MATLAB Programming

Index
Index( ) symbol
for indexing into an array 3-104
for specifying function input
arguments 3-105
[ ] symbol
for concatenating arrays 3-108
for constructing an array 3-108
for specifying function return values 3-109
{ } symbol
for constructing a cell array 3-101
for indexing into a cell array 3-102
! symbol
for entering a shell escape function 3-104
% symbol
for specifying character conversions 3-105
for writing single-line comments 3-105
for writing the H1 help line 4-11
' symbol
for constructing a character array 3-107
* symbol
for filename wildcards 3-98
, symbol
for separating array indices 3-101
for separating array row elements 3-101
for separating input or output
arguments 3-101
for separating MATLAB commands 3-101
. symbol
for defining a structure field 3-102
for specifying object methods 3-102
: symbol
for converting to a column vector 3-100
for generating a numeric sequence 3-99
for preserving array shape on
assignment 3-100
for specifying an indexing range 3-100
generating a numeric sequence 1-10
; symbol
for separating rows of an array 3-106
for suppressing command output 3-106
@ symbol
for class directories 3-99
for constructing function handles 3-98
.( ) symbol
for creating a dynamic structure field 3-104
%{ and %} symbols
for writing multiple-line comments 3-105
.. symbol
for referring to a parent directory 3-102
... symbol
for continuing a command line 3-103
A
access modes
HDF4 files 7-58
accuracy of calculations 3-15
addition operator 3-17
aggregation 9-40
and (M-file function equivalent for &) 3-21
anonymous functions 5-3
changing variables 5-9
constructing 5-3
evaluating variables 5-8
in cell arrays 5-6
multiple anonymous functions 5-13
passing a function to quad 5-12
using space characters in 5-6
with no input arguments 5-5
answer, assigned to ans 3-15
arguments
checking number of 4-33
function 4-11
memory requirements 11-15
order in argument list 4-37
order of outputs 4-35
parsing 4-37
passing 4-58
passing variable number 4-35
to nested functions 4-48
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