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Jiro<\/a>'s picks this week are ccc<\/tt><\/a> by Chad Greene<\/a> and clr<\/tt><\/a> by Brenden Epps<\/a><\/p>

Yes, this week's picks are these 3 lines of code:<\/p>

clear all<\/span>\r\nclose all<\/span>\r\nclc\r\n<\/pre>
Is this a joke?! No, not really.<\/p>
In my day-to-day job as an application engineer, I show how MATLAB can be used to solve people's problems. When I'm in front of customers, I do demo after demo, switching context left and right. I need a quick way to reset everything so that I can show the next thing they need to see. I need to run the three commands above frequently during any single customer engagement.<\/p>
ccc<\/tt> and clr<\/tt> both accomplish this with a short, single command. It seems very trivial, but it's probably one of the most used commands in my job. I also use the toolstrip and shortcuts often, so I have a shortcut for ccc<\/tt>.<\/p>
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The code behind it is<\/p>
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Note that I actually use \"close all force\" to close any hidden figures.<\/p>
By the way, there's an interesting discussion about the use of \"clear all\" in the comments<\/a> section. Personally, I think it's okay as long as you know what it does, and in my case it makes sense for my day-to-day work.<\/p>
Comments<\/b><\/p>
Tell us<\/a> about your simple shortcut commands you created to make your life just a little easier. Also, if you do have a command or a shortcut for clearing everything, what do you call it? My colleagues Sean calls it cll<\/tt> and Brett calls his purge<\/tt>. Feel free to leave a comment for Chad<\/a> or Brenden<\/a> as well.<\/p>