axis | axis limits for plots |
clear | removes all variables from workspace |
diary | save the text of a MATLAB session |
end | end of loop |
exp | exponential function |
figure(n) | generates a figure window |
for | generates loop structure |
format | output display format |
function | user generated function |
gtext | place text on a plot |
help | help function |
hold | holds current plot and allows new plot to be placed on current plot |
if | conditional test |
length | length of a vector |
lookfor | keyword search on help variables |
plot | plots vectors |
size | size of the array (rows, columns) |
subplot | multiple plots in a figure window |
who | view variables in workspace |
whos | view variables in workspace, with more detail (size, etc.) |
* | matrix multiplication |
' | transpose |
; | suppress printing (also end of row, when used in matrices) |
.* | element-by-element multiplication |
./ | element-by-element division |
: | denotes a column or row in a matrix; also creates a vector |
% | placed before comment statements |