startup

Purpose

MATLAB startup M-file.

Synopsis

startup

Description

At startup time, MATLAB automatically executes the master M-file matlabrc.m and, if it exists, startup.m. On multiuser or networked systems, matlabrc.m is reserved for use by the system manager. The file matlbrc.m invokes the file startup.m if it exists on MATLAB's search path.

You can create a startup file in your own MATLAB directory. The file can include physical constants, engineering conversion factors, or anything else you want predefined in your workspace.

Examples

In the file startup.m

% Add my test directory as the first entry
% on MATLAB's search path
           
path('/my_home/my_tests',path)

Algorithm

Only matlabrc.m is actually invoked by MATLAB at startup. However, matlabrc.m contains the statements

if exist('startup')==2
    startup
end
that invoke startup.m. You can extend this process to create additional startup M-files, if required.

See Also

!, exist, matlabrc, path, quit

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