File Exchange Pick of the Week

Our best user submissions

Looking Back: 2005 in Review

In my last post, I started to index all of the File Exchange submissions that had been selected as "Picks of the Week." This week, I continue the process, highlighting all of the files that were chosen in 2005.

Title/Author/Summary/Notes Image
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CONFPLOT

Michele Giugliano

Extends errorbar to plot a line within a shaded "confidence area"

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RELEASE 14 DEMOS

Stuart McGarrity

NOTE: These files are no longer on the File Exchange.

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SHADOWPLOT

Scott Hirsch

Add a shadow to an existing surface plot

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LEGACY CODE TOOL

Tom Erkkinen

Incorporates legacy code into Simulink model

NOTE: This is now incorporated directly into Simulink. See this link.

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THRESH_TOOL

Bob Bemis

Interactive image thresholding tool

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MMPOLAR

Duane Hanselman

Configurable polar plot

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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CARRIER & SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY

Dick Benson

Implements a contemporary symbol timing recovery scheme

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ZOOM TO CURSOR

Brett Shoelson

Dynamic, scalable zoom following the motion of the cursor

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VISUALIZATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA

Miguel

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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GOOGLE COUNT

Jonathan Archer

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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BUBBLE PLOT

J. David Cogdell

Plot 3 or 4 variables - third variable is symbol size, fourth is symbol color

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MATLAB MONITORING TOOL

Joe Conte

Displays real time state of MATLAB, Handle Graphics, and Java

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REAL-TIME STOCK VIEWER

Brian Kiernan, maintained by Michael Weidman

Plot and analyze live market data from Bloomberg or Yahoo

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VANITY

Dimitri Shvorob

Display and record your File Exchange statistics

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AREASHADE

Andreas

Shades areas between a curve and a fixed threshold

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GUI BUILDING TUTORIAL

Doug Hull

Five-minute video about building GUIs in MATLAB

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ASCII IMAGE

Nasar Ahmad

Generate an image with all printabe ASCII characters

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ASCII TEXT IMAGE GENERATOR

Federico Forte

Converts a generic image into an ASCII text image

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GUI EXAMPLES USING NESTED FUNCTIONS

Steven Lord

Two examples that demonstrate how to use nested functions to reduce parameter passing in GUIs

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WORLDMAPDATA

Kelly Luetkemeyer

Map a region using data from a shapefile or data grid

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SUPLABEL

Ben Barrowes

Places text as a title, xlabel, or ylabel on a group of subplots

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TOSAVEDWORKSPACE

Michael Robbins

Saves all workspace variables to a structure

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ALLOWAXESTOGROW

Matt Caywood

One-click axes zoom for better visibility

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VISUAL TIMING REPORT FOR DISTRIBUTED TASKS

Russell Goyder, maintained by Jos Martin

Create a visual representation of when and where each task in a distributed computing job executes

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SIMULATION PAUSE BLOCK

Don Orofino

Conditionally enter debug mode from a Simulink model

NOTE: This is now incorporated directly into Simulink. See this link.

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STRUCTURE EXPLORER

Hassan Lahdili

MATLAB utility for exploring structures and plotting its fields

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CODE WASH

Format your MATLAB code

NOTE: This file has been removed, but the functionality is now a part of the MATLAB editor. See this link.

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CUSTOM DATACURSORMODE

Phil Goddard

Custom callback function for datacursormode to display value of all lines on a plot

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WILL CODE FOR FOOD (OR FREE)

A call for users' tips and tricks

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BULLINACHINASHOP

Michael Robbins

Asks the user to re-type a statement to ensure he is paying attention

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MP3WRITE and MP3READ

Alfredo Fernandez

MP3 audio encoding/decoding

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FLIPARRAY

Duane Hanselman

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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SUDOKU

Stefan Bleeck

Sudoku for MATLAB

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RUBIK'S CUBE

Alexander Mueller

Rubik's Cube for MATLAB

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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RUBIK'S CUBE

Alexander Mueller

Rubik's Cube for MATLAB

NOTE: This file has been removed, but here are some others to consider.

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NUM2CLIP

Grigor Browning

Copy numerical arrays to clipboard as a tab-delimited string

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GETSET

Duane Hanselman

NOTE: This file has been removed from the File Exchange.

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ADVANCED GUIDE TECHNIQUES (PART II)

Doug Hull

Advanced techniques in GUI building with GUIDE, including multi-window GUIs, application

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USING HTML IN THE COMMAND WINDOW

Programming tip, for useful error messages

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FIGURE WINDOW ALWAYS ON TOP

John Anderson

Avoid obscuring figure windows by ensuring they always remain on top

NOTE: This file was written in C-generated DLL, callable from MATLAB via the MEX interface.

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BPM COUNTER

Joerg Bitzer

Helps you keep a tempo by counting beats per minute

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DIGITIZE2

Anil Prasad

GUI-driven graphics digitizer

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FLAGS

Mike Woodward

Simulink-generated flags from around the world

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GETINUNITS

Jiro Doke

Get object properties in specified units without changing the Units property

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DEFAULT DOCKED FIGURES

A programming tip for setting your figures to docked by default

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HANDLING LARGE DATA SETS EFFICIENTLY IN MATLAB

Stuart McGarrity

Tips and tricks

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FIND FREE FILE-NAME

Miroslav Balda

Searches for a free name in specified directory

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LASER TRACKING

Rainer F.

Find centroid of a monochrome laserspot within a dark background

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XMAS TREE

Marc Lätzel

Draws a decorated Christmas tree

You can read the original blog posts for each of these picks by clicking on the names of the files and following the links to the "Pick of the Week" tag. As always, your comments are welcome.




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