{"id":2694,"date":"2011-03-25T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2011\/03\/25\/looking-back-2005-in-review\/"},"modified":"2016-06-09T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T14:59:21","slug":"looking-back-2005-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2011\/03\/25\/looking-back-2005-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: 2005 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my last post<\/a>, 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.\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\nCONFPLOT<\/a>\r\n

Michele Giugliano<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Extends errorbar <\/a> to plot a line within a shaded \"confidence area\" <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nRELEASE 14 DEMOS\r\n

Stuart McGarrity<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSHADOWPLOT<\/a>\r\n

Scott Hirsch<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Add a shadow to an existing surface plot <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nLEGACY CODE TOOL<\/a>\r\n

Tom Erkkinen<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Incorporates legacy code into Simulink <\/a> model <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nTHRESH_TOOL<\/a>\r\n

Bob Bemis<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Interactive image thresholding tool <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n MMPOLAR<\/a>\r\n

Duane Hanselman<\/p>\r\n

Configurable polar plot <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nCARRIER & SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY<\/a>\r\n

Dick Benson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Implements a contemporary symbol timing recovery scheme <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nZOOM TO CURSOR<\/a>\r\n

Brett Shoelson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Dynamic, scalable zoom following the motion of the cursor <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n VISUALIZATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA<\/a>\r\n

Miguel<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n GOOGLE COUNT<\/a>\r\n

Jonathan Archer<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nBUBBLE PLOT<\/a>\r\n

J. David Cogdell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plot 3 or 4 variables - third variable is symbol size, fourth is symbol color <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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MATLAB MONITORING TOOL<\/p>\r\n

Joe Conte<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Displays real time state of MATLAB, Handle Graphics, and Java <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nREAL-TIME STOCK VIEWER<\/a>\r\n

Brian Kiernan<\/a>, maintained by Michael Weidman<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plot and analyze live market data from Bloomberg or Yahoo <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nVANITY<\/a>\r\n

Dimitri Shvorob<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Display and record your File Exchange statistics <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nAREASHADE<\/a>\r\n

Andreas<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Shades areas between a curve and a fixed threshold <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nGUI BUILDING TUTORIAL<\/a>\r\n

Doug Hull<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Five-minute video about building GUIs in MATLAB <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nASCII IMAGE<\/a>\r\n

Nasar Ahmad<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Generate an image with all printabe ASCII characters <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nASCII TEXT IMAGE GENERATOR<\/a>\r\n

Federico Forte<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Converts a generic image into an ASCII text image <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nGUI EXAMPLES USING NESTED FUNCTIONS<\/a>\r\n

Steven Lord<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Two examples that demonstrate how to use nested functions to reduce parameter passing in GUIs <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nWORLDMAPDATA<\/a>\r\n

Kelly Luetkemeyer<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Map a region using data from a shapefile or data grid <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nSUPLABEL<\/a>\r\n

Ben Barrowes<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Places text as a title, xlabel, or ylabel on a group of subplots <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nTOSAVEDWORKSPACE<\/a>\r\n

Michael Robbins<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Saves all workspace variables to a structure <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nALLOWAXESTOGROW<\/a>\r\n

Matt Caywood<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

One-click axes zoom for better visibility <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nVISUAL TIMING REPORT FOR DISTRIBUTED TASKS<\/a>\r\n

Russell Goyder<\/a>, maintained by Jos Martin<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Create a visual representation of when and where each task in a distributed computing job executes <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n SIMULATION PAUSE BLOCK<\/a>\r\n

Don Orofino<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Conditionally enter debug mode from a Simulink model <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nSTRUCTURE EXPLORER<\/a>\r\n

Hassan Lahdili<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

MATLAB utility for exploring structures and plotting its fields <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n CODE WASH<\/a>\r\n

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Format your MATLAB code <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nCUSTOM DATACURSORMODE<\/a>\r\n

Phil Goddard<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Custom callback function for datacursormode to display value of all lines on a plot <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n WILL CODE FOR FOOD (OR FREE)<\/a>\r\n

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A call for users' tips and tricks <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nBULLINACHINASHOP<\/a>\r\n

Michael Robbins<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Asks the user to re-type a statement to ensure he is paying attention <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nMP3WRITE and MP3READ<\/a>\r\n

Alfredo Fernandez<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

MP3 audio encoding\/decoding <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n FLIPARRAY<\/a>\r\n

Duane Hanselman<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSUDOKU<\/a>\r\n

Stefan Bleeck<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Sudoku for MATLAB <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nRUBIK'S CUBE<\/a>\r\n

Alexander Mueller<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Rubik's Cube for MATLAB <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n RUBIK'S CUBE<\/a>\r\n

Alexander Mueller<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Rubik's Cube for MATLAB <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nNUM2CLIP<\/a>\r\n

Grigor Browning<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Copy numerical arrays to clipboard as a tab-delimited string <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n GETSET<\/a>\r\n

Duane Hanselman<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nADVANCED GUIDE TECHNIQUES (PART II)<\/a>\r\n

Doug Hull<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Advanced techniques in GUI building with GUIDE, including multi-window GUIs, application <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n USING HTML IN THE COMMAND WINDOW<\/a>\r\n

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Programming tip, for useful error messages <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nFIGURE WINDOW ALWAYS ON TOP<\/a>\r\n

John Anderson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Avoid obscuring figure windows by ensuring they always remain on top <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nBPM COUNTER<\/a>\r\n

Joerg Bitzer<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Helps you keep a tempo by counting beats per minute <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Anil Prasad<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

GUI-driven graphics digitizer <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Mike Woodward<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Simulink-generated flags from around the world <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Jiro Doke<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Get object properties in specified units without changing the Units property <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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A programming tip for setting your figures to docked by default <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nHANDLING LARGE DATA SETS EFFICIENTLY IN MATLAB<\/a>\r\n

Stuart McGarrity<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Tips and tricks <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nFIND FREE FILE-NAME<\/a>\r\n

Miroslav Balda<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Searches for a free name in specified directory <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nLASER TRACKING<\/a>\r\n

Rainer F.<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Find centroid of a monochrome laserspot within a dark background <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\nXMAS TREE<\/a>\r\n

Marc L\u00e4tzel<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Draws a decorated Christmas tree <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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