{"id":2094,"date":"2016-08-05T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/steve\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T18:49:26","slug":"friday-matlab-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/steve\/2016\/08\/05\/friday-matlab-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday MATLAB Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\"><p>There are some MathWorkers who like to try to stump each other with pictures of \"mystery items.\" For example, last week someone posted the following picture and challenged others to guess what it is:<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/steve\/files\/mystery-item.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <\/p><p>OK, blog readers, today I offer you a \"Friday MATLAB Mystery.\"<\/p><p>A MATLAB designer I know has a habit of using this plot for design mocks:<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/steve\/files\/mystery-item-05-aug-2016.png\" alt=\"\"> <\/p><p>Who can tell me what this plot is?<\/p><p>Bonus question: what is the mystery item pictured at the top of this post?<\/p><script language=\"JavaScript\"> <!-- \r\n    function grabCode_4a3f4a00b9974fd6b571830445ed8f2e() {\r\n        \/\/ Remember the title so we can use it in the new page\r\n        title = document.title;\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Break up these strings so that their presence\r\n        \/\/ in the Javascript doesn't mess up the search for\r\n        \/\/ the MATLAB code.\r\n        t1='4a3f4a00b9974fd6b571830445ed8f2e ' + '##### ' + 'SOURCE BEGIN' + ' #####';\r\n        t2='##### ' + 'SOURCE END' + ' #####' + ' 4a3f4a00b9974fd6b571830445ed8f2e';\r\n    \r\n        b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];\r\n        i1=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t1)+t1.length;\r\n        i2=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t2);\r\n \r\n        code_string = b.innerHTML.substring(i1, i2);\r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH\/g,'--');\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Use \/x3C\/g instead of the less-than character to avoid errors \r\n        \/\/ in the XML parser.\r\n        \/\/ Use '\\x26#60;' instead of '<' so that the XML parser\r\n        \/\/ doesn't go ahead and substitute the less-than character. \r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/\\x3C\/g, '\\x26#60;');\r\n\r\n        copyright = 'Copyright 2016 The MathWorks, Inc.';\r\n\r\n        w = window.open();\r\n        d = w.document;\r\n        d.write('<pre>\\n');\r\n        d.write(code_string);\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Add copyright line at the bottom if specified.\r\n        if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n            d.writeln('');\r\n            d.writeln('%%');\r\n            if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + copyright + '_');\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        d.write('<\/pre>\\n');\r\n\r\n        d.title = title + ' (MATLAB code)';\r\n        d.close();\r\n    }   \r\n     --> <\/script><p style=\"text-align: right; 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