google

Shortcut for web searching using Google's different search areas (images, groups, etc.).

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GOOGLE Searches in Google in different search areas (images, groups, etc.)

SYNTAX

google(text)
google(text,'search_area')
google(text,'search_area',param,value,...)

DISCRIPTION

text: User entered text to search for.

search_area: If not specified, then the default is 'web'.
Can be one of the following:
'web': Searches the web.
'images': Searches Google Images.
'groups': Searches Google Groups.
'news': Searches Google News.
'froogle': Searches Froogle.
'scholar': Searches Google Scholar.
'catalogs': Searches Google Catalogs.
if it starts with '+', then it will turn the option of (I'm
Feeling Lucky!) on!

param: Can be one of the following:
'pages':
'lang':
'ext':

USER CONFIGURABLE OPTIONS

Possible param/value options are:
'pages' - search in pages of specific language. Can be:
'ar' Arabic
'bg' Bulgarian
'ca' Catalan
'zh-CN' Chinese (Simplified)
'zh-TW' Chinese (Traditional)
'hr' Croatian
'cs' Czech
'da' Danish
'nl' Dutch
'en' English
'et' Estonian
'fi' Finnish
'fr' French
'de' German
'el' Greek
'iw' Hebrew
'hu' Hungarian
'is' Icelandic
'id' Indonesian
'it' Italian
'ja' Japanese
'ko' Korean
'lv' Latvian
'lt' Lithuanian
'no' Norwegian
'pl' Polish
'pt' Portuguese
'ro' Romanian
'ru' Russian
'sr' Serbian
'sk' Slovak
'sl' Slovenian
'es' Spanish
'sv' Swedish
'tr' Turkish

'lang' - google page language. Can be one of the above.
'ext' - (country domain extension)
(ex, 'ae','us','uk','br','it','fr','mx','nl',... etc)

Examples:

google('Nasa Shuttle')
google('Nasa Shuttle','News')
google('free download','web')
google('free download','+web')
google('simpsons','images')
google('simpsons','images','pages','se')
google('Nasa Shuttle','web','ext','AE')
google('Nasa Shuttle','web','lang','fr')
google('Nasa Shuttle','web','lang','fr','pages','fr','ext','FR')

Cite As

Fahad Al Mahmood (2026). google (https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6535-google), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0

Added options for languages, and specific country domain search.