Matlab/Scilab dictionary


Table of Contents

abs — (Matlab function) Absolute value and complex magnitude
acos — (Matlab function) Inverse cosine
acosh — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic cosine
acot — (Matlab function) Inverse cotangent
acoth — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic cotangent
acsc — (Matlab function) Inverse cosecant
acsch — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic cosecant
addition — (Matlab function) Plus
all — (Matlab function) Test to determine if all elements are nonzero
and — (Matlab function) Logical AND
angle — (Matlab function) Phase angle
ans — (Matlab function) The most recent answer
any — (Matlab function) Test to determine if any nonzeros elements
asec — (Matlab function) Inverse secant
asech — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic secant
asin — (Matlab function) Inverse sine
asinh — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic sine
atan — (Matlab function) Two-quadrant inverse tangent
atan2 — (Matlab function) Four-quadrant inverse tangent
atanh — (Matlab function) Inverse hyperbolic tangent
balance — (Matlab function) Diagonal scaling to improve eigenvalue accuracy
bar — (Matlab function) Bar histogram
barh — (Matlab function) Bar histogram horizontal
beep — (Matlab function) Produce a beep sound
besseli — (Matlab function) Modified Bessel functions of the first kind
besselj — (Matlab function) Bessel functions of the first kind
besselk — (Matlab function) Modified Bessel functions of the second kind
bessely — (Matlab function) Bessel functions of the second kind
beta — (Matlab function) Beta function
bin2dec — (Matlab function) Returns the integer corresponding to a Given binary representation
bitand — (Matlab function) The AND of two integers
bitcmp — (Matlab function) The binary complementary of an integer
bitget — (Matlab function) Gets the bit of an integer whose the positon is given in the input argument
bitor — (Matlab function) The OR of two integers
bitxor — (Matlab function) Returns the exclusive OR of two integers
blanks — (Matlab function) A string of blanks
box — (Matlab function) Display axes border
break — (Matlab function) Terminate execution of a for loop or while loop
case — (Matlab function) Case switch
cat — (Matlab function) Arrays concatenation
cd — (Matlab function) Change/get working directory
ceil — (Matlab function) Round up
cell — (Matlab function) Create cell array
cell2mat — (Matlab function) Convert a cell array into a matrix
cellstr — (Matlab function) Convert strings vector (or strings matrix) into a cell of strings
chol — (Matlab function) Cholesky factorization
cla — (Matlab function) Clear current axes
clc — (Matlab function) Clear Command Window
clear — (Matlab function) Remove items from workspace, freeing up system memory
clf — (Matlab function) Clear current figure window
clock — (Matlab function) Current time as a date vector
close — (Matlab function) Delete specified figure
closereq — (Matlab function) Default figure close request function
colon — (Matlab function) Colon
colordef — (Matlab function) Set default property values to display different color schemes
complex — (Matlab function) Returns the complex form corresponding to the given real part and imaginary part
conj — (Matlab function) Complex conjugate
continue — (Matlab function) Keyword to pass control to the next iteration of a loop
conv — (Matlab function) Convolution
cos — (Matlab function) Cosine
cosh — (Matlab function) Hyperbolic cosine
cot — (Matlab function) Cotangent
coth — (Matlab function) Hyperbolic cotangent
cputime — (Matlab function) Elapsed CPU time
csc — (Matlab function) Cosecant
csch — (Matlab function) Hyperbolic cosecant
cumprod — (Matlab function) Cumulative product
cumsum — (Matlab function) Cumulative sum
date — (Matlab function) Current date string
dec2bin — (Matlab function) The binary representation of a decimal number
dec2hex — (Matlab function) Decimal to hexadecimal number conversion
delete — (Matlab function) Delete files or graphics objects
det — (Matlab function) Determinant
diag — (Matlab function) Diagonal including or extracting
diary — (Matlab function) Save session to a file
diff — (Matlab function) Differences and approximate derivatives
dir — (Matlab function) Display directory listing
disp — (Matlab function) Display text or array
display — (Matlab function) Overloaded method to display an object
doc — (Matlab function) Display online documentation
docopt — (Matlab function) Web browser for UNIX platforms
dos — (Matlab function) Execute a UNIX command and return result
double — (Matlab function) Conversion to double precision
drawnow — (Matlab function) Complete pending drawing events
echo — (Matlab function) Echo lines during execution
eig — (Matlab function) Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors
elementwise multiplication — (Matlab function) Elementwise mutiplication
elementwise power — (Matlab function) Elementwise exponent
elementwise right division — (Matlab function) Elementwise left division
elementwise transpose — (Matlab function) Elementwise transpose
else — (Matlab function) Conditionally execute statements
elseif — (Matlab function) Conditionally execute statements
end — (Matlab function) Last index
eps — (Matlab function) Floating-point relative accuracy
equal — (Matlab function) Equal to
erf — (Matlab function) Error function
erfc — (Matlab function) Complementary error function
erfcx — (Matlab function) Scaled complementary error function
error — (Matlab function) Display error messages
etime — (Matlab function) Elapsed time
eval — (Matlab function) Execute a string containing an instruction/expression
exist — (Matlab function) Check if a variable or file exists
exit — (Matlab function) Ends current session
exp — (Matlab function) Exponential
expm — (Matlab function) Matrix exponential
eye — (Matlab function) Identity matrix
factor — (Matlab function) Prime numbers decomposition
false — (Matlab function) False array
fclose — (Matlab function) Close one or more open files
feof — (Matlab function) Test for end-of-file
ferror — (Matlab function) Query about errors in file input or output
feval — (Matlab function) Function evaluation
fft — (Matlab function) Discrete Fourier transform
fftshift — (Matlab function) Shift zero-frequency component of discrete Fourier transform to center of spectrum
fgetl — (Matlab function) Read line(s) from file, discard newline character
fgets — (Matlab function) Read line from file, keep newline character
fileparts — (Matlab function) Return filename parts
filesep — (Matlab function) Return the directory separator for this platform
find — (Matlab function) Find indices and values of nonzero elements
findstr — (Matlab function) Find one string within another
fix — (Matlab function) Round towards zero
fliplr — (Matlab function) Flip matrix in left/right direction
flipud — (Matlab function) Flip matrix in up/down direction
floor — (Matlab function) Round down
fopen — (Matlab function) Open a file or obtain information about open files
for — (Matlab function) Repeat statements a specific number of times
format — (Matlab function) Control display format for output
fprintf — (Matlab function) Write formatted data to file
fread — (Matlab function) Read binary data to a file
frewind — (Matlab function) Move the file position indicator to the beginning of an open file
fscanf — (Matlab function) Read formatted data to file
fseek — (Matlab function) Set file position indicator
ftell — (Matlab function) Get file position indicator
full — (Matlab function) Convert sparse matrix to full matrix
fullfile — (Matlab function) Build a full filename from parts
function — (Matlab function) Function definition
fwrite — (Matlab function) Write binary data to a file
gamma — (Matlab function) Gamma function
gammaln — (Matlab function) Logarithm of gamma function
getenv — (Matlab function) Get environment variable
global — (Matlab function) Define a global variable
graymon — (Matlab function) Set graphics defaults for gray-scale monitors
great — (Matlab function) Greater than
great equal — (Matlab function) Greater or equal to
grid — (Matlab function) Grid lines for two- and three-dimensional plots
hankel — (Matlab function) Hankel matrix
help — (Matlab function) Display help
helpbrowser — (Matlab function) Display Help browser for access to full online documentation
helpdesk — (Matlab function) Display Help browser
helpwin — (Matlab function) Provide access to and display help for all functions
hess — (Matlab function) Hessenberg form of a matrix
hold — (Matlab function) Hold current graph
home — (Matlab function) Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the Command Window
horzcat — (Matlab function) Horizontal concatenation
i — (Matlab function) Imaginary unit
if — (Matlab function) Conditionally execute statements
ifft — (Matlab function) Inverse discrete Fourier transform
imag — (Matlab function) Complex imaginary part
input — (Matlab function) Request user input
int16 — (Matlab function) Convert to 16-bit signed integer
int32 — (Matlab function) Convert to 32-bit signed integer
int8 — (Matlab function) Convert to 8-bit signed integer
interp1 — (Matlab function) One_dimension interpolation function
inv — (Matlab function) Matrix inverse
isa — (Matlab function) Detect an object of a given type
iscell — (Matlab function) Determine if input is a cell array
ischar — (Matlab function) Determine if item is a character array
isdir — (Matlab function) Determine if item is a directory
isempty — (Matlab function) True for empty matrix
isequal — (Matlab function) Determine if arrays are numerically equal
isfield — (Matlab function) Determine if input is a structure array field
isfinite — (Matlab function) True for finite elements
isglobal — (Matlab function) Determine if item is a global variable
ishandle — (Matlab function) Determines if values are valid graphics object handles
ishold — (Matlab function) Return hold state
isinf — (Matlab function) True for infinite elements
isinteger — (Matlab function) Detect whether an array has integer data type
isletter — (Matlab function) True for letters of the alphabet
islogical — (Matlab function) Determine if item is a logical array
isnan — (Matlab function) Detect NaN elements of an array
isnumeric — (Matlab function) Determine if input is a numeric array
ispc — (Matlab function) Determine if PC (Windows) version
isreal — (Matlab function) Determine if all array elements are real numbers
isscalar — (Matlab function) Determine if input is scalar
isspace — (Matlab function) Detect elements that are ASCII white spaces
issparse — (Matlab function) Test if matrix is sparse
isstr — (Matlab function) Determine if item is a character array
isstruct — (Matlab function) Determine if input is a structure array
isunix — (Matlab function) Determine if Unix version
isvector — (Matlab function) Determine if input is a vector
j — (Matlab function) Imaginary unit
keyboard — (Matlab function) Invoke the keyboard in a file
kron — (Matlab function) Kronecker tensor product
left division — (Matlab function) Left division
length — (Matlab function) Length of vector
less — (Matlab function) Smaller than
less equal — (Matlab function) Smaller or equal to
linspace — (Matlab function) Linearly spaced vector
load — (Matlab function) Load workspace variables from disk
log — (Matlab function) Natural logarithm
log10 — (Matlab function) Common (base 10) logarithm
log2 — (Matlab function) Base 2 logarithm and dissect floating point number
logical — (Matlab function) Convert numeric values to logical
lookfor — (Matlab function) Search for specified keyword in all help entries
lower — (Matlab function) Convert string to lower case
lu — (Matlab function) LU matrix factorization
max — (Matlab function) Maximum
min — (Matlab function) Minimum
mkdir — (Matlab function)
mod — (Matlab function) Modulus after division
more — (Matlab function) Display Command Window output one screenful at a time
multiplication — (Matlab function) Mutiplication
nargin — (Matlab function) Number of function input arguments
nargout — (Matlab function) Number of function output arguments
ndims — (Matlab function) Number of array dimensions
norm — (Matlab function) Vector and matrix norms
not — (Matlab function) Negation
not equal — (Matlab function) Not equal to
num2str — (Matlab function) Number to string conversion
ones — (Matlab function) Create an array of all ones
or — (Matlab function) Logical OR
otherwise — (Matlab function) Default part of switch/select statement
pause — (Matlab function) Halt execution temporarily
perms — (Matlab function) Array of all permutations of vector components
permute — (Matlab function) Permute the dimensions of an array
pi — (Matlab function) Ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
pie — (Matlab function) circular graphic
plot — (Matlab function) Linear 2-D plot
pow2 — (Matlab function) Base 2 power and scale floating-point numbers
power — (Matlab function) Exponent
primes — (Matlab function) Returns the primes numbers included between 1 and given number
prod — (Matlab function) Product of array elements
qr — (Matlab function) Orthogonal-triangular decomposition
quit — (Matlab function) Terminate session
rand — (Matlab function) Uniformly distributed random numbers and arrays
randn — (Matlab function) Normally distributed random numbers and arrays
rcond — (Matlab function) Matrix reciprocal condition number estimate
real — (Matlab function) Real part of a complex number
realmax — (Matlab function) Largest positive floating-point number
realmin — (Matlab function) Smallest positive floating-point number
rem — (Matlab function) Remainder after division
repmat — (Matlab function) Replicate and tile an array
reshape — (Matlab function) Reshape array
return — (Matlab function) Return to the invoking function
right division — (Matlab function) Right division
round — (Matlab function) Round to nearest integer
save — (Matlab function) Save workspace variables from disk
schur — (Matlab function) Schur decomposition
setstr — (Matlab function) Set string flag
sign — (Matlab function) Signum function
sin — (Matlab function) Sine
sinh — (Matlab function) Hyperbolic sine
size — (Matlab function) Array dimension
sort — (Matlab function) Sort elements in ascending order
sparse — (Matlab function) Create sparse matrix
sqrt — (Matlab function) Square root
strcmp — (Matlab function) Compare strings
strcmpi — (Matlab function) Compare strings ignoring case
strfind — (Matlab function) Find one string within another
strrep — (Matlab function) String search and replace
struct — (Matlab function) Create struct array
subtraction — (Matlab function) Minus
sum — (Matlab function) Sum of array elements
surf — (Matlab function) 3-D surface plot
svd — (Matlab function) Singular value decomposition
switch — (Matlab function) Switch among several cases based on expression
tan — (Matlab function) Tangent
tanh — (Matlab function) Hyperbolic tangent
tic — (Matlab function) Starts a stopwatch timer
title — (Matlab function) Display a title on a graphic window
toc — (Matlab function) Read the stopwatch timer
toeplitz — (Matlab function) Toeplitz matrix
transpose — (Matlab function) Transpose
tril — (Matlab function) Lower triangular part of a matrix
triu — (Matlab function) Upper triangular part of a matrix
true — (Matlab function) True array
type — (Matlab function) List file
uigetdir — (Matlab function) Standard dialog box for selecting a directory
uint16 — (Matlab function) Convert to 16-bit unsigned integer
uint32 — (Matlab function) Convert to 32-bit unsigned integer
uint8 — (Matlab function) Convert to 8-bit unsigned integer
unix — (Matlab function) Execute a UNIX command and return result
upper — (Matlab function) Convert string to upper case
varargin — (Matlab function) Pass variable numbers of arguments
varargout — (Matlab function) Return variable numbers of arguments
vertcat — (Matlab function) Vertical concatenation
waitforbuttonpress — (Matlab function) Wait for key or mouse button press
warning — (Matlab function) Display warning messages
while — (Matlab function) Repeat statements an indefinite number of times
who — (Matlab function) List variables in the workspace
whos — (Matlab function) List variables in the workspace
winqueryreg — (Matlab function) Get item from Microsoft Windows registry
xlabel — (Matlab function) Display a string along the x axis
ylabel — (Matlab function) Display a string along the y axis
zeros — (Matlab function) Create an array of all zeros
zlabel — (Matlab function) Display a string along the z axis