MATLAB also has a group of application-specific solutions called "toolboxes." Toolboxes available on the University of Delaware central UNIX system (Strauss) are as follows:
MATLAB is available on Strauss.
The PC version of MATLAB is available at the following campus sites:
There is both a full version of MATLAB and a lower cost, less capable Student Edition of MATLAB. The Windows and Macintosh full version and student version of MATLAB are available for purchase at the University Bookstore. You can get additional information about these versions at the MathWorks Web Site.
At the UNIX prompt (%) type
matlab
To terminate the MATLAB session, at the MATLAB prompt (>>), type
quit
Use the MATLAB online help command in the UNIX version and the help menu in the Macintosh and Windows versions.
The UNIX version has the additional commands, doc, helpwin, helpdesk, lookfor, whatsnew, and info, which provide additional help.
Additional help is available at the MathWorks Web Site. You can link to the site from the helpdesk. The Web Site includes links to a search engine, FAQs, and technical notes.
Instructions for generating MATLAB graphics are provided within the MATLAB program via MATLAB's online help (e.g., type "help plot") and in the "MATLAB User's Guide" and "MATLAB Reference Guide."
Use MATLAB's print command to generate hardcopy output of MATLAB graphics. The print command has several options (e.g., print to the default printer, print to a file, etc.). See MATLAB's online help or the manuals for more information.
On Strauss, the print command normally sends its output to "smips," the laser printers in 002 Smith Hall. There are three ways to redirect the output to a different networked printer. In each of the following, the output is redirected to the "whlps" laser printer in 009B Willard Hall.
First, you can set the PRINTER environment variable to the desired printer. Before running MATLAB, type the following UNIX command at the UNIX prompt (%):
setenv PRINTER whlps
Note this command will change the printer output destination for all programs that use the PRINTER environment
variable. The second approach changes the printer destination for MATLAB output only by using your own copy of the MATLAB printopt.m file. For example, to print at Willard Hall, at the UNIX prompt (%), type
cd
cp /opt/lib/matlab/toolbox/local/printopt.m .
pico printopt.m
and change line 53 from
pcmd = 'lpr -s -r';
to
pcmd = 'qpr -q whlps';
Finally, a third option is to save the graph in a file and send the file to the desired printer by issuing a system command from within MATLAB.
For example,
>> x=[-2*pi:.1:2*pi];
>> plot(x,exp(-.1*(x.*x)).*cos(x).*cos(x))
>> print plotfile.ps
>> !qpr -q whlps plotfile.ps
Don't forget to erase the plotfile.ps file when you no longer need it.
These texts are available for a 2-week loan from the User Services Reference Library, 014 Smith Hall and are either available for purchase or can be ordered at the University Bookstore.
There is a MATLAB demonstration available in MATLAB. If you use an X terminal, at the MATLAB prompt (>>), type
demoand click on the continue button in the "Welcome to the MATLAB Expo!" window. This action will bring up the "Expo Map Window" where you can select demonstrations of MATLAB, SIMULINK, and the MATLAB TOOLBOXES. If you are not using an X terminal, at the MATLAB prompt, type
intro
There are also examples and demonstrations available for MATLAB and the MATLAB TOOLBOXES in the MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB Product Tour.
The MATLAB in EducationWeb page has links to MATLAB newsgroups, bulletin boards, teaching sites, research sites, the MATLAB newsgroup, books, papers, a gallery of MATLAB graphics, a software library, and more.
If you need help quickly, you may call the
IT Help Center at 831-6000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Or, you can submit a question through e-mail .
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