Walter Roberson
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How to extract before and after a character up to a certain limit?
regexp(str, {'(?<=z)[^c]+', '(?<=c)[^z]+'}, 'match','once')
5 hours ago | 1
How can I add curves to the Bode plot?
Use bodeplot() instead of bode() . bode() calls bodeplot() but does not return the handles that you need to get to the axes obje...
6 hours ago | 0
matlab 2020 installation for me
You are using the Symbolic Toolbox in R2014a. Somewhere around release R2015b, the solve() function was upgraded and is now bett...
6 hours ago | 0
How to fix this error Index exceeds the number of array elements (1) for a linear advection problem ?
for i=1:xmax if (0<=x(i))&&(x(i)<=50) u0(i)=0; elseif (50<=x(i))&&(x(i)<=110) u0(i)=100*sin(pi*(x-50...
6 hours ago | 0
Why setAttribute fails when passing one string as the value in 2016b?
string objects were introduced in r2016b, and it took a couple of releases for them to be accepted by all functions. Simulink in...
17 hours ago | 1
Output argument "T" (and maybe others) not assigned during call to "StdAtm".
Same basic reason as https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/601621-getting-error-unrecognized-function-or-variable#answ...
20 hours ago | 0
solution of 3d nonlinear equation
x_p = 4; y_p = 5; z_p = 2; x_1 = 8; y_1 = 9; z_1 = 5; x_2 = 2; y_2 = 5; z_2 = 1; x_3 = 6; y_3 = 1; z_3 = 3; t1 = 5.692820*...
21 hours ago | 0
Converting CSV files to xlsm excel worksheet
Because you have a mix of datatypes in the file, I recommend that you fopen() each file, and that you textscan() the next two li...
21 hours ago | 0
Does anyone know of a function that will take timeseries data and find 12-hour averages throughout (day and night averages)?
Convert the timeseries to a timetable object, TT, and use rt = TT.Properties.RowTimes; first_day = dateshift(rt(1), 'start, '...
21 hours ago | 0
Unable to open openExample('nav/GenerateAlternativeTrajectoriesForReferencePathExample')
referencePathFrenet was introduce in R2020b, whereas you have R2020a.
22 hours ago | 0
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How to solve the Gompertz Equation
r= (0.349) t = (1790:10:1860)'; E= k.*(p/k).^exp(-r*t); Okay, so -r*t is between -0.349*1790 and -0.349*1860 which is roughly...
22 hours ago | 0
simple problem with double integral, why give me an error?
I did not do a detailed analysis, but at the moment it looks to me as if iterm can only be complex valued if log(t-ti(i)) is c...
22 hours ago | 0
How can i implement subtraction without using for-loop ?
JminusK = J - permute(K, [3 2 1]); The size of JminusK will be 1000 x 7 x 16.
22 hours ago | 0
How can I improve this really slow code, which consists of several nested for loops?
If you can, arrange DifferenceMap to accept a vector of T values. In the ode45() call, instead of passing in the two-element vec...
23 hours ago | 0
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How to plot non-square 3 dimensional matrix?
Example: %create some data for demonstration lat = sort(rand(49,1))*180-90; long = sort(rand(65,1))*360-180; alt = sort(rand...
23 hours ago | 0
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can't find the solution of the equation
D is a vector, so your eqn is a vector. When you pass more than one equation to solve(), then you are asking solve() to find th...
23 hours ago | 0
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Using fzero to find variation
If you know the optimal D and optimal tension, and you have a function that calculates tension given D, then if you find the zer...
23 hours ago | 0
Pareto Front of the multi-objective problem
for both gamultiobj() and paretosearch() you can add an OutputFcn to the options structure. If you look at https://www.mathwork...
24 hours ago | 0
Getting Error: Unrecognized Function or Variable
If your balloon starts descending before it reaches 32000 units, then it will reach the ground, h < 0, which is a condition not ...
24 hours ago | 0
Download Matlab 2019a
If you have authorization to download MATLAB then https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/web_downloads/download_release?release=R2...
1 day ago | 0
Node degree from lat/lon
Is there a way of finding the most commonly occuring pairs from an array? You do not have a graph, so you cannot use graph() ob...
1 day ago | 0
MATLAB code never stops running (infinite loop)
Around line 62 or so you have for n=1:now Within that for loop, around line 140 or so you have if m ==1 ...
1 day ago | 0
File extension not recognized
You need to apply detectImportOptions onto a particular filename, not to a wildcard file extension. You cannot extend detectImpo...
1 day ago | 0
To restore the original image dimension after applying masks.
Your code to apply the mask to img does not change the size of img. If you need to get out something that is the size of I afte...
1 day ago | 0
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Disable font smoothing in colorbar object
cb = colorbar(appropriate_axes); cb.Ruler.FontSmoothing = 'off';
1 day ago | 1
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colorbar no longer supported in GUIDE 2020a - quick fix?
this dialogue only appears when I open the .fig file in GUIDE (i.e. right clicking on the file in Matlab environment and selecti...
1 day ago | 0
Problem with Matlab Standalone Application
Symbolic Toolbox can never be compiled.
1 day ago | 1
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How do I plot contours colours within ranges?
contourf() and pass in a specific list of contour level values. Combine that with a custom colormap and probably the caxis() com...
1 day ago | 0
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Take Xor between Hexadecimal and binary
Provided that you do not have more than 64 bits, the easiest approach is to convert them both to decimal, use bitxor() with appr...
1 day ago | 0
to load Matlab executable once and keep calling the function many times?
If you know the number ahead of time, perhaps pass it as a command line argument? At least if your executable is MATLAB and not ...
1 day ago | 0
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