MATLAB
First
step…Gives you the way to start a long journey…
The goal of this tutorial (also called starting and
exiting sessions) is to learn the
First steps:
- How to log on
- Invoke MATLAB
- How to quit MATLAB
Starting MATLAB
After logging into your account, you can enter MATLAB by
double-clicking on the MATLAB shortcut icon on your Windows desktop. When you
start MATLAB, a special window called the MATLAB desktop appears about which I
discussed in the previous tutorial itself. The desktop is a window that
contains other windows. The major tools within or accessible from the desktop
are:
- The Command Window
- The Command History
- The Workspace
- The Current Directory
- The Help Browser
- The Start button

The graphical
interface to the Matlab
Note: - Many
new version of the Matlab are now available.
When MATLAB is started for the first time, the screen
looks like the one that shown in the above Figure. This illustration also shows
the default configuration of the MATLAB desktop. You can customize the
arrangement of tools and documents to suit your needs.
Invoke MATLAB
You are now faced with the MATLAB desktop on your computer,
which contains the prompt (>>)
in the Command Window.
Usually, there are 2 types of prompt:
“>>” for
full version
“EDU>”
for educational version
Note: -
To simplify the notation, I am using this prompt, >>, as a standard
prompt sign, throughout all the tutorials henceforth.
Quitting MATLAB
To end your MATLAB session, type quit in the Command Window, or select File à Exit MATLAB in the desktop main menu.
This is the basic start and quitting of the Matlab.
Hope to see you in next tutorial…!!!
Written By, Dheeraj Mor
Student @ VIT University
Written By, Dheeraj Mor
Student @ VIT University