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MATLAB Cheat Sheet

Print-ready cheat sheet for MATLAB, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use

Source
MATLAB Documentation (mathworks.com/help/matlab)
License
MIT
Updated
2026-03-27

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What's in this cheat sheet

  • Basics
  • Variables & Types
  • Arrays & Matrices
  • Control Flow
  • Functions
  • Plotting
  • File I/O
  • String Operations
  • Cell & Struct
  • Common Patterns

Command Window

x = 5;           % assign (semicolon suppresses output)
x = 5            % assign and display result
disp('Hello')    % print to console
clc              % clear command window
clear            % clear all variables

Help & Info

help sin          % quick help for function
doc sin           % open documentation
who               % list variables in workspace
whos              % list with details (size, type)

Operators

+ - * / ^Arithmetic (matrix operations)
.* ./ .^Element-wise operations
== ~= < > <= >=Comparison operators
&& || ~Logical AND, OR, NOT (scalars)
& | ~Element-wise logical (arrays)

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