Getting Help

This example shows how to display help for MATLAB using the 'help' command.

The command 'help' lists all primary help topics in the Command Window. The format 'help name' displays the help text for the functionality specified by name, such as a function, method, class, or variable.

disp('Display help for the ''close'' function.')
disp('>> help close')
help close

Display help for the 'close' function.
>> help close
 close - Close one or more figures
    This MATLAB function closes the current figure.

    Syntax
      close
      close(fig)
      close force
      close all
      close all hidden
      close all force
      status = close(___)

    Input Arguments
      fig - Figure to close
        one or more Figure objects, figure numbers, or figure names

    Examples
      openExample('graphics/DeleteASingleFigureExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteMultipleFiguresExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteFigureWithSpecifiedNumberExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteFigureWithSpecifiedNameExample')
      openExample('graphics/VerifyFiguresWasDeletedExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteAllFiguresSimultaneouslyExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteAllFiguresWithVisibleOrHiddenHandleExample')
      openExample('graphics/DeleteFigureWhoseWindowCannotBeClosedExample')

    See also delete, figure, gcf, Figure

    Introduced in MATLAB before R2006a
    Documentation for close
       doc close

    Other uses of close

       autosar.arch.Model/close
       bloomberg/close
       bloombergBPIPE/close
       bloombergEMSX/close
       bloombergServer/close
       blp/close
       cdflib/close
       coder.buildstatus/close
       coder.report/close
       cqg/close
       database.apacheCassandra.connection/close
       database.mongo.connection/close
       database.mysql.connection/close
       database.neo4j.http.Neo4jConnect/close
       database.odbc.connection/close
       database.postgre.connection/close
       database.preparedstatement.SQLPreparedStatement/close
       deep.TrainingInfo/close
       driving.connector.Connector/close
       emsx/close
       filterAnalyzer/close
       fred/close
       genomicsViewer/close
       haver/close
       ImageAdapter/close
       images.blocked.Adapter/close
       instrument/close
       lidar.blocked.Adapter/close
       lidar.syncImageViewer.SyncImageViewer/close
       matlab.desktop.editor.Document/close
       matlab.internal.cef.webwindow/close
       matlab.io.hdf4.sd/close
       matlab.io.hdfeos.gd/close
       matlab.io.hdfeos.sw/close
       matlab.io.sftp.SFTP/close
       matlab.io.xml.dom.FileWriter/close
       matlab.project.Project/close
       matlabshared.asyncio.internal.Channel/close
       mlreportgen.dom.Document/close
       mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation/close
       mlreportgen.report.Report/close
       mlreportgen.utils.word/close
       moneynet/close
       moneynetws/close
       netcdf/close
       numerixCrossAsset/close
       parallel.Pool.PollableDataQueue/close
       parallel.pool.PollableDataQueue/close
       roadrunner/close
       safetyAnalysisMgr.Spreadsheet/close
       serial/close
       sim3d.World/close
       Simulink.data.adapters.BaseMatlabFileAdapter/close
       Simulink.data.Dictionary/close
       Simulink.sdi/close
       siteviewer/close
       slreq.ReqSet/close
       sltest.harness/close
       sltest.testmanager.TestFile/close
       sltest.testmanager/close
       sqlite/close
       systemcomposer.allocation.AllocationSet/close
       systemcomposer.arch.Model/close
       systemcomposer.profile.Profile/close
       target.connection/close
       target.ExecutionTool/close
       Tiff/close
       tlkrs/close
       wind/close
       xtrdr/close