{"id":130,"date":"2008-03-04T13:14:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/loren\/2008\/03\/04\/release-r2008a-available\/"},"modified":"2016-07-31T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T19:07:15","slug":"release-r2008a-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/loren\/2008\/03\/04\/release-r2008a-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Release R2008a Available"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first 2008 semi-annual release of MathWorks products is now available, R2008a<\/a>. Over the next few months, some of my blog articles will highlight new features.<\/p>\n

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  • Highlights of Highlights of New Features for MATLAB<\/a><\/li>\n
  • What Are Yours?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    Highlights of Highlights of New Features for MATLAB<\/a><\/h3>\n

    Here's a very short list, in no particular order, of some of my favorite new MATLAB features in this release.<\/p>\n

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    • Configurations for publishing M-files, especially functions<\/li>\n
    • Data brushing and data linking, from interactive tools<\/li>\n
    • Enhanced object-oriented programming capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Define your own cleanup tasks with onCleanup<\/tt><\/a><\/li>\n
    • clearvars<\/tt><\/a> for clearing variable from memory, with -except<\/tt> allows you to specify which variables to keep.<\/li>\n
    • Create a 2-D table<\/a> for a user interface: uitable<\/tt><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

      What Are Yours?<\/a><\/h3>\n

      After perusing the release notes or using R2008a, I wonder what your favorite new features are. Let me know here<\/a>.<\/p>\n