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Vectorizing Access to an Array of Structures
Though I have written about this topic before, I continue to get questions on working with arrays of...
19 years ago
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Machine-Independent Filenames
When developing applications is MATLAB, I often find myself interacting with files, sometimes data, sometimes...
19 years ago
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2007 MATLAB World Tour
I just wanted to point out to you that MATLAB is going on a roadtrip this year. Contents ...
19 years ago
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In-place Operations on Data
Recently I mentioned that I would describe a relatively new optimization we have for MATLAB code that allows...
19 years ago
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Selecting Data and Surrounding Values
I recently was working with Dave Schoppik on extracting a subset of elements from his dataset. In his lab, they work to...
19 years ago
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More MATLAB Gotchas
I recently wrote an article on Beginner Woes, and I thought I would add some more gotcha topics today. ...
19 years ago
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R2007a Released
Release 2007a came out today. This corresponds to MATLAB version 7.4. I will list here a few of my favorite new MATLAB...
19 years ago
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Creating Sparse Finite-Element Matrices in MATLAB
I'm pleased to introduce Tim Davis as this week's guest blogger. Tim is a professor at the University of Florida, and is...
19 years ago
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Beginner Woes
There are a few pitfalls that new users of MATLAB almost always fall into, depending on their applications. I...
19 years ago
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Reordering Arrays
There are some cases, particularly simulations, in which we need to choose a few items from a finite list. A...
19 years ago
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String Annotations for Plots
Did you know that you can customize the direction of text in MATLAB plots? There are times when such annotations work...
19 years ago
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Multiple Outputs
I just had an interesting exchange with a customer. He was trying to have an anonymous function return...
19 years ago
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Calendars and Leap Years
I'm pleased to introduce Ned Gulley as this week's guest blogger. Ned is a software developer with an amateur's...
19 years ago
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Colormap Manipulations
We use color as a dimension to understand the world. For some datasets, judicious choice of colormaps provides...
19 years ago
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Class Initialization for Variables
A while ago, I wrote an article sharing some ideas for Programming for Multiple Datatypes. Recently, a...
19 years ago
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Displaying Numbers in MATLAB
The way MATLAB displays numbers sometimes confuses users. Occasionally someone posts a concern to the MATLAB...
19 years ago
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Finding Strings
Over the years, MATLAB has become a friendlier environment for working with character information. MATLAB has...
19 years ago
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Brief History of Nonnegative Least Squares in MATLAB
In my first year at MathWorks (1987!), a professor I know got in touch with me. He was trying to solve a least...
19 years ago
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Let Me Count the Ways
In the course of many applications, we sometimes need to tally up counts for different purposes, e.g.,...
19 years ago
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Working with Arrays of Structures
Though I have covered this topic somewhat in the past, it seems like a good time to refresh the information. ...
19 years ago
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Some Ways to Create Function Handles
I recently was asked the best way to create function handles, given the names of functions. This came up...
19 years ago
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All about the Colon Operator
I have written several blog articles that cover some aspects of the : operator. Based on some recent posts to...
19 years ago
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Bottom Line on Logical
I just posted a blog on logical operator behavior in MATLAB and I want to be clear about the bottom line. Use the newer...
19 years ago
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A Logical Story
Let me set the stage for today's blog. Logical variables have been part of MATLAB from the early days. They...
19 years ago
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Cute Tricks in MATLAB Adapted from Other Languages
I recently saw Steve Baker's web site while searching for something. It contains some cute (Steve's word)...
19 years ago
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Controlling Warning Messages and State
There are occasional posts on the MATLAB newsgroup, such as this one, where people ask how to control when they...
19 years ago
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My Working MATLAB Desktop Layout
A customer asked me recently to show him my preferred MATLAB desktop arrangement so I thought I would show and...
19 years ago
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Code Generation from Import Wizard
Some colleagues and I were talking to some customers recently at a seminar and asked them what some of their...
19 years ago
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Evolution of the Function isfield
Today I want to talk a bit about the function isfield and some of the history of its implementation. isfield...
19 years ago
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Working with Low Level File I/O and Encodings
I'm pleased to introduce Vadim Teverovsky, our guest blogger this week, who gives us his take on MATLAB low...
19 years ago