Sometimes showing the data in a plot is just not enough. You need to be able to emphasize the parts that are the most important for the viewer of the plot. ShadePlotForEmphasis will do just that.
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As I mention quite frequently, the best way to become Pick of the Week is to write code that solves a problem that I am having or a problem I think many other people are having. That is how I found… read more >>

In MATLAB, with tooltips, you can know what the value of a line is at a given point:

But if you want to know the value of an arbitrary point in a figure, you will want gtrack:

This is a nice… read more >>

I never even knew I needed this function until I saw it. This function basically makes your date ticks scale to the appropriate time scale, be it years, quarters or months. Very nice for that… read more >>