June 2021
Beginner
496 pages
11h 46m
English
Content preview from MATLAB For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 2
Starting Your Copy of MATLAB
IN THIS CHAPTER
Obtaining and installing your copy of MATLAB
Starting MATLAB and working with the interface
Before you can use MATLAB to do anything productive, you need a copy of it installed on your system. Fortunately, you can obtain a free trial version that lasts 30 days from https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/products/trials/matlab.html. If you’re diligent, you can easily complete this book in that time and know for certain whether you want to continue using MATLAB as a productivity aid. The point is that you need a good installation, and this book helps you obtain that goal.
Installing MATLAB
A problem that anyone can encounter is getting a bad product installation or simply not having the right software ...
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After you have MATLAB installed, it’s important to introduce yourself to the interface. This chapter provides you with an overview of the interface, not a detailed look at every feature. However, overviews are really important because working with lower-level interface elements is hard if you don’t have the big picture. You may actually want to mark this chapter in some way so that you can refer back to the interface information.