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The Mastering MATLAB Toolbox
Version 5

The Mastering MATLAB Toolbox is a collection of approximately 140 function M-files written by the authors of Mastering MATLAB 5. The functions in the Toolbox range from commonly used utilities, to numerical analysis and optimization functions, to powerful high level plotting routines, to polished graphical user interface functions for setting axes, line, surface, paper, and other properties. If you downloaded or otherwise received a copy of the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox that was associated with the first edition of this text, you have a general idea of what is available in the Toolbox. However, since then a lot has changed. The changes include:

The size of the Toolbox has nearly doubled, with many of the new functions providing significant new capabilities.
Many of the original functions were modified to improve functionality.
All original functions have been reviewed and revised to make them MATLAB version 5 compatible and to make use of new features in version 5.
Some function names have been changed to improve naming consistency.
A new release of the Toolbox incorporating a few bug fixes and enhancements replaced the initial release on September 11, 1998.

Obtaining the Toolbox

This edition of the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox is freely distributable. Anyone can download the Toolbox, install it, use it, copy it, and give it to others. The functions are pre-compiled and distributed in P-file format. The Toolbox files are fully-functional, but they cannot be modified.

The Mastering MATLAB Toolbox User's Guide lists all of the Toolbox functions and discusses many of them in detail. The User's Guide includes a number of examples and the help text for some of the functions as well. The User's Guide is available as a PDF file or as a PostScript file. Compressed versions are also available. Download the Toolbox and the documentation in the most appropriate format for your platform.

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Installing the Toolbox

After downloading and decompressing the appropriate Toolbox file on your platform, you will find a directory or folder named MM5 containing the files: Register, Contents.m, Readme.m, and numerous .p files, which are the toolbox files in p-code format. You should also have an empty subdirectory or subfolder called html within your MM5 directory. Please use the appropriate options to create all subdirectories when decompressing the archive. To install the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox, simply copy the MM5 directory and its contents into the Toolbox directory (within the MATLAB directory) and add the MM5 directory to the MATLAB search path (using the tools discussed in Chapter 5.)

The Contents.m file lists all of the functions in the Toolbox. The Readme.m file contains information about additions and changes to the Toolbox.

Source Code

Since the Toolbox is distributed in p-code format, on-line help is unavailable for the Toolbox functions. That is, >> help mmname or >> helpwin mmname cannot display the help text for the function mmname. The PDF and PostScript files contain the only available documentation. In addition, it is not possible to see the MATLAB source code that implements the functions in this format.

If you wish to have access to the Toolbox M-files and their help text, including the new HTML documentation, you must register the toolbox. You can register on-line by filling out the form at Kagi or by following the directions in the Register program included with the Toolbox on PC and Macintosh platforms.

All net proceeds of the $30 registration fee for converting the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox to M-file format are contributed to an endowment fund for undergraduate student scholarships in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine. Site licenses and world-wide licenses are also available.

Upon payment of the registration fee, you will receive instructions by e-mail for replacing the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox P-files with M-files and HTML help files. These files contain complete help text documenting all features of each Toolbox function. In addition the M-files provide valuable examples that demonstrate efficient MATLAB programming.

Feedback Welcomed

Questions and comments regarding Mastering MATLAB, Mastering MATLAB 5, and the Mastering MATLAB Toolbox can be sent via e-mail to: mm@eece.maine.edu. We welcome all comments, bug reports, errata, and suggestions for future editions.

Revised 11/5/98