Michelle Hirsch

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78 total contributions since 2011

I'm the head of MATLAB Product Management at The MathWorks. I've been a heavy user of MATLAB since the mid 90s, and now work to represent the voice of the user as we continue to improve MATLAB. Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you'd like to see us work on.
Professional Interests: MATLAB

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Yesterday I was participation a webinar Using MATLAB with Python but I could hear the sound. Is these webinar recorded on a video that I can see?
The recording is available here: https://www.mathworks.com/videos/using-matlab-with-python-1591216182793.html

8 months ago | 0

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Read Excel file with Matlab
If the data in your spreadsheet is largely tabular, you'll likely be happier reading it into a table. tables allow you to mix nu...

11 months ago | 2

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How do I use suptitle in my subplot
This capability is now built into core MATLAB. sgtitle ("Add title to subplot grid") was introduced in 18b. We also introduced t...

12 months ago | 7

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Time Series Viewer
Interactive tool for plotting time series.

1 year ago | 5 downloads |

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timetick - legacy
Time formatted tick labels.

1 year ago | 1 download |

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Useful Figure Management Utilities
Simple utilities for managing the positioning of bunch of on-screen figure windows in MATLAB.

1 year ago | 8 downloads |

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xlswrite - legacy
Easily create a Microsoft Excel format spreadsheet from MATLAB®.

1 year ago | 6 downloads |

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timestr
String representation of time without date in MATLAB

1 year ago | 1 download |

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Reshape triggered data acquisition analog input data
This is a utility function for use with the Data Acquisition Toolbox for MATLAB.

1 year ago | 1 download |

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linelabel
Label lines in a plot by clicking on them. Nice and simple.

1 year ago | 2 downloads |

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Does Notebook Suite still exist
The Notebook interface has been removed. The documentation mentions this change and points to the Live Editor as an alternative:...

2 years ago | 2

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Missing Plot Tools button in Matlab 2018b
Plot tools are still there, though we are starting to favor workflows like using the new inspector (now the last button on the ...

2 years ago | 0

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How to deploy a MATLAB GUI in a web applicaiton
Likely too late for the op, but MATLAB now has the ability to deploy apps built with App Designer directly to web pages: <htt...

2 years ago | 1

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Resize image before export to excel
The easiest way to adjust the size is to change the size of the figure before it is copied to the clipboard because hgexport hon...

2 years ago | 0

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Quick Folder Navigation
Utilities for quickly jumping through folders and grabbing files

3 years ago | 1 download |

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Documentation of Editor API
These functions are documented through their source code help, though there are no reference pages. Our intention is that the ed...

3 years ago | 1

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How do I pick the largest peaks in a region?
If you are up for replacing the peak finding, and have Signal Processing Toolbox, you could consider trying <https://www.mathwor...

3 years ago | 1

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How do I add markers when using plotyy?
Easy Answer: If you are using R2016a or newer, use <https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/yyaxis.html yyaxis> instead of plo...

4 years ago | 1

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blink
Blinking text in graphics windows

4 years ago | 2 downloads |

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Example: Using Nested Functions for Timers
Example code from MATLAB News & Notes article on nested functions.

4 years ago | 1 download |

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Startup MATLAB in last working folder
Directions for having MATLAB® start in the last working folder.

4 years ago | 1 download |

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License renewal problems Matlab
My recommendation would be to contact support. You can reach them here: <http://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/>

4 years ago | 0

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Converting matlab code to python
I'm not sure about converting the code, but there are a few other ways you might be able to connect your MATLAB algorithms with ...

5 years ago | 1

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plotting circles
It's counter-intuitive, but this is actually really easy with the rectangle function. From the <http://www.mathworks.com/help/ma...

5 years ago | 12

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Adding vertical line to plot?
Woohoo - this is built into MATLAB now, as of R2018b! You can use xline and yline to create lines with constant x or y values re...

5 years ago | 34

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Large Integer problem
I'm 5 years late to the party, but another lightweight way to address this specific behavior is to force the variables to be int...

5 years ago | 0

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Exclude unnecessary toolboxes in 2015
If I understand this correctly, there are really two different pieces of the standalone executable: * The MATLAB Runtime. Thi...

5 years ago | 2

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Add a background gradient to plots
Add a background gradient to plot axes to make them look a little fancy.

5 years ago | 7 downloads |