Editing MATLAB (section)

{{Short description|Numerical computing environment and programming language}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = MATLAB (software)
| logo = Matlab Logo.png
| logo size = 150px
| logo caption = L-shaped membrane logo<ref>{{cite web|title=The L-Shaped Membrane|url=http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/the-l-shaped-membrane.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=February 7, 2014|year=2003}}</ref>
| screenshot = 
| caption = MATLAB R2015b running on Windows 10
| developer = [[MathWorks]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P548=Q2804309|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|mdy|single|P548=Q2804309|P348|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P548=Q2122918|P348}}
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]], MATLAB
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], and [[Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/availability/index.html#ML|title=System Requirements and Platform Availability|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Platform Road Map for MATLAB and Simulink Product Families|url=https://de.mathworks.com/support/requirements/platform-road-map.html|access-date=2021-12-22|website=de.mathworks.com|language=en}}</ref>
| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[ARM64]]
| genre = [[List of numerical-analysis software|Numerical computing]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html|mathworks.com}}
}}
{{Infobox programming language
| name = MATLAB (programming language)
| paradigm = [[Multi-paradigm programming language|multi-paradigm]]: [[Functional programming|functional]], [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[Procedural programming|procedural]], [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]], [[Array programming|array]]
| family = 
| year = late 1970s
| designer = [[Cleve Moler]]
| developer = [[MathWorks]]
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P548=Q2804309|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|mdy|single|P548=Q2804309|P348|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P548=Q2122918|P348}}
| latest preview date = 
| typing = [[dynamic typing|dynamic]], [[weak typing|weak]]
| scope = 
| dialects = 
| influenced by = {{startflatlist}}
* [[APL (programming language)|APL]]
* [[EISPACK]]
* [[Fortran]]
* [[LINPACK]]
* [[PL/0]]
* [[Speakeasy (computational environment)|Speakeasy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/12/102746804-05-01-acc.pdf |title=An interview with CLEVE MOLER Conducted by Thomas Haigh On 8 and 9 March, 2004 Santa Barbara, California |publisher=Computer History Museum |quote=So APL, Speakeasy, LINPACK, EISPACK, and PL0 were the predecessors to MATLAB. |access-date=December 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227140938/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/12/102746804-05-01-acc.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| influenced = {{startflatlist}}
* [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]<ref name="Julia">{{cite web |url=http://julialang.org/blog/2012/02/why-we-created-julia |first1=Jeff |last1=Bezanson |first2=Stefan |last2=Karpinski |first3=Viral |last3=Shah |first4=Alan |last4=Edelman |title=Why We Created Julia  |publisher=Julia Language |date=February 14, 2012 |access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[GNU Octave|Octave]]<ref name="Octave">{{cite web |url=http://jbrwww.che.wisc.edu/tech-reports/twmcc-2001-03.pdf |first=John W. |last=Eaton |title=Octave: Past, Present, and Future |work=Texas-Wisconsin Modeling and Control Consortium |date=May 21, 2001 |access-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809034614/http://jbrwww.che.wisc.edu/tech-reports/twmcc-2001-03.pdf |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Scilab]]<ref name="Scilab">{{cite web |url=https://www.scilab.org/scilab/history |title=History |publisher=Scilab |access-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201171246/http://www.scilab.org/scilab/history |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| operating system = 
| license = 
| file ext = <code>.m</code>, <code>.p</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=Protect Your Source Code|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/protect-your-source-code.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mex*</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=MEX Platform Compatibility|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/platform-compatibility.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mat</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=MAT-File Versions|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/import_export/mat-file-versions.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.fig</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=Save Figure to Reopen in MATLAB Later|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/save-figure-to-reopen-in-matlab-later.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mlx</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=Live Code File Format (.mlx)|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/live-script-file-format.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mlapp</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=MATLAB App Designer|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/appdesigner.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mltbx</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=Toolbox Distribution|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating-help.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mlappinstall</code>,<ref>{{cite web|title=MATLAB App Installer File|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/what-is-an-app.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> <code>.mlpkginstall</code><ref>{{cite web|title=Support Package Installation|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/support-package-installation.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html|mathworks.com}}
| wikibooks = MATLAB Programming
}}

'''MATLAB''' (an abbreviation of "MATrix LABoratory"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matrices and Arrays - MATLAB & Simulink |url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/learn_matlab/matrices-and-arrays.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=www.mathworks.com}}</ref>) is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[multi-paradigm programming language|multi-paradigm]] [[programming language]] and [[numerical analysis|numeric computing]] environment developed by [[MathWorks]]. MATLAB allows [[matrix (mathematics)|matrix]] manipulations, plotting of [[function (mathematics)|functions]] and data, implementation of [[algorithm]]s, creation of [[user interface]]s, and interfacing with programs written in other languages.

Although MATLAB is intended primarily for numeric computing, an optional toolbox uses the [[MuPAD]] [[computer algebra system|symbolic engine]] allowing access to [[symbolic computing]] abilities. An additional package, [[Simulink]], adds graphical multi-domain simulation and [[model-based design]] for [[dynamical system|dynamic]] and [[embedded system]]s.

{{As of|2020}}, MATLAB has more than four million users worldwide.<ref name="mathworksCompanyOverview">{{cite web|title=Company Overview|url=https://uk.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/handout/2020-company-factsheet-8-5x11-8282v20.pdf|author=The MathWorks|date=February 2020}}</ref> They come from various backgrounds of [[engineering]], [[science]], and [[economics]]. {{As of|2017}}, more than 5000 global colleges and universities use MATLAB to support instruction and research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current number of matlab users worldwide |url=https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/77436-current-number-of-matlab-users-worldwide |date=2017-11-09 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Mathworks}}</ref>