Category Archives: Stock Matlab function

Preallocation performance

Preallocation is a standard Matlab speedup technique. Still, it has several undocumented aspects.

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Spy Easter egg take 2

The default spy Easter-egg image in the spy function has recently changed.

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Expanding urlread capabilities

The built-in urlread functions has severe limitations. This article explains how to solve them.

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Profiling Matlab memory usage

mtic and mtoc were a couple of undocumented features that enabled users of past Matlab releases to easily profile memory usage.

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Matlab mex in-place editing

Editing Matlab arrays in-place can be an important technique for optimizing calculations. This article shows how to do it using Mex.

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MLintFailureFiles or: Why can’t I save my m-file?!

Sometimes Matlab gets into a state where it cannot use a valid m-file. This article explains what can be done.

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