How to I solve a equation?

I'm quite new to matlab and need to learn how to solve equations with matlab. I searched for help but I couldn't find much help or I didn't understand what was told to me.

For example I need to solve and equation:

x=1-cos(x)

I tryed FSOLVE, but didn't quite understand how it works.

My professor briefly mentioned something about using iteration method to solve the equation, but what He explained was quite complicated so I didn't understand much.

Answer 1

[David Sanchez]

Take a look at the following links and try to do their examples:

http://www2.math.umd.edu/~immortal/206/tutorial/SolvingEquations.shtml
http://www.mathworks.es/es/help/symbolic/solve.html

[Ron]

Thank you very much, the links you provided are very helpful!

Answer 2

[Matt J]

fzero(@(x) 1-cos(x)-x, [-2*pi,2*pi] )