Help and Documentation

All MATLAB® functions have supporting documentation that includes examples and describes the function inputs, outputs, and calling syntax. There are several ways to access this information from the command line:

  • Open the function documentation in a separate window using the doc command.

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  • Display function hints (the syntax portion of the function documentation) in the Command Window by pausing after you type the open parentheses for the function input arguments.

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  • View an abbreviated text version of the function documentation in the Command Window using the help command.

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