Installation guide

4 Help for Using MAT LAB
Help Functions
In this section...
“About Help Functions” on page 4-44
“Summary Table of Help Functions” on page 4-44
“View Function Reference Pages — the doc Function” on page 4-45
“Getting Help in the Command Window — the help Function” on page 4-46
About Help Functions
There are several help functions that provide forms of help different than
the Help browser documentation, or provide alternative ways to access the
Help brow ser information.
Summary Table of Help Functions
Function Description
dbtype
Displays sp
ecified M-file with line numbers. If you want to see only the
input and ou
tput arguments for a function, use
dbtype function 1,
which displ
ays the first line of the M-file.
demo
Displays th
e Demos pane in the Help browser, from which you can access
demonstra
tions for the products you have installed. With an argument,
runs the sp
ecified demo.
doc
Displays i
n the Help brow ser, the reference page for the specified function,
block, or p
roperty. Usually more extensive than results for the
help
function
, the reference page provides syntax, a description, examples,
illustra
tions, and links to related functions.
docopt
On UNIX sy
stems, specifies Web browser information, used when
displayi
ng Internet Web pag es.
docsearch
Run the He
lp browser search feature for the specified term.
help
Displays M-file help (a description and syntax) in the Command Window
for the specified f unction. For MDL-file s, displays a description of the
model.
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