helpwin
Provide access to help comments for all functions
Compatibility
Note
helpwin
will be removed in a future release. Use doc
instead.
Syntax
helpwin
helpwin topic
Description
helpwin
lists topics for groups of functions
in the MATLAB® File Help window. It shows brief descriptions of the topics and provides
links to display help comments for the functions. You cannot follow links in the
helpwin
list of functions if the MATLAB software is busy (for example, running a program).
helpwin topic
displays help information for
the topic. If topic
is a folder, it displays all functions in the
folder. If topic
is a function, helpwin
displays
help for that function. From the page, you can access a list of folders (Default Topics link) as well as the reference page help for
the function (Go to online doc link). You cannot follow
links in the helpwin
list of functions if MATLAB is busy (for example, running a program).
Examples
Typing
helpwin datafun
displays the functions in the datafun
folder and a brief
description of each.
Typing
helpwin fft
displays the help for the fft
function.
Version History
Introduced before R2006a