test suite

Mocking Framework
matlab.mock.TestCase TestCase to write tests with mocking framework

matlab.mock.AnyArguments Match any number of arguments

matlab.mock.actions.AssignOutputs Define return values for method called or property accessed

matlab.mock.actions.ReturnStoredValue Return stored property value

matlab.mock.actions.StoreValue Store property value

matlab.mock.actions.ThrowException Throw exception when method is called or when property is set or accessed

matlab.mock.constraints.WasAccessed Constraint determining property get access

matlab.mock.constraints.WasCalled Constraint determining method call

matlab.mock.constraints.WasSet Constraint determining property set interaction

matlab.mock.MethodCallBehavior Specify mock object method behavior and qualify method calls

matlab.mock.PropertyBehavior Specify mock object property behavior and qualify interactions

matlab.mock.PropertyGetBehavior Specify mock property get behavior

matlab.mock.PropertySetBehavior Specify mock object set behavior

matlab.mock.TestCase.getMockHistory Return history from mock object

matlab.mock.InteractionHistory.forMock Return history from mock object

matlab.mock.InteractionHistory Interface for mock object interaction history

matlab.mock.history Summary of classes representing mock object interaction history

Performance and Memory

timeit Measure time required to run function

tic Start stopwatch timer

toc Read elapsed time from stopwatch

cputime Elapsed CPU time

profile Profile execution time for functions

bench MATLAB benchmark

memory Display memory information

inmem Names of functions, MEX-files, classes in memory

pack Consolidate workspace memory

memoize Add memoization semantics to function handle

MemoizedFunction Call memoized function and cache results

clearAllMemoizedCaches Clear caches for all MemoizedFunction objects

System Commands
clipboard Copy and paste text to and from system clipboard

computer Information about computer on which MATLAB is running

system Execute operating system command and return output

dos Execute DOS command and return output

unix Execute UNIX command and return output

getenv Environment variable

setenv Set environment variable

perl Call Perl script using operating system executable

winqueryreg Item from Windows registry

commandhistory Open Command History window, or select it if already open

commandwindow Open Command Window, or select it if already open

filebrowser Open Current Folder browser, or select it if already open

workspace Open Workspace browser to manage workspace

matlab.io.saveVariablesToScript Save workspace variables to MATLAB script

getpref Get custom preference value

setpref Set custom preference value

addpref Add custom preference

rmpref Remove custom preference

ispref Determine if custom preference exists

matlab.addons.installedAddons Get list of installed add-ons

matlab.addons.isAddonEnabled Determine if add-on is enabled

matlab.addons.enableAddon Enable installed add-on

matlab.addons.disableAddon Disable installed add-on

settings Access the SettingsGroup root object

Setting Setting object

SettingsGroup Group of settings and subgroup objects

clearTemporaryValue Clear the temporary value for a setting

clearPersonalValue Clear the personal value for a setting

hasTemporaryValue Determine whether the setting has a temporary value set

hasPersonalValue Determine whether the setting has a personal value set

hasFactoryValue Determine whether the setting has a factory value set

matlab.appdesigner App Designer settings, including canvas editor and component browser settings

matlab.editor Editor settings, including language, backup, and display settings

matlab.fonts Code font settings

matlab.general General settings including matfile settings

matlab.keyboard Keyboard settings including suggestions and completions settings

MATLAB API for Other Languages

MATLAB API for Java
matlab.engine.shareEngine Convert running MATLAB session to shared session

matlab.engine.engineName Return name of shared MATLAB session

matlab.engine.isEngineShared Determine if MATLAB session is shared

com.mathworks.engine.MatlabEngine Java class using MATLAB as a computational engine

com.mathworks.matlab.types.Complex Java class to pass complex data to and from MATLAB

com.mathworks.matlab.types.Struct Java class to pass MATLAB struct to and from MATLAB

com.mathworks.matlab.types.CellStr Java class to represent MATLAB cell array of char vectors

com.mathworks.matlab.types.HandleObject Java class to represent MATLAB handle objects

MATLAB API for Python

matlab.engine.start_matlab Start MATLAB Engine for Python

matlab.engine.find_matlab Find shared MATLAB sessions to connect to MATLAB Engine for Python
matlab.engine.connect_matlab Connect shared MATLAB session to MATLAB Engine for Python

matlab.engine.shareEngine Convert running MATLAB session to shared session

matlab.engine.engineName Return name of shared MATLAB session

matlab.engine.isEngineShared Determine if MATLAB session is shared

matlab.engine.MatlabEngine Python object using MATLAB as computational engine within Python session

matlab.engine.FutureResult Results of asynchronous call to MATLAB function stored in Python object

MATLAB API for C

MATLAB Engine API for C
mex Build MEX function from C/C++ or Fortran source code

C MEX File Applications

Executable C MEX Files
mex Build MEX function from C/C++ or Fortran source code

Share MEX Files

ver Version information for MathWorks products

computer Information about computer on which MATLAB is running

mexext Binary MEX file-name extension

mex.getCompilerConfigurations Get compiler configuration information for building MEX files

Troubleshoot MEX Files

dbmex Enable MEX-file debugging on UNIX platforms

inmem Names of functions, MEX-files, classes in memory

MATLAB API for Fortran

MATLAB Engine API for Fortran
mex Build MEX function from C/C++ or Fortran source code

MATLAB API for COM Automation Server

actxGetRunningServer Handle to running instance of Automation server

enableservice Enable, disable, or report status of MATLAB Automation server

Execute Execute MATLAB command in Automation server

Feval Evaluate MATLAB function in Automation server

GetCharArray Character array from Automation server

GetFullMatrix Matrix from Automation server workspace

GetVariable Data from variable in Automation server workspace

GetWorkspaceData Data from Automation server workspace

MaximizeCommandWindow Open Automation server window

MinimizeCommandWindow Minimize size of Automation server window

PutCharArray Store character array in Automation server

PutFullMatrix Matrix in Automation server workspace

PutWorkspaceData Data in Automation server workspace

Quit Terminate MATLAB Automation server

regmatlabserver Register current MATLAB as Automation server

Desktop Environment
Startup and Shutdown
matlab (Windows) Start MATLAB program from Windows system prompt

matlab (Mac) Start MATLAB program from macOS Terminal

matlab (Linux) Start MATLAB program from Linux system prompt

exit Terminate MATLAB program

quit Terminate MATLAB program

matlabrc Start up function for MATLAB program

startup Start up function for user-defined options

finish Termination file for MATLAB program

Basic Settings
prefdir Folder containing preferences, history, and layout files

preferences Open Preferences dialog box

Platform and License

version Version number for MATLAB and libraries

ver Version information for MathWorks products

verLessThan Compare toolbox version to specified character vector

license Get license number or perform licensing task

ispc Determine if version is for Windows (PC) platform

ismac Determine if version is for macOS platform

isunix Determine if version is for Linux or Mac platforms

isstudent Determine if version is Student Version

javachk Error message based on Java feature support

usejava Determine if Java feature is available

Help and Support

doc Reference page in Help browser

help Help for functions in Command Window

docsearch Help browser search

lookfor Search for keyword in all help entries

demo Access product examples in Help browser

echodemo Run example script step-by-step in Command Window