MATLAB - UNDERSTANDING LAYOUT

FIRST LOOK AT MATLAB

When you first open MATLAB, you will come across the main screen of the application as shown below.

 

Here you will notice that there are many panels arranged in an organized pattern. This arrangement of panels is called the ‘Layout’ of Matlab.

The panels include:-

            1  ‘Tool Strip’

       
       

Toolstrip is the top most region from where we can access all the tools available in Matlab. It has three main tabs which include – ‘HOME’ – ‘PLOTS’ – ‘APPS’

In the toolstrip, under environment section, there is a dropdown menu called ‘Layout’.

When you click on the button it reveals various presets of layout given by Matlab and also provide additional settings to add our custom layout with our convenience.

       

       2  ‘Command Window’

Command Window is a region where we input commands or equations that we want Matlab to solve for us are written. It is usually present in the center region of the layout. Here only single line command or equations can be used. As soon as we press enter, the command will begin to execute and prove us with a suitable output.

‘fx’ – This symbol is a drop-down menu button which allows us to choose from a number of libraries  present in Matlab.

‘>>’ – This symbol is called command prompt. It shows us the data that we have entered. When this symbol is missing before a text that means it is the output provided by Matlab for the give input.

       3  ‘WorkSpace’

This region shows all the defined variables along with its value. It stores all the data in form of tables/matrix. It is usually present in top right region of the layout.

       4  ‘Command History’

This region shows all the commands that we have entered in command window. Everything you type in command window is stored here, may it be a right command or just a text. This section is helpful to recall the previously used commands when necessary.

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