Scripting and creating M-files

It won't be long before your programs are too long and you get tired of entering everything on the command line. Fire up your favourite text editor (or use the built-in Matlab editor) and write a sequence of Matlab commands (remember to use ``;'' at the end of each line to suppress the output). Save the file with whatever name you wish $<$mfilename$>$ , but make sure to include a ``.m'' extension, that is, $<$mfilename.m$>$ . You can call your script from the command prompt with the name of the file (without the .m extension).

>> mfilename