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One of MATLAB's strengths is how easy it is to document a custom function/class. The first continuous comment block is automatially displayed by the help and doc functions, with some neat automatic formatting. For example:
% myFunc My example function
%
% This function does not do anything yet, but one day will be great. For
% example, you will be able to type:
% out=myFunc(in1,in2);
% and something cool will happen.
%
% See also otherFunc
function varargout=myFunc(varargin)
% actual code
end
will have a link to the documentation for "otherFunc", assuming that file exists. Class documentation is nicely broken up into a header (with "See also" support) followed by a property and method summary.
All the above works great with one big exception: apart from highlighting uses of the file's name, there is no way to display anything but pure text. No Markdown, no LateX, and so forth. It is possible to sneak an HTML link into the comment block, calling a MATLAB command that can display a live script with fancy formatting. I have done this in the past, although it can be a little tricky for files inside a package/namespace (folders beginning with '+').
I can envision a system where fancy documentation would be buried inside an "example" subfolder where "myFunc.m" is located. Invoking "showExample myFunc", where "showExample" is a to-be-written utility, would look for a live script inside the appropriate subfolder, make a local copy for the user to tinker with, and then display that local copy in the MATLAB editor. Since the actual function function and its example woulld obviously inside a Git repository, text-based live scripts would be used instead of an *.mlx file.
Again, this all works fine on its fine on its own, but it would be very difficult to replicate the "See also" capability or the other features of the standard doc function. So what are we to do? Is there a clever way to add another block to a standard comment block "See examples" that would automatically detect scripts in a subfolder of function/class being queried?
I know there is a way to incorporate custom documentation into MATLAB help system. This is much too cumbersome for my purposes, where many functions/classes are being added/edited all the time. The existing doc system covers maybe 80% of my needs, but sometimes a little math (LaTeX) would go a long way on explaining how things work.
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In case you missed it in my overview of the MATLAB R2025a release, Markdown support has been greatly improved. This picture says it all
The attached code is an animated solution of the three body problem. On 2024b it runs perfectly fine. When we tried it on 2025a, the animation constantly hitches, the CPU usage is almost double and the runtime is much slower. The curves also look less detailed and jagged in some places. When we run it without drawing anything, the performance seems comparable between versions, but still slightly slower. All of this behavior persists across different hardware. Anybody else having this kind of problem with the new release? I'm suspecting the graphics backend changes may be the culprit here...
clc
clear
close
syms t x1(t) y1(t) x2(t) y2(t) x3(t) y3(t)
G = 6.6743 * 10^-11;
%epsilon = 1e-4
m1 = 10^12;
m2 = 1*10^12;
m3 = 1*10^12;
r1 = [x1(t),y1(t)];
K1 = 1/2 * m1 * (diff(x1(t),t)^2 + diff(y1(t),t)^2);
r2 = [x2(t),y2(t)];
K2 = 1/2 * m2 * (diff(x2(t),t)^2 + diff(y2(t),t)^2);
r3 = [x3(t),y3(t)];
K3 = 1/2 * m3 * (diff(x3(t),t)^2 + diff(y3(t),t)^2);
L1x = diff(diff(K1,diff(x1(t),t)) , t);
L1y = diff(diff(K1,diff(y1(t),t)) , t);
L2x = diff(diff(K2,diff(x2(t),t)) , t);
L2y = diff(diff(K2,diff(y2(t),t)) , t);
L3x = diff(diff(K3,diff(x3(t),t)) , t);
L3y = diff(diff(K3,diff(y3(t),t)) , t);
r12 = r2 - r1;
r13 = r3 - r1;
r23 = r3 - r2;
dlugosc_r12 = sqrt(r12(1)^2 + r12(2)^2);
dlugosc_r13 = sqrt(r13(1)^2 + r13(2)^2);
dlugosc_r23 = sqrt(r23(1)^2 + r23(2)^2);
Q12 = G * m1 * m2 / dlugosc_r12^2 * (r2-r1)/dlugosc_r12;
Q13 = G * m1 * m3 / dlugosc_r13^2 * (r3-r1)/dlugosc_r13;
Q23 = G * m2 * m3 / dlugosc_r23^2 * (r3-r2)/dlugosc_r23;
Q21 = -Q12;
Q32 = -Q23;
Q31 = -Q13;
Q1 = Q12 + Q13;
Q2 = Q21 + Q23;
Q3 = Q31 + Q32;
eqn_1_x = L1x == Q1(1);
eqn_1_y = L1y == Q1(2);
eqn_2_x = L2x == Q2(1);
eqn_2_y = L2y == Q2(2);
eqn_3_x = L3x == Q3(1);
eqn_3_y = L3y == Q3(2);
syms X1 Y1 X2 Y2 X3 Y3
Q1_num = subs(Q1,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
Q2_num = subs(Q2,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
Q3_num = subs(Q3,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
syms vx1 vy1 vx2 vy2 vx3 vy3
state_dot = [
vx1;
vy1;
vx2;
vy2;
vx3;
vy3;
Q1_num(1)/m1;
Q1_num(2)/m1;
Q2_num(1)/m2;
Q2_num(2)/m2;
Q3_num(1)/m3;
Q3_num(2)/m3
];
f = matlabFunction(state_dot, 'Vars', {sym('t'), [X1; Y1; X2; Y2; X3; Y3; vx1; vy1; vx2; vy2; vx3; vy3]});
u0 = [-1e5; %x1
0; %y1
1e5; %x2
0; %y2
0; %x3
sqrt(3)*1e5; %y3
-11/2 * 1e-3; %vx1
11/2*sqrt(3)*1e-3; %vy1
-11/2 * 1e-3; %vx2
-11/2*sqrt(3)*1e-3; %vy2
11e-3; %vx3
0]; %vy3
tspan = [0, 1e9];
%options = odeset('RelTol', 1e-15, 'AbsTol', 1e-20);
[t_sol, u_sol] = ode45(f, tspan, u0);
t_anim = linspace(t_sol(1), t_sol(end), 5000);
u_anim = interp1(t_sol, u_sol, t_anim);
%%
% figure;
tor_1 = plot(u_anim(:,1), u_anim(:,2), 'r', 'LineWidth',1.5); hold on;
tor_2 = plot(u_anim(:,3), u_anim(:,4), 'g', 'LineWidth',1.5);
tor_3 = plot(u_anim(:,5), u_anim(:,6), 'b', 'LineWidth',1.5);
% xlabel('x [m]');
% ylabel('y [m]');
% legend('Ciało 1', 'Ciało 2', 'Ciało 3');
% title('Trajektorie ciał w układzie trzech ciał');
% axis equal
% grid on;
pozycja_1 = plot(u_anim(1,1),u_anim(1,2),'ro','markersize',10,'markerface','r'); hold on
pozycja_2 = plot(u_anim(1,3),u_anim(1,4),'go','markersize',10,'markerface','g');
pozycja_3 = plot(u_anim(1,5),u_anim(1,6),'bo','markersize',10,'markerface','b');
% xlim([-2e5,2e5])
% ylim([-2e5,2e5])
axis equal
for i = 1 : 1 : length(t_sol)
set(pozycja_1,'XData', u_anim(i,1),'YData', u_anim(i,2));
set(pozycja_2,'XData', u_anim(i,3),'YData', u_anim(i,4));
set(pozycja_3,'XData', u_anim(i,5),'YData', u_anim(i,6));
set(tor_1,'XData', u_anim(1:i,1),'YData', u_anim(1:i,2));
set(tor_2,'XData', u_anim(1:i,3),'YData', u_anim(1:i,4));
set(tor_3,'XData', u_anim(1:i,5),'YData', u_anim(1:i,6));
drawnow;
% pause(0.001);
end
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Similar to what has happened with the wishlist threads (#1 #2 #3 #4 #5), the "what frustrates you about MATLAB" thread has become very large. This makes navigation difficult and increases page load times.
So here is the follow-up page.
What should you post where?
Next Gen threads (#1): features that would break compatibility with previous versions, but would be nice to have
@anyone posting a new thread when the last one gets too large (about 50 answers seems a reasonable limit per thread), please update this list in all last threads. (if you don't have editing privileges, just post a comment asking someone to do the edit)
automatisation du calcul du SSDE(Size Specific Dose Estimate )
I'm beginning this MATLAB-based numerical methods class, and as I was thinking back to my previous MATLAB/Simulink classes, I definitely remember some projects more fondly than others. One of my most memorable was where I had to use MATLAB to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) peaks. What about you guys? What are some of the best (or worst 🤭) MATLAB projects or assignments you've been given in the past?
The new figure toolstrip in R2025a was designed from multiple feedback cycles with MATLAB users. See the latest article in the Graphics and App Building blog to see the evolution of the figure toolbar from 1996-2025, learn how user feedback shaped the new toolstrip, and check out the new code-generation feature that makes interactive data exporation reproducible.
For the last day or two, I've been getting "upstream" and other various errors on Answers. Seems to come and go. Anyone else having similar issues?
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In a discussion on LInkedin about my recent blog post, Do these 3 things to increase the reach of your open source MATLAB toolbox, I was asked by "Could you elaborate on why someone might consider opening/sharing their code? Thinking of early-career researchers, what might be in it for them?"
I'll give my answer here but I'm more interested in yours. How would you have answered this?
This is what I said:
- It's the right thing to do scientifically. A computational paper is essentially just an advertisement of what you've done. The code contains vital details about how you actually did it. A computational paper is incomplete without the code.
- If you only describe your algorithm in a paper, I have to implement it before I can apply your research to my problem. If you share the code, I can get started much more quickly using your research. This means I publish faster and since I am a good scientist, this means you get cited faster.
- Other scientists start off as users of your code. This leads to citations. Over time, some of them start deeply using and modifying your code, this leads to collaborators.
- Once you decide to share code via something like GitHub, you quickly start adopting good software engineering practices without initially realizing it. This improves the quality of your research since adopting good software practices makes it more likely that your software will give the right answers.
That last point can be a little hard to get your head around sometimes. Even if all you do is use file upload to get your stuff onto GitHub (i.e. you're not using git properly yet) you will start to naturally converge towards better code.
Why? Because as soon as you share code, you have to solve the problem of getting it to run on someone else's machine.
A trivial example concerns hard coded paths, for example. If you only ever run it on your machine then having a line like datafile = "C:\Mystuff\data.csv" always works but it breaks as soon as I try to run it on my machine. You'll look at this and think "Maybe there's a better way to do that".
Similarly dependencies. Your Path may be full of stuff that isn't present on my machine. As soon as I try to run your code, it won't work and you'll have to figure out how to handle dependencies in a reproducible way.
Documentation! An empty README.md is no good if you expect me to know how to use your code. You at least have to say something like "To run this, type runme(N) into MATLAB where N is the size of the model...etc etc)
The act of sharing, and dealing with the consequences, leads to much better code than if you keep it to yourself.
As far as I can tell, there is still no official support for creating publication-ready tables from regression output, either as latex or natively. Although MATLAB isn't primarily statistical software, this still seems like an oversight, as almost any similar software has this capability built-in or as a package.
The MATLAB R2025a release gave figures a makeover. @Brian Knolhoff, a developer on the Figure Infrastructure and Services team, reviews the new Figure Container in the Graphics and App Building blog.
Learn the four ways to tile figures, what docking means, and other new features.
Due to MATLAB being banned in some mainland Chinese universities in 2020, in recent years a Chinese company called "Suzhou Tongyuan SoftControl" has completely imitated MATLAB’s behavior. Below are some screenshots as evidence. What is your opinion on this issue?
Source: Syslab 帮助文档-苏州同元软控
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After waiting for a long time, the MathWorks official Community has finally resumed some of its functionalitys! Congratulations! Next, I’d like to share some thoughts to help prevent such outages from happening again, as they have affected far too many people.
- Almost all resources rely solely on MathWorks servers. Once a failure (or a ransomware attack) occurs, everything is paralyzed, and there isn’t even a temporary backup server? For a big company like MathWorks to have no contingency plan at all is eye-opening. This tells us that we should have our own temporary emergency servers!
- The impact should be minimized. For example, many users need to connect to the official servers to download various support packages, such as the “Deep Learning Toolbox Converter for ONNX Model Format.” Could these be backed up and mirrored to the “releases” section of a GitHub repository, so users in need can download them.
- A large proportion of users who have already installed MATLAB cannot access the online help documentation. Since R2023a, installing the help documentation locally has become optional. This only increases the burden on the servers？ Moreover, the official website only hosts documentation for the past five years. That means after 2028, if I haven’t installed the local offline documentation, I won’t be able to access the online documentation for R2023a anymore?
Anything else you’d like to add? Feel free to leave a comment.
The following lines were added to the subplot function in version 2025a (line 291):
if ancestorFigure.Units == "normalized"
waitfor(ancestorFigure,'FigureViewReady',true);
end
That code isn't in version 2024a.
Because of this, I'm experiencing issues that cause the code to stop running when using subplot in this way:
figure('Units','normalized','Position',[0 0 0.3 0.3])
subplot(1,2,1)
...
Has anyone else encountered this error?
Does anyone understand the need for those lines of code?
It is April 3, 2025 now. Where is the MATLAB 2025a?
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