When MATLAB throws an error, if you are in a function, you will end up at the base workspace and lose access to the variables as they were in the function when the error was thrown. This makes it… read more >>

This short video covers the difference between a “structure of arrays” and an “array of… read more >>

This short video starts with two minutes of trying every widget on the example GUI. Then there is five and a half minutes of showing the callbacks on the widgets.

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I am trying something new this week: the MATLAB Puzzler.
Rather than just work one of the Practical Examples directly, I am doing it in two parts. The first I will pose the MATLAB puzzler and say how… read more >>

In the past we covered how to use UIGETFILE as an alternative to hardcoding the name of a file in your program. [click here] In this video, we will show how MATLAB can get a directory listing and use… read more >>

It was about a year and a half ago when I posted about using the profiler to find bottlenecks in your MATLAB code [click here]. This week’s video covers two quick and easy ways of timing your… read more >>

January t-shirt winner will be announced on Friday. There is no survey for this video, but you can still get in on last week’s survey to win a MATLAB t-shirt.
This two and a quarter minute… read more >>

This three minute video takes a look at the “Switch case” flow control statement and contrasts it with the more familiar “If elseif” flow control statement.
Often times,… read more >>

This six and a half minute video shows a function being created in MATLAB, then it shows a subfunction being added. Functions are a way of adding to the MATLAB language. This video shows the… read more >>

This six minute video shows you how to use the debugger and other tools to step through complicated code and understand what is really going on. By taking a complicated expression and breaking it… read more >>