I intend to have as few rules as possible about comments on this blog. I may add new rules as the need arises. I will delete or not answer comments that consist largely of questions about... read more >>

This is a repost of an article I wrote early on in this blog's history. Since there continue to be frequent questions on the MATLAB newsgroup regarding processing a set of files, I... read more >>

We have heard repeatedly over the years that users would like a tool to help clean up the workspace by choosing selected variables to retain. The function clear, has logic... read more >>

Google recently made a splash about its e-api-tools-for.html latest language tools. Translating one computer language to another is useful but passé. But suppose you could translate a computer... read more >>

Recently someone at MathWorks asked me how he could automate the renaming of a bunch of M-files containing underscores ('_') in the names with derived names that removed the underscores and used... read more >>

In the past, when you opened a file in a MATLAB program, you had to keep track of it so you could close it under all possible conditions, i.e., if reading or... read more >>

The first 2008 semi-annual release of MathWorks products is now available, R2008a. Over the next few months, some of my blog articles will highlight new features.
 
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Do you ever need both the minimum and maximum values on the same data? Sometimes I do, for example, when I want to tweak the limits of a 2-dimensional plot. So... read more >>

New Simulink Blog on mathworks.com I'm very pleased to announce that we have a new blog on mathworks.com. We now have Seth on Simulink. Please read his blog for insight into Simulink, how... read more >>

The MATLAB function accumarray seems to be under-appreciated. accumarray allows you to aggregate items in an array in the way that you specify. Contents ... read more >>