lookfor
Search for keyword in reference page text
Description
lookfor
searches for the
specified keyword in the summary line of all the references pages in the MathWorks® documentation as well as in the help text of third-party and
user-authored MATLAB® program files. For all references pages and help text in which a match
occurs, keyword
lookfor
displays a link to the help text for that page
and the H1 line.
lookfor
searches the
summary line and the Syntax, Description, Input Arguments, Output Arguments, and See
Also sections of each reference page. For all references pages in which a match
occurs, keyword
-alllookfor
displays a link to the help text for that page
and the individual lines in which a match occurs.
Examples
Input Arguments
Alternative Functionality
As an alternative to the lookfor
command, use the find features
in the Current Folder browser. For example, you can look for all occurrences of a
specified word in all the MATLAB program files in the current folder and its subfolders. For more
information, see Find Files.
To search the documentation including third-party and custom documentation, use the
docsearch
function.