Language Fundamentals — Functions

Entering Commands
ans Most recent answer

clc Clear Command Window

diary Log 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 in Command Window

Matrices and Arrays

Create and Combine 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 Block diagonal matrix

cat Concatenate arrays

horzcat Concatenate arrays horizontally

vertcat Concatenate arrays vertically

repelem Repeat copies of array elements

repmat Repeat copies of array

Create Grids
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

Determine Size, Shape, and Order

 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

issorted Determine if array is sorted

issortedrows Determine if matrix or table rows are sorted

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

Reshape and Rearrange

sort Sort array elements

sortrows Sort rows of matrix or table

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 Permute array dimensions

ipermute Inverse permute array dimensions

circshift Shift array circularly

shiftdim Shift array dimensions

reshape Reshape array

squeeze Remove dimensions of length 1

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

end Terminate block of code or indicate last array index

 ind2sub Convert linear indices to subscripts

sub2ind Convert subscripts to linear indices

Data Types
Numeric Types
Create Numeric Variables
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

Convert Between Numeric Types

cast Convert variable to different data type

typecast Convert data type without changing underlying data

Query Type and Value

isinteger Determine whether input is integer array

isfloat Determine if input is floating-point array

isnumeric Determine whether input is numeric array

isreal Determine whether array uses complex storage

isfinite Determine which array elements are finite

isinf Determine which array elements are infinite

isnan Determine which array elements are NaN

Numeric Value Limits

eps Floating-point relative accuracy

flintmax Largest consecutive integer in floating-point format

Inf Create array of all Inf values

intmax Largest value of specific integer type

 intmin Smallest value of specified integer type

NaN Create array of all NaN values

realmax Largest positive floating-point number

realmin Smallest normalized floating-point number

Characters and Strings

Create, Concatenate, and Convert
String Arrays
string String array

strings Create string array with no characters

join Combine strings

plus Addition or append strings

Character Arrays
char Character array

cellstr Convert to cell array of character vectors

blanks Create character array of blanks

newline Create newline character

Character or String Arrays

compose Format data into multiple strings

sprintf Format data into string or character vector

strcat Concatenate strings horizontally

append Combine strings

Convert Input Arguments

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

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

convertContainedStringsToChars Convert string arrays at any level of cell array or structure

Convert Between Numeric and Strings

double Double-precision arrays

string String array

str2double Convert strings to double precision values

num2str Convert numbers to character array

Determine Type and Properties

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 Lengths of strings

isstrprop Determine which characters in input strings are of specified category

isletter Determine which characters are letters

isspace Determine which characters are space characters

Find and Replace

contains Determine if pattern is in strings

matches Determine if pattern matches strings

count Count occurrences of pattern in strings

endsWith Determine if strings end with pattern

startsWith Determine if strings start with pattern

strfind Find strings within other strings

sscanf Read formatted data from strings

replace Find and replace one or more substrings

replaceBetween Replace substrings between start and end points

strrep Find and replace substrings

Match Patterns
Building Patterns
pattern Patterns to search and match text

Character-Matching Patterns
alphanumericsPattern Match letter and digit characters

characterListPattern Match characters from list

digitsPattern Match digit characters

lettersPattern Match letter characters

whitespacePattern Match whitespace characters

wildcardPattern Matches as few characters of any type

Pattern Search Rules

optionalPattern Make pattern optional to match

possessivePattern Match pattern without backtracking

caseSensitivePattern Match pattern with case sensitivity

caseInsensitivePattern Match pattern regardless of case

 asFewOfPattern Match pattern as few times as possible

asManyOfPattern Match pattern as many times as possible

Boundary Patterns
alphanumericBoundary Match boundary between alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters

digitBoundary Match boundary between digit characters and nondigit characters

letterBoundary Match boundary between letter characters and nonletter characters

whitespaceBoundary Match boundary between whitespace characters and non-whitespace characters

lineBoundary Match start or end of line

textBoundary Match start or end of text

lookAheadBoundary Match boundary before specified pattern

lookBehindBoundary Match boundary before specified pattern

Custom Pattern Display

maskedPattern Pattern with specified display name

namedPattern Designate named pattern

Regular Expressions
regexp Match regular expression (case sensitive)

regexpi Match regular expression (case insensitive)

regexprep Replace text using regular expression

regexptranslate Translate text into regular expression

regexpPattern Pattern that matches specified regular expression

Join and Split

join Combine strings

plus Addition or append strings

split Split strings at delimiters

splitlines Split strings at newline characters

strjoin Join strings in array

strsplit Split string or character vector at specified delimiter

strtok Selected parts of strings

extract Extract substrings from strings

extractAfter Extract substrings after specified positions

extractBefore Extract substrings before specified positions

 extractBetween Extract substrings between start and end points

Edit
erase Delete substrings within strings

eraseBetween Delete substrings between start and end points

extract Extract substrings from strings

extractAfter Extract substrings after specified positions

extractBefore Extract substrings before specified positions

extractBetween Extract substrings between start and end points

insertAfter Insert strings after specified substrings

insertBefore Insert strings before specified substrings

pad Add leading or trailing characters to strings

strip Remove leading and trailing characters from strings

lower Convert strings to lowercase

upper Convert strings to uppercase

reverse Reverse order of characters in strings

deblank Remove trailing whitespace from ends of strings

strtrim Remove leading and trailing whitespace from strings

strjust Justify strings

Compare
matches Determine if pattern matches strings

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)

Dates and Time

Create Date and Time Arrays
Create datetime Arrays
datetime Arrays that represent points in time

NaT Not-a-Time

Create duration Arrays

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

Create calendarDuration Arrays

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

Split Dates and Times

Extract Components by Time Unit
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

Split into Numeric Arrays

ymd Year, month, and day numbers of datetime

hms Hour, minute, and second numbers of datetime or 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

Determine Type, Time Zone Offset, Leap Seconds

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

leapseconds List all leap seconds supported by datetime data type

timezones List time zones

tzoffset Time zone offset from UTC

Shift or Calculate Differences Between Dates

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

Convert to Numbers and Strings

Convert to Numbers
datenum Convert date and time to serial date number

convertTo Convert datetime values to numeric representations

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

Convert to Strings
char Character array

string String array

datestr Convert date and time to string format

Current Date and Time as Numbers or String

now Current date and time as serial date number

clock Current date and time as date vector

date Current date as character vector

Day of Calendar Week or Month

calendar Calendar for specified month

eomday Last day of month

 weekday Day of week

Elapsed Time as Number

etime Time elapsed between date vectors

Categorical Arrays
Create Categorical Arrays
categorical Array that contains values assigned to categories

discretize Group data into bins or categories

Determine Categories and Type

categories Categories of categorical array

iscategorical Determine whether input is 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

isundefined Find undefined elements in categorical array

Add, Delete, or Modify Categories

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 Information
summary Print summary of table, timetable, or categorical array

countcats Count occurrences of categorical array elements by category

Tables
Create Tables and Convert Type
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

vartype Subscript into table or timetable by variable type

convertvars Convert table or timetable variables to specified data type

Read and Write Files

readtable Create table from file

writetable Write table to file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

spreadsheetImportOptions Import options object for Spreadsheets

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

preview Preview eight rows from file using import options

Summary Information and Stacked Plot

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

stackedplot Stacked plot of several variables with common x-axis

Sort, Rearrange, and Customize

Sort
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

Rearrange Variables
addvars Add variables to table or timetable

renamevars Rename variables in 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

convertvars Convert table or timetable variables to specified data type

Reshape
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

Customize Properties
addprop Add custom properties to table or timetable

rmprop Remove custom properties from table or timetable

Join and Set Operations

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

Missing Values
ismissing Find missing values

standardizeMissing Insert standard missing values

rmmissing Remove missing entries

fillmissing Fill missing values

Apply Functions to Table Contents

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

 vartype Subscript into table or timetable by variable type

convertvars Convert table or timetable variables to specified data type

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

table2timetable Convert table to timetable

array2timetable Convert homogeneous array to timetable

timetable2table Convert timetable to table

istimetable Determine if input is timetable

summary Print summary of table, timetable, or categorical array

Read and Write Files

readtimetable Create timetable from file

writetimetable Write timetable to file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

spreadsheetImportOptions Import options object for Spreadsheets

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

preview Preview eight rows from file using import options

Select Part of Timetable

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

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

timerange Time range for timetable row subscripting

withtol Time tolerance for timetable row subscripting

vartype Subscript into table or timetable by variable type

unique Unique values in array

Sort, Shift, and Synchronize

sortrows Sort rows of matrix or table

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 input timetables

lag Time-shift data in timetable

 containsrange Determine if timetable row times contain specified time range

overlapsrange Determine if timetable row times overlap specified time range

withinrange Determine if timetable row times are within specified time range

isregular Determine if timetable is regular with respect to time or calendar unit

Missing Values
ismissing Find missing values

standardizeMissing Insert standard missing values

rmmissing Remove missing entries

fillmissing Fill missing values

Stacked Plot
stackedplot Stacked plot of several variables with common x-axis

Structures
struct Structure array

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

getfield Field of structure array

isfield Determine if input is structure array field

isstruct Determine if input is structure array

orderfields Order fields of structure array

rmfield Remove fields from structure

setfield Assign value 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 if input is cell array

iscellstr Determine if input is cell array of character vectors

mat2cell Convert array to cell array whose cells contain subarrays

num2cell Convert array to cell array with consistently sized cells

strjoin Join strings in array

strsplit Split string or character vector at specified delimiter

struct2cell Convert structure to cell array

table2cell Convert table to cell array

Function Handles
function_handle Handle to function

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
Create, Modify, and Plot
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

setinterpmethod Set default interpolation method for timeseries object

setuniformtime Modify uniform timeseries time vector

synchronize Synchronize and resample two timeseries objects using common time vector

Query
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

Descriptive Statistics
 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

Create, Modify, and Combine
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

Query
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

Numeric Data Types
isfloat Determine if input is floating-point array

isinteger Determine whether input is integer array

islogical Determine if input is logical array

isnumeric Determine whether input is numeric array

isreal Determine whether array uses complex storage

issparse Determine whether input is sparse

Characters and Strings

isstring Determine if input is string array

ischar Determine if input is character array

iscellstr Determine if input is cell array of character vectors

Dates and Times

isdatetime Determine if input is datetime array

isduration Determine if input is duration array

iscalendarduration Determine if input is calendar duration array

Cells, Structures, and Tables

iscell Determine if input is cell array

isstruct Determine if input is structure array

istable Determine whether input is table

istimetable Determine if input is timetable

Other Types
is* Detect state

isa Determine if input has specified data type

iscategorical Determine whether input is categorical array

isenum Determine if variable is enumeration

 isgraphics True for valid graphics object handles

isjava Determine if input is Java object

isobject Determine if input is MATLAB object

Information About Variables

whos List variables in workspace, with sizes and types

class Class of object

underlyingType Type of underlying data determining array behavior

isUnderlyingType Determine whether input has specified underlying data type

validateattributes Check validity of array

Data Type Conversion

Numbers and Text
string String array

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 strings to double precision values

str2num Convert character array or string to numeric array

native2unicode Convert numeric bytes to Unicode character representation

unicode2native Convert Unicode character representation to numeric bytes

Hexadecimal and Binary Numbers

base2dec Convert text representation of base-n integer to double value

bin2dec Convert text representation of binary integer to double value

dec2base Convert decimal integer to its base-n representation

dec2bin Convert decimal integer to its binary representation

dec2hex Convert decimal integer to its hexadecimal representation

hex2dec Convert text representation of hexadecimal integer to double value

hex2num Convert IEEE hexadecimal format to double-precision number

num2hex Convert single- and double-precision numbers to IEEE hexadecimal format

Dates and Times

 datetime Arrays that represent points in time

duration Lengths of time in fixed-length units

string String array

char Character array

cellstr Convert to cell array of character vectors

Categorical Arrays, Tables, and Timetables

categorical Array that contains values assigned to categories

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

array2timetable Convert homogeneous array to timetable

table2timetable Convert table to timetable

timetable2table Convert timetable to table

Cell Arrays and Structures

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 whose cells contain subarrays

num2cell Convert array to cell array with consistently sized cells

struct2cell Convert structure to cell array

Operators and Elementary Operations

Arithmetic Operations
Basic Arithmetic
Addition
+ Addition or append strings

sum Sum of array elements

cumsum Cumulative sum

movsum Moving sum

Subtraction
- Subtraction
 diff Differences and approximate derivatives

Multiplication
.* Multiplication

* Matrix multiplication

prod Product of array elements

cumprod Cumulative product

pagemtimes Page-wise matrix multiplication

Division
./ Right array division

.\ Left array division

/ Solve systems of linear equations xA = B for x

\ Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x

Powers
.^ Element-wise power

^ Matrix power

Transpose
.' Transpose vector or matrix

' Complex conjugate transpose

pagetranspose Page-wise transpose

pagectranspose Page-wise complex conjugate transpose

Array Sign
uminus Unary minus

uplus Unary plus

Modulo Division and Rounding

mod Remainder after division (modulo operation)

rem Remainder after division

idivide Integer division with rounding option

ceil Round toward positive infinity

fix Round toward zero

floor Round toward negative infinity

round Round to nearest decimal or integer

Custom Binary Functions

bsxfun Apply element-wise operation to two arrays with implicit expansion enabled
Relational Operations
== Determine equality

>= Determine greater than or equal to

> Determine greater than

<= Determine less than or equal to

< Determine less than

~= Determine inequality

isequal Determine array equality

isequaln Determine array equality, treating NaN values as equal

Logical Operations
Short-circuit &&, || Logical operations with short-circuiting

& Find logical AND

~ Find logical NOT

| 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

setdiff Set difference of two arrays

setxor Set exclusive OR of two arrays

union Set union of two arrays

unique Unique values in array

ismembertol Members of set within tolerance

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

bitor Bit-wise OR

bitxor Bit-wise XOR

bitcmp Bit-wise complement

bitget Get bit at specified position

bitset Set bit at specific location

bitshift Shift bits specified number of places

swapbytes Swap byte ordering

Loops and Conditional Statements

if, elseif, else Execute statements if condition is true

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

for for loop to repeat specified number of times

while while loop to repeat when condition is true

try, catch Execute statements and catch resulting errors

break Terminate execution of for or while loop

return Return control to invoking script or function

continue Pass control to next iteration of for or while loop

pause Stop MATLAB execution temporarily

parfor Parallel for loop

end Terminate block of code or indicate last array index

Elementary Math
Arithmetic Operations
Basic Arithmetic
Addition
+ Addition or append strings

sum Sum of array elements

cumsum Cumulative sum

movsum Moving sum

Subtraction
- Subtraction

diff Differences and approximate derivatives

Multiplication
.* Multiplication

* Matrix multiplication

prod Product of array elements

cumprod Cumulative product

pagemtimes Page-wise matrix multiplication

Division
./ Right array division

.\ Left array division

/ Solve systems of linear equations xA = B for x

\ Solve systems of linear equations Ax = B for x

Powers
.^ Element-wise power

^ Matrix power

Transpose
.' Transpose vector or matrix

' Complex conjugate transpose

pagetranspose Page-wise transpose

pagectranspose Page-wise complex conjugate transpose

Array Sign
uminus Unary minus

uplus Unary plus

Modulo Division and Rounding

 mod Remainder after division (modulo operation)

rem Remainder after division

idivide Integer division with rounding option

ceil Round toward positive infinity

fix Round toward zero

floor Round toward negative infinity

round Round to nearest decimal or integer

Custom Binary Functions

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

Trigonometry
Sine
sin Sine of argument in radians

sind Sine of argument in degrees

sinpi Compute sin(X*pi) accurately

asin Inverse sine in radians

asind Inverse sine in degrees

sinh Hyperbolic sine

asinh Inverse hyperbolic sine

Cosine
cos Cosine of argument in radians

cosd Cosine of argument in degrees

cospi Compute cos(X*pi) accurately

acos Inverse cosine in radians

acosd Inverse cosine in degrees

cosh Hyperbolic cosine

acosh Inverse hyperbolic cosine

Tangent
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

Cosecant
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

Secant
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

Cotangent
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

Hypotenuse
hypot Square root of sum of squares (hypotenuse)

Conversions
deg2rad Convert angle from degrees to radians

rad2deg Convert angle from radians to degrees

 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

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 Square root 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 uses complex storage

j Imaginary unit

real Real part of complex number

sign Sign function (signum function)

 unwrap Shift phase angles

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

matchpairs Solve linear assignment problem

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
Bessel 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 Functions
beta Beta function

betainc Incomplete beta function

betaincinv Beta inverse cumulative distribution function

betaln Logarithm of beta function

Error Functions
erf Error function

erfc Complementary error function

erfcinv Inverse complementary error function

erfcx Scaled complementary error function

erfinv Inverse error function

Gamma Functions
gamma Gamma function

gammainc Incomplete gamma function

gammaincinv Inverse incomplete gamma function

gammaln Logarithm of gamma function

psi Psi (polygamma) function

Other Special Functions

ellipj Jacobi elliptic functions

ellipke Complete elliptic integrals of first and second kind

expint Exponential integral

legendre Associated Legendre functions

Constants and Test Matrices

eps Floating-point relative accuracy

flintmax Largest consecutive integer in floating-point format

i Imaginary unit

j Imaginary unit
 Inf Create array of all Inf values

pi Ratio of circle's circumference to its diameter

NaN Create array of all NaN values

isfinite Determine which array elements are finite

isinf Determine which array elements are infinite

isnan Determine which array elements 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
Linear Equations
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

Eigenvalues and Singular Values

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

svdsketch Compute SVD of low-rank matrix sketch

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

Matrix Decomposition
lu LU matrix factorization

ldl Block LDL' factorization for Hermitian indefinite matrices

chol Cholesky factorization

cholupdate Rank 1 update to Cholesky factorization

qr QR 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

Matrix Operations
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

Matrix Structure
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

Matrix Properties
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 of matrix

 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 of integers

rng Control random number generator

RandStream Random number stream

Interpolation
1-D and Gridded 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)

makima Modified Akima piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation

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)

Grid Creation
ndgrid Rectangular grid in N-D space

meshgrid 2-D and 3-D grids

Scattered Interpolation
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 method

lsqnonneg Solve nonnegative linear least-squares problem

fzero Root of nonlinear function

optimget Optimization options values

optimset Create or modify optimization options structure

Numerical Integration and Differential Equations

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

ode23 Solve nonstiff differential equations — low order method

ode113 Solve nonstiff differential equations — variable order method

Stiff Solvers
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 formula

Fully Implicit Solvers

ode15i Solve fully implicit differential equations — variable order method

decic Compute consistent initial conditions for ode15i

Get/Set Options
odeget Extract ODE option values

odeset Create or modify options structure for ODE and PDE solvers

Evaluate and Extend Solution

deval Evaluate differential equation solution structure

odextend Extend solution to ODE

Boundary Value Problems

 bvp4c Solve boundary value problem — fourth-order method

bvp5c Solve boundary value problem — fifth-order method

bvpinit Form initial guess for boundary value problem solver

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

bvpxtend Form guess structure for extending boundary value solutions

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

1-D Partial Differential Equations

pdepe Solve 1-D parabolic and elliptic PDEs

odeget Extract ODE option values

odeset Create or modify options structure for ODE and PDE solvers

pdeval Interpolate numerical solution of PDE

Numerical Integration and Differentiation

integral Numerical integration

integral2 Numerically evaluate double integral

integral3 Numerically evaluate triple integral

quadgk Numerically evaluate integral — Gauss-Kronrod quadrature

quad2d Numerically evaluate double integral — tiled method

cumtrapz Cumulative trapezoidal numerical integration

trapz Trapezoidal numerical integration

del2 Discrete Laplacian

diff Differences and approximate derivatives

gradient Numerical gradient

 polyint Polynomial integration

polyder Polynomial differentiation

Fourier Analysis and Filtering

Fourier Transform
fft Fast Fourier transform

fft2 2-D fast Fourier transform

fftn N-D fast Fourier transform

nufft Nonuniform fast Fourier transform

nufftn N-D nonuniform 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)

Convolution
conv Convolution and polynomial multiplication

conv2 2-D convolution

convn N-D convolution

deconv Deconvolution and polynomial division

Digital Filtering
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
Creation
spalloc Allocate space for sparse matrix

spdiags Extract nonzero diagonals 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

Manipulation
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 of matrix

find Find indices and values of nonzero elements

full Convert sparse matrix to full storage

Reordering Algorithms
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 of integers

symamd Symmetric approximate minimum degree permutation

symrcm Sparse reverse Cuthill-McKee ordering

Iterative Methods and Preconditioners

pcg Solve system of linear equations — preconditioned conjugate gradients method

lsqr Solve system of linear equations — least-squares method

minres Solve system of linear equations — minimum residual method

 symmlq Solve system of linear equations — symmetric LQ method

gmres Solve system of linear equations — generalized minimum residual method

bicg Solve system of linear equations — biconjugate gradients method

bicgstab Solve system of linear equations — stabilized biconjugate gradients method

bicgstabl Solve system of linear equations — stabilized biconjugate gradients (l) method

cgs Solve system of linear equations — conjugate gradients squared method

qmr Solve system of linear equations — quasi-minimal residual method

tfqmr Solve system of linear equations — transpose-free quasi-minimal residual method

equilibrate Matrix scaling for improved conditioning

ichol Incomplete Cholesky factorization

ilu Incomplete LU factorization

Eigenvalues and Singular Values

eigs Subset of eigenvalues and eigenvectors

svds Subset of singular values and vectors

normest 2-norm estimate

condest 1-norm condition number estimate

Structural Analysis
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 edges in adjacency matrix

unmesh Convert edge matrix to coordinate and Laplacian matrices

Graph and Network Algorithms

Construction
graph Graph with undirected edges
 digraph Graph with directed edges

Modify Nodes and 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

Analyze Structure
centrality Measure node importance

conncomp Connected graph components

biconncomp Biconnected graph components

condensation Graph condensation

bctree Block-cut tree graph

toposort Topological order of directed acyclic graph

isdag Determine if graph is acyclic

transreduction Transitive reduction

transclosure Transitive closure

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

Traversals and Shortest Paths

bfsearch Breadth-first graph search
 dfsearch Depth-first graph search

shortestpath Shortest path between two single nodes

shortestpathtree Shortest path tree from node

distances Shortest path distances of all node pairs

maxflow Maximum flow in graph

minspantree Minimum spanning tree of graph

Matrix Representation
adjacency Graph adjacency matrix

incidence Graph incidence matrix

laplacian Graph Laplacian matrix

Node Information
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

Visualization
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

Other
GraphPlot Graph plot for directed and undirected graphs

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

barycentricToCartesian Convert coordinates from barycentric to Cartesian

cartesianToBarycentric Convert coordinates from Cartesian to barycentric

circumcenter Circumcenter of triangle or tetrahedron

edgeAttachments Triangles or tetrahedra attached to specified edge

edges Triangulation edges

faceNormal Triangulation unit normal vectors

featureEdges Handle sharp edges of triangulation

freeBoundary Free boundary facets

incenter Incenter of triangulation elements

isConnected Test if two vertices are connected by an edge

nearestNeighbor Closest vertex

neighbors Triangle or tetrahedron neighbors

pointLocation Triangle or tetrahedron enclosing point

size Size of triangulation connectivity list

vertexAttachments Triangles or tetrahedra attached to vertex

vertexNormal Triangulation vertex normal

Convert, Store, and Plot

boundaryshape Create polyshape from 2-D triangulation

stlread Create triangulation from STL file

stlwrite Create STL file from triangulation

tetramesh Tetrahedron mesh plot

trimesh Triangular mesh plot

triplot 2-D triangular plot

trisurf Triangular surface plot

Delaunay Triangulation
Basic Delaunay Triangulations
delaunay Delaunay triangulation

delaunayn N-D Delaunay triangulation

Delaunay Triangulation Object

 delaunayTriangulation Delaunay triangulation in 2-D and 3-D

convexHull Convex hull of Delaunay triangulation

isInterior Query interior points of Delaunay triangulation

voronoiDiagram Voronoi diagram of Delaunay triangulation

barycentricToCartesian Convert coordinates from barycentric to Cartesian

cartesianToBarycentric Convert coordinates from Cartesian to barycentric

circumcenter Circumcenter of triangle or tetrahedron

edgeAttachments Triangles or tetrahedra attached to specified edge

edges Triangulation edges

faceNormal Triangulation unit normal vectors

featureEdges Handle sharp edges of triangulation

freeBoundary Free boundary facets

incenter Incenter of triangulation elements

isConnected Test if two vertices are connected by an edge

nearestNeighbor Closest vertex

neighbors Triangle or tetrahedron neighbors

pointLocation Triangle or tetrahedron enclosing point

size Size of triangulation connectivity list

vertexAttachments Triangles or tetrahedra attached to vertex

vertexNormal Triangulation vertex normal

Convert, Store, and Plot

boundaryshape Create polyshape from 2-D triangulation

stlwrite Create STL file from 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 Nearest point search

tsearchn N-D closest simplex search

delaunay Delaunay triangulation

delaunayn N-D Delaunay triangulation

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

convhull Convex hull

convhulln N-D convex hull

Alpha Shape Object

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

alphaSpectrum Alpha values giving distinct alpha shapes

criticalAlpha Alpha radius defining critical transition in shape

numRegions Number of regions in alpha shape

inShape Determine if point is inside alpha shape

alphaTriangulation Triangulation that fills alpha shape

boundaryFacets Boundary facets of alpha shape

perimeter Perimeter of 2-D alpha shape

area Area of 2-D alpha shape

surfaceArea Surface area of 3-D alpha shape

volume Volume of 3-D alpha shape

plot Plot alpha shape

nearestNeighbor Determine nearest alpha shape boundary point

Voronoi Diagram
voronoi Voronoi diagram

voronoin N-D Voronoi diagram

patch Plot one or more filled polygonal regions

Elementary Polygons
Simple Polygons
boundaryshape Create polyshape from 2-D triangulation
 inpolygon Points located inside or on edge of polygonal region

nsidedpoly Regular polygon

polyarea Area of polygon

polybuffer Create buffer around points, lines, or polyshape objects

rectint Rectangle intersection area

Polyshape Object
Create and Modify Polyshape
polyshape 2-D polygons

addboundary Add polyshape boundary

polybuffer Create buffer around points, lines, or polyshape objects

rmboundary Remove polyshape boundary

rmholes Remove holes in polyshape

rmslivers Remove polyshape boundary outliers

rotate Rotate polyshape

scale Scale polyshape

simplify Simplify polyshape boundaries

sortboundaries Sort polyshape boundaries

sortregions Sort polyshape regions

translate Translate polyshape

Query and Visualize

boundary Vertex coordinates of polyshape boundary

holes Convert polyshape hole boundaries to array of polyshape objects

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

 plot Plot polyshape

regions Access polyshape regions

Geometric Quantities
area Area of polyshape

boundingbox Bounding box of polyshape

centroid Centroid of polyshape

convhull Convex hull of polyshape

turningdist Compute turning distance between polyshape objects

triangulation Triangulate polyshape

perimeter Perimeter of polyshape

Boolean Operations
intersect Intersection of polyshape objects

subtract Difference of two polyshape objects

union Union of polyshape objects

xor Exclusive OR of two polyshape objects

Graphics — Functions
• By Category
• Alphabetical List
2-D and 3-D Plots
Line Plots
Line Plots
plot 2-D line plot

plot3 3-D point or line plot

stairs Stairstep graph

errorbar Line plot with error bars

area Filled area 2-D plot

stackedplot Stacked plot of several variables with common x-axis

Log Plots
loglog Log-log scale plot

semilogx Semilog plot (x-axis has log scale)

semilogy Semilog plot (y-axis has log scale)

Function Plots
fplot Plot expression or function

fimplicit Plot implicit function

fplot3 3-D parametric curve plotter

Other
LineSpec (Line Specification) Line specification

ColorSpec (Color Specification) Color specification

Data Distribution Plots

Distribution Charts
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

boxchart Create box chart (box plot)

swarmchart Swarm scatter chart

 swarmchart3 3-D swarm scatter chart

Bubble Charts
bubblechart Bubble chart

bubblechart3 3-D bubble chart

bubblelim Map bubble sizes to data range

bubblesize Set minimum and maximum bubble sizes in points

bubblelegend Create legend for bubble chart

Scatter Plots and Parallel Coordinates

scatter Scatter plot

scatter3 3-D scatter plot

binscatter Binned scatter plot

scatterhistogram Create scatter plot with histograms

spy Visualize sparsity pattern of matrix

plotmatrix Scatter plot matrix

parallelplot Create parallel coordinates plot

Pie Charts, Heatmaps, and Word Clouds

pie Pie chart

pie3 3-D pie chart

heatmap Create heatmap chart

sortx Sort elements in heatmap row

sorty Sort elements in heatmap column

wordcloud Create word cloud chart from text data

Discrete Data Plots

bar Bar graph

barh Horizontal bar graph

bar3 Plot 3-D bar graph

bar3h Plot horizontal 3-D bar graph

pareto Pareto chart

stem Plot discrete sequence data

stem3 Plot 3-D discrete sequence data

scatter Scatter plot

 scatter3 3-D scatter plot

stairs Stairstep graph

Geographic Plots
geoplot Plot line in geographic coordinates

geoscatter Scatter chart in geographic coordinates

geobubble Visualize data values at specific geographic locations

geodensityplot Geographic density plot

geobasemap Set or query basemap

geolimits Set or query geographic limits

geoaxes Create geographic axes

geotickformat Set or query geographic tick label format

Polar Plots
Plot Data
polarplot Plot line in polar coordinates

polarscatter Scatter chart in polar coordinates

polarbubblechart Polar bubble chart

polarhistogram Histogram chart in polar coordinates

compass Arrows emanating from origin

ezpolar Easy-to-use polar coordinate plotter

Customize Polar Axes

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
quiver Quiver or vector plot

quiver3 3-D quiver or vector plot

compass Arrows emanating from origin

feather Arrows from x-axis

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

streamslice Plot streamlines in slice planes

Surfaces, Volumes, and Polygons

Surface and Mesh Plots
surf Surface plot

surfc Contour plot under surface plot

surface Primitive surface plot

surfl Surface plot with colormap-based lighting

surfnorm Surface normals

mesh Mesh surface plot

meshc Contour plot under mesh surface plot

meshz Mesh surface plot with curtain

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 Create cylinder

ellipsoid Create ellipsoid

sphere Create sphere

pcolor Pseudocolor plot

surf2patch Convert surface data to patch data

Volume Visualization
Scalar Volume Data
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

Vector Volume Data

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

curl 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 Plot one or more filled polygonal regions

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 charted data

Formatting and Annotation

Labels and Annotations
Labels
title Add title

subtitle Add subtitle to plot

sgtitle Add title to subplot grid

xlabel Label x-axis

ylabel Label y-axis

zlabel Label z-axis

legend Add legend to axes

bubblelegend Create legend for bubble chart

Annotations
text Add text descriptions to data points
 gtext Add text to figure using mouse

xline Vertical line with constant x-value

yline Horizontal line with constant y-value

annotation Create annotations

datatip Create data tip

line Create primitive line

rectangle Create rectangle with sharp or curved corners

texlabel Format text with TeX characters

ginput Identify axes coordinates

Axes Appearance
Axes Limits and Aspect Ratios
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 Lines, Tick Values, and Labels

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

Multiple Plots
hold Retain current plot when adding new plots

yyaxis Create chart with two y-axes

legend Add legend to axes

colororder Set color order for visualizing multiple data series

tiledlayout Create tiled chart layout

nexttile Create axes in tiled chart layout

subplot Create axes in tiled positions

Clear or Create Axes

cla Clear axes

axes Create Cartesian axes

figure Create figure window

Colormaps
Colormaps and Colorbars
colormap View and set current colormap

colorbar Colorbar showing color scale

rgbplot Plot colormap

Colormap Adjustments
brighten Brighten or darken colormap

contrast Create grayscale colormap to enhance image contrast

caxis Set colormap limits

spinmap Rotate colormap colors

Colorspaces
hsv2rgb Convert HSV colors to RGB

rgb2hsv Convert RGB colors to HSV

Predefined Colormaps
parula Parula colormap array

turbo Turbo 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

jet Jet colormap array

colorcube Colorcube colormap array

prism Prism colormap array

flag Flag colormap array

3-D Scene Control

Camera Views
view Camera line of sight

rotate Rotate object about specified origin and direction

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
Display Image
imshow Display image

image Display image from array

imagesc Display image with scaled colors

Read, Write, and Modify Image

imread Read image from graphics file

imresize Resize image

imtile Combine multiple image frames into one rectangular tiled image

imwrite Write image to graphics file

imfinfo Information about graphics file

imformats Manage image file format registry

Convert Image Type

cmap2gray Convert RGB colormap to grayscale colormap

frame2im Return image data associated with movie frame

 im2gray Convert RGB image to grayscale

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

getrangefromclass Default display range of image based on its class

Modify Image Colors

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 indexed image

Printing and Saving

exportgraphics Save plot or graphics content to file

copygraphics Copy plot or graphics content to clipboard

exportapp Capture app as image or PDF

getframe Capture axes or figure as movie frame

saveas Save figure to specific file format

hgexport Export figure

print Print figure or save to specific file format

orient Paper orientation for printing or saving

printopt Configure printer defaults

openfig Open figure saved in FIG-file

savefig Save figure and contents to FIG-file

Graphics Objects
Graphics Object Properties
get Query graphics object properties

set Set graphics object properties

reset Reset graphics object properties to their defaults

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 Find 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 has specified data type

clf Clear current figure window

cla Clear axes

close Close one or more figures

Interactive Control and Callbacks

uicontextmenu Create context menu component

uimenu Create menu or menu items

dragrect Drag rectangles with mouse

rbbox Create rubberband box for area selection

 refresh Redraw current figure

shg Show current figure

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

Developing Chart Classes

matlab.graphics.chartcontainer.ChartContainer Base class for developing chart objects

matlab.graphics.chartcontainer.mixin.Legend Add legend support to chart container subclass

matlab.graphics.chartcontainer.mixin.Colorbar Add colorbar support to chart container subclass

setup Set up instance of chart container subclass

update Update instance of chart container subclass after setting properties

getAxes Get axes for chart container subclass

getLayout Get tiled chart layout for chart container subclass

getLegend Get legend object for legend mixin subclass

getColorbar Get colorbar object for colorbar mixin subclass

Graphics Performance
drawnow Update figures and process callbacks

rendererinfo Graphics renderer information

opengl Control OpenGL rendering

 Programming — Functions
• By Category
• Alphabetical List
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 Take snapshot of image for inclusion in published document

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

Input and Output Arguments

Variable Argument List
nargin Number of function input arguments

nargout Number of function output arguments

varargin Variable-length input argument list

varargout Variable-length output argument list

Check Arguments
narginchk Validate number of input arguments

nargoutchk Validate number of output arguments

validateattributes Check validity of array

validatestring Check validity of text

validatecolor Validate color values

inputParser Input parser for functions

inputname Variable name of function input

mfilename File name of currently running code

Arguments Block
arguments Declare function argument validation

namedargs2cell Convert structure containing name-value pairs to cell array

Validation Functions
Numeric Value Attribute Validation
 mustBePositive Validate that value is positive

mustBeNonpositive Validate that value is nonpositive

mustBeNonnegative Validate that value is nonnegative

mustBeNegative Validate that value is negative

mustBeFinite Validate that value is finite

mustBeNonNan Validate that value is not NaN

mustBeNonzero Validate that value is nonzero

mustBeNonsparse Validate that value is nonsparse

mustBeReal Validate that value is real

mustBeInteger Validate that value is integer

mustBeNonmissing Validate that value is not missing

Comparison Validation
mustBeGreaterThan Validate that value is greater than another value

mustBeLessThan Validate that value is less than another value

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

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

Data Type Validation

mustBeA Validate that value comes from one of specified classes

mustBeNumeric Validate that value is numeric

mustBeNumericOrLogical Validate that value is numeric or logical

mustBeFloat Validate that value is floating-point array

mustBeText Validate that value is string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors

mustBeTextScalar Validate that value is single piece of text

mustBeNonzeroLengthText Validate that value is text with nonzero length

mustBeUnderlyingType Validate that value has specified underlying type

Size Validation
mustBeNonempty Validate that value is nonempty

mustBeScalarOrEmpty Validate that value is scalar or empty

mustBeVector Validate that value is vector

Member and Range Validation

 mustBeMember Validate that value is member of specified set

mustBeInRange Validate that value is in the specified range

Text with Special Meaning Validation

mustBeFile Validate that path refers to file

mustBeFolder Validate that input path refers to folder

mustBeValidVariableName Validate that input name is valid variable name

Scope Variables and Generate Names

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

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

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

Classes
Class Syntax Guide
class 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

superclasses Names of superclasses

Sample Class Implementations

classdef Class definition keywords

Class Definition
Class File Organization
classdef Class definition keywords

import Add package, class, or functions to current import list

Properties
Property Information
properties Class property names

isprop True if property exists

Validation Functions
Numeric Value Attribute Validation

mustBePositive Validate that value is positive

mustBeNonpositive Validate that value is nonpositive

mustBeNonnegative Validate that value is nonnegative

mustBeNegative Validate that value is negative

mustBeFinite Validate that value is finite

mustBeNonNan Validate that value is not NaN

mustBeNonzero Validate that value is nonzero

mustBeNonsparse Validate that value is nonsparse

mustBeReal Validate that value is real

mustBeInteger Validate that value is integer

mustBeNonmissing Validate that value is not missing

Comparison Validation
mustBeGreaterThan Validate that value is greater than another value

mustBeLessThan Validate that value is less than another value

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

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

Data Type Validation
mustBeA Validate that value comes from one of specified classes

mustBeNumeric Validate that value is numeric

mustBeNumericOrLogical Validate that value is numeric or logical

mustBeFloat Validate that value is floating-point array

mustBeText Validate that value is string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors

mustBeTextScalar Validate that value is single piece of text

mustBeNonzeroLengthText Validate that value is text with nonzero length

mustBeUnderlyingType Validate that value has specified underlying type

Size Validation

mustBeNonempty Validate that value is nonempty

mustBeScalarOrEmpty Validate that value is scalar or empty

mustBeVector Validate that value is vector

Member and Range Validation

mustBeMember Validate that value is member of specified set

mustBeInRange Validate that value is in the specified range

Text with Special Meaning Validation

mustBeFile Validate that path refers to file

mustBeFolder Validate that input path refers to folder

mustBeValidVariableName Validate that input name is valid variable name

Other
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 object has specified method

meta.method Information about class method

Handle Classes
isequal Determine array equality

eq Determine equality

Other
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

addlistener Create event listener bound to event source

listener Create event listener without binding to event source

notify Notify listeners that event is occurring

delete Delete handle object

findobj Find handle objects

findprop Find meta.property object

isvalid Determine valid handles

relationaloperators Determine equality or sort handle objects

Events
events Event names

notify Notify listeners that event is occurring

addlistener Create event listener bound to event source

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.ClassInstanceEvent Event data for InstanceCreated and InstanceDestroyed events

event.listener Class defining listener objects

event.PropertyEvent Data for property events

event.proplistener Define listener object for property events

Class Hierarchies
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 Subscripted reference

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 of specified class

matlab.mixin.Heterogeneous Superclass for heterogeneous array formation

Customize Object Display for Classes

display Show information about variable or result of expression

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 Modifications and Updates

 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

Other
meta.class Describe MATLAB class

meta.property Describe property of MATLAB class

meta.method Information about class method

meta.event Describe event defined by 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 Root of the hierarchy of metaclasses

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

isDone End-of-data status

 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 characteristics

setup One-time set up tasks for System objects

Create System Objects

Initialize, Run, Reset
setupImpl Initialize System object

stepImpl System output and state update equations

resetImpl Reset System object states

releaseImpl Release resources

Properties and States

infoImpl Information about System object

isDoneImpl End-of-data flag

isInactivePropertyImpl Status of inactive property

isTunablePropertyDataTypeMutableImpl Set whether tunable properties can change data type

isDiscreteStateSpecificationMutableImpl Control whether discrete states can change data type

processTunedPropertiesImpl Action when tunable properties change

setProperties Set property values using name-value pairs when creating System object

validatePropertiesImpl Validate property values of System object

getPropertyGroupsImpl Property groups for System object display

Input and Output

getNumInputsImpl Number of inputs to the System object

getNumOutputsImpl Number of outputs from System object

getNumInputs Number of inputs required to call the System object

getNumOutputs Number of outputs from calling the System object

isInputComplexityMutableImpl Set whether System object input complexity can change

isInputDataTypeMutableImpl Set whether System object input data type can change

isInputSizeMutableImpl Set whether System object input size can change

 nargin Number of input arguments for System object

nargout Number of output arguments for System object

processInputSpecificationChangeImpl Perform actions when input size, complexity, or data type change

validateInputsImpl Validate inputs to System object

Load and Save

loadObjectImpl Load System object from MAT file

saveObjectImpl Save System object in MAT file

Update Syntax
sysobjupdate Update custom System object to latest syntax

Other
matlab.System Base class for System objects

matlab.system.mixin.FiniteSource Finite source mixin class

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 or rename 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

Programming Utilities
Evaluate Expressions
eval Evaluate MATLAB expression

evalc Evaluate MATLAB expression and capture results

evalin Evaluate MATLAB expression in specified workspace

feval Evaluate function

run Run MATLAB script

builtin Execute built-in function from overloaded method

Protect Code
pcode Create content-obscured, executable files

Schedule Execution with Timer

timer Create object to schedule execution of MATLAB commands

delete Remove timer object from memory

get Query property values for timer object

isvalid Determine timer object validity

set Set property values for timer object

start Start timer object

startat Schedule timer to fire at specified time

stop Stop timer object

timerfind Find timer object

timerfindall Find timer object, regardless of visibility

wait Block command prompt until timer stops running

Handle Exceptions
try, catch Execute statements and catch resulting errors

MException Capture error information

addCause Record additional causes of exception

addCorrection Provide suggested fix for exception

getReport Get error message for exception

MException.last Return last uncaught exception

rethrow Rethrow previously caught exception

throw Throw exception

throwAsCaller Throw exception as if occurs within calling function

matlab.lang.correction.AppendArgumentsCorrection Correct error by appending missing input arguments

matlab.lang.correction.ConvertToFunctionNotationCorrection Correct error by converting to function notation

matlab.lang.correction.ReplaceIdentifierCorrection Correct error by replacing identifier in function call

App Building — Functions
• By Category
• Alphabetical List
Develop Apps Using App Designer
appdesigner Open App Designer Start Page or existing app file

Develop Apps Programmatically

uifigure-Based Apps
Containers
uifigure Create figure for designing apps

uigridlayout Create grid layout manager

uipanel Create panel container

uitabgroup Create container for tabbed panels

uitab Create tabbed panel

Axes
uiaxes Create UI axes for plots in apps

axes Create Cartesian axes

geoaxes Create geographic axes

polaraxes Create polar axes

Components
Common Components
uibutton Create push button or state button component

uibuttongroup Create button group to manage radio buttons and toggle buttons

uicheckbox Create check box component

uidatepicker Create date picker component

uidropdown Create drop-down component

uieditfield Create text or numeric edit field component

uiimage Create image component

uilabel Create label component

uilistbox Create list box component

uiradiobutton Create radio button component

uislider Create slider component

uispinner Create spinner component

 uitable Create table user interface component

uitextarea Create text area component

uitogglebutton Create toggle button component

uitree Create tree component

uitreenode Create tree node component

Figure Tools
uicontextmenu Create context menu component

uimenu Create menu or menu items

uipushtool Create push tool in toolbar

uitoggletool Create toggle tool in toolbar

uitoolbar Create toolbar in figure

Instrumentation Components
uigauge Create gauge component

uiknob Create knob component

uilamp Create lamp component

uiswitch Create slider switch, rocker switch, or toggle switch component

Extensible Components
uihtml Create HTML UI component

Component Control and Style

expand Expand tree node

collapse Collapse tree node

move Move tree node

scroll Scroll to location within container, tree, list box, or text area

open Open context menu at location within UI figure

uistyle Create style for table UI component

addStyle Add style to table UI component

removeStyle Remove style from table UI component

Dialogs and Notifications

uialert Display alert dialog box

uiconfirm Create confirmation dialog box

uiprogressdlg 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

figure-Based Apps
Components
axes Create Cartesian axes

uicontrol Create user interface control

uitable Create table user interface component

uipanel Create panel container

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 component

uitoolbar Create toolbar in figure

uipushtool Create push tool in toolbar

uitoggletool Create toggle tool in toolbar

Layout
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 user interface control

uistack Reorder visual stacking of UI components

Dialog Boxes and Notifications

Alerts
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

Confirmation and Input

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

File System
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

Printing and Export

printdlg Open figure Print dialog box

printpreview Open figure Print Preview dialog box

exportsetupdlg Open figure Export Setup dialog box

Other
dialog Create empty modal dialog box

uigetpref Create dialog box that opens according to user preference

Control Flow
uiwait Block program execution and wait to resume

uiresume Resume execution of blocked program

waitfor Block execution and wait for condition

waitforbuttonpress Wait for click or key press

closereq Default figure close request function

App Data and Preferences

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

Developing UI Component Classes

matlab.ui.componentcontainer.ComponentContainer Base class for developing UI component objects

setup Set up instance of component container subclass

update Update instance of UI component container subclass after setting properties

Package and Share Apps

matlab.apputil.create Create or modify app project file interactively using the Package App dialog box

matlab.apputil.package Package app files into a .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

Migrate GUIDE Apps

guide (To be removed) Create or edit UI file in GUIDE
Software Development Tools — Functions
• By Category
• Alphabetical List
Debugging and Analysis
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 Give control to keyboard

echo Display statements during function or script execution

Syntax Checking
checkcode Check MATLAB code files for possible problems

mlintrpt Run checkcode for file or folder

Release Compatibility
codeCompatibilityReport Create code compatibility report

analyzeCodeCompatibility Create code compatibility analysis results

Performance and Memory

tic Start stopwatch timer

toc Read elapsed time from stopwatch

cputime CPU time used by MATLAB

timeit Measure time required to run function

profile Profile execution time for functions

bench MATLAB benchmark

memory 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

Projects
Create and Export Projects
currentProject Get current project

openProject Load an existing project

isLoaded Determine if project is loaded

reload Reload project

close Close project

export Export project to archive

matlab.project.createProject Create blank project

matlab.project.convertDefinitionFiles Change definition file type of project

matlab.project.deleteProject Stop folder management and delete project definition files

matlab.project.loadProject Load project

matlab.project.rootProject Get root project

Setup Projects
addFile Add file or folder to project

addFolderIncludingChildFiles Add folder and child files to project

removeFile Remove file from project

addPath Add folder to project path

removePath Remove folder from project path

addReference Add referenced project to project

removeReference Remove project reference

addStartupFile Add startup file to project

addShutdownFile Add shutdown file to project

removeStartupFile Remove startup file from project startup list

removeShutdownFile Remove shutdown file from project shutdown list

addShortcut Add shortcut to project

 removeShortcut Remove shortcut from project

Manage Project Files

addLabel Attach label to project file

createLabel Create project label

removeLabel Remove label from project

findLabel Get project file label

createCategory Create category of project labels

findCategory Find project category of labels

removeCategory Remove project category of labels

findFile Find project file by name

listModifiedFiles List modified files in project

listRequiredFiles Get project file dependencies

refreshSourceControl Update source control status of project files

runChecks Run all project checks

updateDependencies Update project dependencies

Project Objects
matlab.project.Project Project object

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

run Run TestSuite array using TestRunner object configured for text output

Test Specification of 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

run Run TestSuite array using TestRunner object configured for text output

run Run all tests in TestSuite array

run Run TestCase test

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

matlab.unittest.TestSuite Class for grouping tests to run

matlab.unittest.Test Specification of 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.diagnostics.Diagnostic Fundamental interface class for matlab.unittest diagnostics

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

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

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

matlab.unittest.plugins.Parallelizable Interface for plugins that support running tests in parallel

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

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

matlab.test.behavior.Missing Test if class satisfies contract for missing values

App Testing Framework

press Perform press gesture on UI component

choose Perform choose gesture on UI component

chooseContextMenu Perform choose gesture on context menu item

drag Perform drag gesture on UI component

type Type in UI component

hover Perform hover gesture on 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.perftest.TimeResult Result from running time experiment

matlab.unittest.measurement.DefaultMeasurementResult Default implementation of MeasurementResult class

matlab.unittest.measurement.MeasurementResult Base class for classes holding measurement results

matlab.unittest.measurement.chart.ComparisonPlot Visually compare two sets of time experiment results

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

matlab.mock.AnyArguments Match any number of arguments

Mock Object Actions

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

matlab.mock.actions.DoNothing Take no action

matlab.mock.actions.Invoke Invoke function handle when method is called

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

Mock Object Constraints

matlab.mock.constraints.Occurred Constraint qualifying mock object interactions

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

Behavior Definition and Observation

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

Mock Object Interaction History

getMockHistory Return history of mock interactions from TestCase instance

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

matlab.mock.InteractionHistory Interface for mock object interaction history

Toolbox Distribution
Toolbox Files
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

Documentation and Code Completions

builddocsearchdb Build searchable documentation database

validateFunctionSignaturesJSON Validate functionSignatures.json files

Code Dependencies
matlab.codetools.requiredFilesAndProducts List dependencies of MATLAB program files

Settings API
matlab.settings.FactoryGroup.createToolboxGroup Create FactoryGroup root object for toolbox

addGroup Add new factory settings group

addSetting Add new factory setting

matlab.settings.mustBeLogicalScalar Validate that setting value is logical array with one element

matlab.settings.mustBeNumericScalar Validate that setting value is numeric array with one element

matlab.settings.mustBeStringScalar Validate that setting value is string array with one element

matlab.settings.mustBeIntegerScalar Validate that setting value is integer array with one element

matlab.settings.SettingsFileUpgrader Settings file upgrader object

move Record move or rename of factory setting or group

remove Record removal of factory setting or group

matlab.settings.reloadFactoryFile Load or reload factory settings

matlab.settings.loadSettingsCompatibilityResults Get results of upgrading personal settings of toolbox for specific version
FactoryGroup Group of factory settings and factory subgroup objects

FactorySetting Factory settings object

ReleaseCompatibilityResults Release compatibility results object

ReleaseCompatibilityException Release compatibility exception object

VersionResults Version results object

OperationResult Operation result object

 Data Import and Analysis — Functions
• By Category
• Alphabetical List
Data Import and Export
Standard File Formats
Text Files
Read and Write Tables or Timetables
readtable Create table from file

writetable Write table to file

readtimetable Create timetable from file

writetimetable Write timetable to file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

delimitedTextImportOptions Import options object for delimited text

fixedWidthImportOptions Import options object for fixed-width text files

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

preview Preview eight rows from file using import options

Read and Write Matrices and Arrays

readmatrix Read matrix from file

writematrix Write a matrix to a file

readcell Read cell array from file

writecell Write cell array to file

readvars Read variables from file

textscan Read formatted data from text file or string

type Display contents of file

fileread Read contents of file as text

readlines Read lines of file as string array

Other
tabularTextDatastore Datastore for tabular text files

Spreadsheets
Read and Write Tables or Timetables
 readtable Create table from file

writetable Write table to file

readtimetable Create timetable from file

writetimetable Write timetable to file

sheetnames Get sheet names from spreadsheet file

detectImportOptions Create import options based on file content

spreadsheetImportOptions Import options object for Spreadsheets

getvaropts Get variable import options

setvaropts Set variable import options

setvartype Set variable data types

preview Preview eight rows from file using import options

Read and Write Matrices and Arrays

readmatrix Read matrix from file

writematrix Write a matrix to a file

readcell Read cell array from file

writecell Write cell array to file

readvars Read variables from file

importdata Load data from file

Other
spreadsheetDatastore Datastore for spreadsheet files

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
Read or Write 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

NetCDF Library Package

Library Functions

netcdf.setChunkCache Set default chunk cache settings for NetCDF library

netcdf.getChunkCache Retrieve chunk cache settings for NetCDF library

netcdf.inqLibVers Return NetCDF library version information

netcdf.setDefaultFormat Change default netCDF file format

File Operations
netcdf.abort Revert recent netCDF file definitions

netcdf.close Close netCDF file

netcdf.create Create new NetCDF dataset

netcdf.endDef End netCDF file define mode

netcdf.inq Return information about netCDF file

netcdf.inqFormat Determine format of NetCDF file

netcdf.inqGrps Retrieve array of child group IDs

netcdf.inqUnlimDims Return list of unlimited dimensions in group

netcdf.open Open NetCDF data source

netcdf.reDef Put open netCDF file into define mode

netcdf.setFill Set netCDF fill mode

netcdf.sync Synchronize netCDF file to disk

Dimensions
netcdf.defDim Create netCDF dimension

netcdf.inqDim Return netCDF dimension name and length

 netcdf.inqDimID Return dimension ID

netcdf.renameDim Change name of netCDF dimension

Groups
netcdf.defGrp Create group in NetCDF file

netcdf.inqDimIDs Retrieve list of dimension identifiers in group

netcdf.inqGrpName Retrieve name of group

netcdf.inqGrpNameFull Complete pathname of group

netcdf.inqGrpParent Retrieve ID of parent group.

netcdf.inqNcid Return ID of named group

netcdf.inqVarIDs IDs of all variables in group

Variables
netcdf.defVarFill Define fill parameters for NetCDF variable

netcdf.inqVarDeflate Determine compression settings for NetCDF variable

netcdf.defVar Create NetCDF variable

netcdf.defVarChunking Define chunking behavior for NetCDF variable

netcdf.defVarDeflate Define compression parameters for NetCDF variable

netcdf.defVarFletcher32 Define checksum parameters for NetCDF variable

netcdf.getVar Read data from NetCDF variable

netcdf.inqVar Information about variable

netcdf.inqVarChunking Determine chunking settings for NetCDF variable

netcdf.inqVarFill Determine values of fill parameters for NetCDF variable

netcdf.inqVarFletcher32 Fletcher32 checksum setting for NetCDF variable

netcdf.inqVarID Return ID associated with variable name

netcdf.putVar Write data to netCDF variable

netcdf.renameVar Change name of netCDF variable

Attributes
netcdf.copyAtt Copy attribute to new location

netcdf.delAtt Delete netCDF attribute

netcdf.getAtt Return netCDF attribute

 netcdf.inqAtt Return information about netCDF attribute

netcdf.inqAttID Return ID of netCDF attribute

netcdf.inqAttName Return name of netCDF attribute

netcdf.putAtt Write netCDF attribute

netcdf.renameAtt Change name of attribute

Utilities
netcdf.getConstant Return numeric value of named constant

netcdf.getConstantNames Return list of constants known to netCDF library

HDF5 Files
High-Level Functions

h5create Create HDF5 dataset

h5disp Display contents of HDF5 file

h5info Information about HDF5 file

h5read Read data from HDF5 dataset

h5readatt Read attribute from HDF5 file

h5write Write to HDF5 dataset

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

 imread Read image from graphics file

imwrite Write image to graphics file

Low-Level Functions
matlab.io.hdf4.sd Interact directly with HDF4 multifile scientific data set (SD) interface

matlab.io.hdfeos.gd Low-level access to HDF-EOS grid data

matlab.io.hdfeos.sw Low-level access to HDF-EOS swath files

Other
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

cdflib Interact directly with CDF library

Audio and Video

Read or Write Video
VideoReader Create object to read video files

read Read one or more video frames

readFrame Read next video frame

hasFrame Determine if video frame is available to read

getFileFormats File formats that VideoReader supports

mmfileinfo Information about multimedia file

 VideoWriter Create object to write video files

open Open file for writing video data

writeVideo Write video data to file

close Close file after writing video data

getProfiles Profiles and file formats that VideoWriter supports

Read or Write Audio

audioread Read audio file

audiowrite Write audio file

lin2mu Convert linear audio signal to mu-law

mu2lin Convert mu-law audio signal to linear

audioinfo Information about audio file

Play or Record Audio

Play Audio

audioplayer Object for playing audio

isplaying Determine if playback is in progress

pause Pause playback or recording

play Play audio from audioplayer object

playblocking Play audio from audioplayer object, hold control until playback completes

resume Resume playback or recording from paused state

stop Stop playback or recording

Record Audio

audiorecorder Object for recording audio

getaudiodata Store recorded audio signal in numeric array

getplayer Creates associated audioplayer object

isrecording Determine if recording is in progress

record Record audio to audiorecorder object

recordblocking Record audio to audiorecorder object, hold control until recording completes

Play Sound

audiodevinfo Information about audio device

 audiodevreset Refresh list of available audio devices

sound Convert matrix of signal data to sound

soundsc Scale data and play as sound

beep Produce operating system beep sound

Structured Data and XML Documents

readstruct Create structure from file

writestruct Write structure to file

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 in MAT-file without loading file 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 connection with TCP/IP server

echotcpip Start or stop TCP/IP echo server

configureTerminator Set terminator for ASCII string communication with remote host over TCP/IP

configureCallback Set callback function and trigger condition for communication with remote host over TCP/IP

read Read data from remote host over TCP/IP

readline Read line of ASCII string data from remote host over TCP/IP

write Write data to remote host over TCP/IP

writeline Write line of ASCII data to remote host over TCP/IP

flush Clear buffers for communication with remote host over TCP/IP

Bluetooth Communication
bluetoothlist Scan nearby Bluetooth Classic devices

bluetooth Connect to Bluetooth Classic device

configureTerminator Set terminator for ASCII string communication with Bluetooth device

configureCallback Set callback function and trigger condition for communication with Bluetooth device

read Read data from Bluetooth device

readline Read line of ASCII string data from Bluetooth device

write Write data to Bluetooth device

writeline Write line of ASCII data to Bluetooth device

flush Clear Bluetooth device buffers

Bluetooth Low Energy Communication

blelist Scan nearby Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral devices

ble Connect to Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device

 characteristic Access a characteristic on Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device

descriptor Access a descriptor on Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device

read Read characteristic or descriptor data on a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device

write Write data to a characteristic or descriptor on a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device

subscribe Subscribe to characteristic notification or indication

unsubscribe Unsubscribe from characteristic notification and indication

Web Access
Web
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

Email and FTP

Email
sendmail Send email message to address list

FTP
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

Internet of Things (IoT) Data

thingSpeakRead Read data stored in a ThingSpeak channel
 thingSpeakWrite Write data to a ThingSpeak channel

JSON Format
jsondecode Decode JSON-formatted text

jsonencode Create JSON-formatted text from structured MATLAB data

Serial Port Devices

serialportlist List of serial ports connected to your system

serialport Connection to serial port

configureTerminator Set terminator for ASCII string communication with serial port

configureCallback Set callback function and trigger condition for communication with serial port device

read Read data from serial port

readline Read line of ASCII string data from serial port

write Write data to serial port

writeline Write line of ASCII data to serial port

flush Clear serial port device buffers

getpinstatus Get serial pin status

setRTS Set serial RTS pin

setDTR Set serial DTR pin

Large Files and Big Data

Datastore
Create 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

parquetDatastore Datastore for collection of Parquet files

fileDatastore Datastore with custom file reader

arrayDatastore Datastore for in-memory data

Read and Write from Datastore

read Read data in datastore

readall Read all data in datastore

 preview Preview subset of data in datastore

hasdata Determine if data is available to read

reset Reset datastore to initial state

writeall Write datastore to files

Partition and Shuffle Datastore

shuffle Shuffle all data in datastore

isShuffleable Determine whether datastore is shuffleable

numpartitions Number of datastore partitions

partition Partition a datastore

isPartitionable Determine whether datastore is partitionable

Combine or Transform Datastores

combine Combine data from multiple datastores

transform Transform datastore

CombinedDatastore Datastore to combine data read from multiple underlying datastores

TransformedDatastore Datastore to transform underlying datastore

Integrate with MapReduce and Tall Arrays

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

TallDatastore Datastore for checkpointing tall arrays

Develop Custom Datastore

matlab.io.Datastore Base datastore class

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

matlab.io.datastore.HadoopLocationBased Add Hadoop support to datastore

matlab.io.datastore.Shuffleable Add shuffling 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

matlab.io.datastore.FileWritable Add file writing support to datastore

matlab.io.datastore.FoldersPropertyProvider Add Folder property support to datastore

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

matlab.io.datastore.BlockedFileSet Blocked file-set for collection of blocks within file

Tall Arrays
Creation and Evaluation
tall Create tall array

datastore Create datastore for large collections of data

gather Collect tall array into memory after executing queued operations

write Write tall array to local and remote locations for checkpointing

mapreducer Define execution environment for mapreduce or tall arrays

tallrng Control random number generation for tall arrays

Determine Type
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

Develop Custom Algorithms

matlab.tall.transform Transform array by applying function handle to blocks of data

matlab.tall.reduce Reduce arrays by applying reduction algorithm to blocks of data

matlab.tall.movingWindow Apply moving window function to blocks of data

matlab.tall.blockMovingWindow Apply moving window function and block reduction to padded blocks of data

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 in MAT-file without loading file into memory

Parquet Files
 parquetread Read columnar data from a Parquet file

parquetwrite Write columnar data to Parquet file

parquetinfo Get information about Parquet file

parquetDatastore Datastore for collection of Parquet files

Memory Mapping
memmapfile Create memory map to a file

Preprocessing Data
Missing Data and Outliers
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

rmoutliers Detect and remove outliers in data

movmad Moving median absolute deviation

Detecting Change Points and Local Extrema

ischange Find abrupt changes in data

islocalmin Find local minima

islocalmax Find local maxima

Smoothing and Detrending Data

smoothdata Smooth noisy data

movmean Moving mean

movmedian Moving median

detrend Remove polynomial trend

Normalizing and Scaling Data

normalize Normalize data

rescale Scale range of array elements

Grouping and Binning Data

discretize Group data into bins or categories
 groupcounts Number of group elements

groupfilter Filter by group

groupsummary Group summary computations

grouptransform Transform by group

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
Basic 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

topkrows Top rows in sorted order

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

xcorr Cross-correlation

xcov Cross-covariance

Cumulative Statistics
 cummax Cumulative maximum

cummin Cumulative minimum

Moving Statistics
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
Plot Editing Tools
plotedit Interactively edit and annotate plots

plottools Show or hide plot tools

showplottool Show or hide figure plot tool

figurepalette Show or hide Figure Palette

plotbrowser Show or hide figure Plot Browser

propertyeditor Show or hide Property Editor

propedit Open Property Editor

Data Tips and Toolbar Buttons

datatip Create data tip

dataTipTextRow Add row to data tips

axtoolbar Create axes toolbar

axtoolbarbtn Add buttons to axes toolbar

addToolbarExplorationButtons Add data exploration buttons to figure toolbar

removeToolbarExplorationButtons Remove data exploration buttons from figure toolbar

Built-In Interactions
panInteraction Pan interaction
 rulerPanInteraction Ruler-pan interaction

zoomInteraction Zoom interaction

regionZoomInteraction Region-zoom interaction

rotateInteraction Rotate interaction

dataTipInteraction Data tip interaction

enableDefaultInteractivity Enable built-in axes interactions

disableDefaultInteractivity Disable built-in axes interactions

Interaction Modes
pan Pan view of graph interactively

zoom Enable zoom mode

rotate3d Rotate 3-D view using mouse

datacursormode Enable data cursor mode

brush Interactively mark data values in a chart

enableLegacyExplorationModes Control behavior of modes in UI figures

Property Linking
linkdata Automatically update charted data

linkaxes Synchronize limits of multiple axes

linkprop Keep same value for corresponding properties of graphics objects

refreshdata Refresh charted data