Installation guide

Finding Information with the Help Browser
For details, see the docsearch reference page.
Wildcards in Search (Partial Word)
Yo u can use the wildcard character (*) in place of letters or digits in your
search terms. For example,
plot* finds various forms of the word plot,such
as plot, plots,andplotting.Thesearchterm
p*t also finds those variations of
plot as well as variations of print and part,amongothers.
Yo u can use multiple wildcards in a word or search term. For example,
plot*
tool*
finds plotting tools, among other terms. The term p*t* tool* finds not
only plotting tools,butalsopointer toolti p.
Yo u cannot use a wildcard with just one letter or digit, nor can you include
wildcards within an exact phrase. You cannot begin a word in a search term
with a wildcard character. For example, these fail:
p*, "plot* tools", plot
*ool
.
Exact Phrases in Search
To find a phrase, type quotation marks around it. For example, "plot tools"
finds only pages that include plot tools together, but does not find pages
that include
plot in one part of the page and tools in another part of the
page. Specify an exact p hrase to reduce the number of irrelevant results. For
example,
"plot tools" finds about 10 pages in MATLAB documentation,
while
plot tools finds abou t 100 p ages.
Yo u can specify m ore than one exact phrase, such as
"plot tools" "figure
palette"
to find pages that contain both "plot tools" and "figure
palette"
. You cannot use a wildcard within an e xact phrase.
Boolean Operators in Search
The search automatically performs a Boolean AND for multiple words. In the
example
publish* html, it finds all pages that have the word publish or its
variations, and the word
html.
You can refine the search by including the Boolean operators
NOT, OR,andAND
between words. The operators must be in all capital letters and there must be
a space before and after each operator. The
NOTs are evaluated first, f ollow ed
by the
ORs, and then the ANDs.
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