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>> load file.mat
 
% Loads the file 'file.mat', containing variables previously saved by the "save" command.
 
>> i = 37;
>> x = X(i)
 
% If X is a vector, assigns x to the 37th element.
 
>> i = 37;
>> j = 56;
>> x= X(i,j)
 
% If X is a matrix, assigns x to the value of the 56th column of the 37th row.
 
>> k = 102
>> x = X(k)
 
% If X is matrix, sets x to element 'k' of the matrix. The elements are first ordered by columns, then by rows.
 
>> j = 56;
>> x = X(:,j)
 
% Creates a column vector out of the 56th column.
 
>> i = 37;
>> x = X(i,:)
 
% Creates a row out of the 37th row.
 
>> x = X(:)
 
% Creates a vector by concatenating all the values in the matrix X (it goes through columns, then rows)
 
>> length(x)
 
% Returns the number of elements in a vector x.
 
>> [n,d] = size(X)
 
% Returns the number of rows in a matrix in 'n' and the number of columns in 'd'.
 
>> x = ones(n,d)
 
% Creates a matrix of size n by d, where every element is set to 1.
 
>> x = zeros(n,d)
 
% Creates a matrix of size n by d, where every element is set to 0.
 
>> x = 1:n
 
% Creates a row vector containing the values 1,2,3,...,n.
 
>> X1 = X(1:n,:)
 
% Creates a new matrix from the first 1 through n rows of X (useful for cross-validation).
 
>> X2 = X(n:end,:)
 
% Creates a new matrix from rows n through to the last row of X (useful for cross-validation).
 
>> sum(X)
 
% Computes the sum of all elements of X.
 
>> max(X)
 
% If X is a vector, returns the largest element. If X is a matrix, returns the maximum of each column.
% Use "min" for finding smallest elements.
 
>> [maxVal,maxInd] = max(X)
 
% This returns two arguments. The first, 'maxVal', is the output of the maximum function.
% The second, 'maxInd', is the index of the maximal element.
 
>> unique(X)
 
% Returns all unique (non-identical) elements of X.

>> mode(X);
>> mean(X);
>> median(X);
>> std(X);

% If X is a vector, computes the mode/mean/median/standard-deviation of the vector.
% If X is a matrix, does this for each column.

>> quantile(X,p)

% Returns quantile 'p' of X, where 0 <= p <= 1.

>> ind = find(X==1)

% Returns the indexes of all elements of the vector X, where X(i) = 1.
 
>> i =1
>> j = 2
>> ind = find(X(:,j)==1)
>> mean(X(ind,i))
 
% Computes the mean of all values in column 'i', that have column 'j' equal to one.
 
>> plot(x,y)
 
% Makes a basic line plot with the values of x as the x-axis and the values of y on the y-axis.
 
>> hist(x)
 
% Makes a histogram of the values in the vector x.
 
>> scatter(x,y,size,categories)
 
% Makes a scatterplot, with the values of x giving the x-locations, the values of y giving the y-locations, size giving the size of the points, and categoires giving the labels used to assign colors.
 
>> boxplot(y,x)
 
% Makes a boxplot, where x gives the categories and y gives the values.
 
>> help sum
 
% Displays information about how the 'sum' function works. 
% Replaces 'sum' with any function for information on how it works.
 
>> lookfor string
 
% Displays a list of functions that have 'string' in their description.