Installation guide

Help Functions
Function Description
helpbrowser
Opens the Help browser, the MATLAB interface for accessing
documentation.
helpdesk
Opens the Help browser. In previous release s, helpdesk displayed the
Help Desk, which was the precursor to the Help browser. This function
will be removed in a future release.
helpwin
Displays in th e Help browser a list of all functions, and provides access to
M-file help for the functions.
lookfor
Displays in the Command Window a list and brief description o f all
functions whose brief description includes the specified keyword.
web
Opens the specified URL in the specified browser. U se web in your own
M-files to display HTM L documentation you create for your work.
whatsnew
Displays the Re lease Notes in the Help brow ser.
View Function Reference Pages — the doc Function
To view the reference page for a function, block, or property in the Help
browser, use
doc.Forexample,type
doc format
to view the reference page for the format function.
Overloaded Functions with the doc Function
When a function name is u sed in multiple products, it is said to be an
overloaded function. The
doc function displays the reference page for the
first function on the MATLAB search path h aving that name, and displays a
hyperlinked list of the overloaded functions in the Command Window.
For example, using the default search path
doc set
displays the reference page for the MATLAB set function in the Help browser.
The Command Window displays a hyperlinked list of the
set functions located
in other directories, such as
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