Published
Advanced MATLAB: Varargin and Nargin- variable inputs to a function
Most MATLAB functions are overloaded. That means that there are several ways to call them and that MATLAB will “Do The Right...
18 years ago
Published
File Promo: Hexxagon
I normally tend to the more serious side when making Picks of the Week and shy away from the games that are made with...
18 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: ‘Switch case’ vs. ‘If elseif’
This three minute video takes a look at the “Switch case” flow control statement and contrasts it with the more familiar “If...
18 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: GUIs without GUIDE
GUIDE is the standard way of creating GUIs in MATLAB, but sometimes it is better to make the GUI programmatically. This...
18 years ago
Published
Advanced MATLAB: ButtonDownFcn
This is the next in a series of advanced topics in MATLAB. My definition of “Advanced” is somewhat nebulous and arbitrary,...
18 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Functions and subfunctions
This six and a half minute video shows a function being created in MATLAB, then it shows a subfunction being added. ...
18 years ago
Published
Quality MATLAB Tutorial Blog
In the last six months, this blog has taken a sharp turn towards being a video tutorial blog. There are other blogs that...
18 years ago
Published
Practical Example: Visualizing the density of a data cloud
I was working with a MATLAB user that had a large number of data points in the form of x,y,z triples. He was mostly...
18 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Parsing code for better understanding
This six minute video shows you how to use the debugger and other tools to step through complicated code and understand what...
18 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Scalar and Vector expansion
Two minute video explains scalar and vector expansion. This helps in situations where you are adding a scalar to a matrix...
18 years ago
Published
Coaching call to debug GUI
This video is a departure from my other videos. This video captures a coaching call between Edgar and me as we debug a GUI...
18 years ago
Published
Practical example: Setting transparency on a patch
First, be sure to check out the new home of LazyWeb. We had three of the challenges closed, but there are three still open....
19 years ago
Published
Practical example: Algorithm development for making colormaps
In a recent post, I mentioned LazyWeb It worked better than I expected. Matt posted some code that I requested that will...
19 years ago
Published
LazyWeb on the File Exchange
In a recent post, I showed how Roger did a mash-up of two prior Picks. In the video, I actually made a request that someone...
19 years ago
Published
Mash-up with text message and password obscuring
One of the purposes of MATLAB Central is to encourage collaboration and code sharing in the MATLAB community. I was...
19 years ago
Published
New MATLAB contest tomorrow
I love the MATLAB contest, one of the great things about working at The MathWorks is I get to ‘play test’ the contest before...
19 years ago
Published
Advanced MATLAB: Surface plot of nonuniform data
Two minute video shows how to fit a surface to nonuniform data. Real data is not always on a nice X,Y grid, but the MATLAB...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: GUI input validation
Two minute video shows how to validate GUI input. This makes sure that user input will not break your code. This example...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Linearly spaced vectors
When I look at code written by new users, sometimes, I will see code like this: a = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB can “txt msg u :)”
People have used different methods over the years to have MATLAB alert them when MATLAB is done with a long set of...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Getting started from Excel
This is one of a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how to use...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics: Setting a background image for a GUI
I recently got a question in my inbox asking how to set the background image for a GUI. This is done by creating an axes in...
19 years ago
Published
Using the clipboard from a GUI
Many of you have surely noticed that this blog took a sharp turn towards video content since I moved to the Advanced Support...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics video: Gallery of surface plots
This is one in a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how a...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics video: Using NaN as placeholder data in graphics
This is one in a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how to uses...
19 years ago
Published
Masking typed passwords with asterisks
Sometimes really good files fly under my radar here at the File Exchange. Thankfully, my buddy Brett noticed this little...
19 years ago
Published
Cool feature: Run configurations
This cool feature will be useful to many MATLAB users that write functions and want an easy way to test them in multiple...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics video: UIGETFILE for selecting a file in a script, function or GUI
This is one in a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how to use...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics video: Colormaps
This is one of a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how to use...
19 years ago
Published
MATLAB Basics video: Interleaving data based on unique identifier
This is one in a series of videos covering MATLAB basics. It is meant for the new MATLAB user. This video covers how to take...
19 years ago