Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Startup and Shutdown

• Running Functions - Command Window and History

• Getting Help and Product Information

• Customizing Help and Demos

• Workspace Browser and Variable Editor

• Managing Files in MATLAB

• File Exchange - Finding and Getting Files Created by Other Users

• Editing and Debugging MATLAB Code

• Begin with Existing MATLAB Code Files

What Are MATLAB Code Files?

Creating Files from the Command Window and Command History

Use Existing MATLAB Code and Examples

Ways to Edit, Evaluate, and Debug Code

• Starting, Creating Files, and Closing the Editor

Starting the Editor

Creating New Files in the Editor

Opening Existing Files in the Editor

Arranging Editor Documents

Closing the Editor

• Customizing the Editor by Setting Preferences

Overview of Setting Editor/Debugger Preferences

Setting General Preferences for the Editor/Debugger

Setting Display Preferences

Setting Tab and Indent Preferences

Setting Language Preferences

Setting MATLAB Language Preferences

Setting TLC Language Preferences

Setting VHDL Language Preferences

Setting Verilog Language Preferences

Setting C/C++ Language Preferences

Setting Java Language Preferences

Setting XML/HTML Language Preferences

Setting Code Folding Preferences

Setting Autosave Preferences

Additional Information About Editor/Debugger Preferences

• Entering Statements in the Editor

Using Command Window Features in the Editor

Entering Text in Insert or Overwrite Mode

Changing the Case of Selected Text

Undoing and Redoing Editor Actions

Adding Comments

Completing Statements in the Editor - Tab Completion

• Making MATLAB Code Files More Readable

Syntax Highlighting

Function Indenting

Line and Column Numbers

Highlight Current Line

Right-Side Text Limit

Class, Function, or Subfunction

Code Folding - Expanding and Collapsing File Constructs

Displaying Two Parts of a File Simultaneously

• Navigating an Open File in the Editor

Going to a Line Number

Going to a Function (Subfunctions and Nested Functions)

Going to a Bookmark

Navigating Back and Forward in Files

Opening a Selection from Within a File

• Finding Text in Files

Finding Text in the Current File

Finding and Replacing Text in the Current File

Finding Files or Text in Multiple Files

Performing an Incremental Search in the Editor

• Saving, Printing, and Closing Files in the Editor

• Running MATLAB Files in the Editor

Running Files with No Input Arguments in the Editor

Using Run Configurations to Run Files with Input Arguments in the Editor

Create and Use a Run Configuration

Create and Execute Multiple Run Configurations for a File

About the run_configurations.m File

Find Configurations

Remove Configurations

Reassociate and Rename Configurations

Other Ways to Run Files from the Editor

Finding Errors, Debugging, and Correcting MATLAB Files

• Checking for Coding Problems

Ways to Check for Coding Problems

Automatically Analyzing Code in the Editor

Suppressing Message Indicators and Messages

Setting Code Analyzer Preferences

Understanding the Limitations of Code Analysis

• Debugging Process and Features

Ways to Debug MATLAB Files

Preparing for Debugging

Setting Breakpoints

Running a File with Breakpoints

Stepping Through a File

Examining Values

Correcting Problems and Ending Debugging

Using Conditional Breakpoints

Breakpoints in Anonymous Functions

Breakpoints in Methods That Overload Functions

Error Breakpoints

• Using Code Cells for Rapid Code Iteration and Publishing Results

What Are Code Cells?

Rapid Code Iteration Overview

Defining Code Cells

Understanding Nested Code Cells

Navigating Among Code Cells in a File

Evaluating Code Cells

Debugging Functions

• Tuning and Managing MATLAB Code Files

• Publishing MATLAB Code Files

• Using Notebook to Publish to Microsoft Word

• Source Control Interface

• Internationalization

• Data Import and Export

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming Fundamentals

• Object-Oriented Programming

• 3-D Visualization

• Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Handle Graphics Property Browser

• External Interfaces

• C/C++ and Fortran API Reference

• Release Notes

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Editing and Debugging MATLAB Code

MATLAB software provides powerful tools for creating, editing, and debugging MATLAB code, as detailed here. For information about the MATLAB language and writing MATLAB code files, see the Programming Fundamentals documentation.

Frequently Asked Questions About File Exchange

Frequently Asked Questions About File Exchange

Begin with Existing MATLAB Code Files

Begin with Existing MATLAB Code Files

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