startup

Syntax

Description

startup executes commands of your choosing
when the MATLAB® program starts.

Create a startup file in the userpath folder,
which is on the MATLAB search path. Add commands you want executed at startup. For example, your
startup function might include physical constants, defaults for
graphics properties, engineering conversion factors, or anything else you want
predefined in your workspace.

Tips

To specify the current folder in MATLAB when
it starts, set the Initial working folder preference,
described in General Preferences.

Algorithms

At startup, MATLAB automatically executes the matlabrc function and, if it
exists on the MATLAB search path, startup. The matlabrc
file, which is in the
matlabroot/toolbox/local folder, is
reserved for use by MathWorks® and by system administrators on multiuser systems.