
Yair Altman
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Website: http://UndocumentedMatlab.com
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Author of "Accelerating MATLAB Performance" book:
http://UndocumentedMatlab.com/books/matlab-performance
Author of "Undocumented Secrets of MATLAB-Java Programming" book:
http://UndocumentedMatlab.com/books/matlab-java
MSc Computer Science, BSc Physics (both with top honors)
Professional programmer and manager since 1991
Contact me: altmany at gmail.com
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checkClass - inspect a Java/Matlab/Python/COM/C++/.NET class
inspect a Java/MCOS/Python/COM/C++/.NET object or name and display its methods, properties, events, superclasses, subclasses, co...
10 days ago | 10 downloads |

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export_fig
Publication-quality export of Matlab figures and axes to various vector & bitmap formats
12 days ago | 1497 downloads |

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AVML - Matlab connector to Alpha-Vantage
Matlab connector to Alpha-Vantage
1 month ago | 0 downloads |

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IQML - Matlab connector to IQFeed
Matlab connector to IQFeed optimized for reliability, ease-of-use, functionality and performance (including parallelization)
2 months ago | 2 downloads |

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cprintf - display formatted colored text in Command Window
Displays sprintf-formatted strings in the Command Window using the specified color/underline style
2 months ago | 118 downloads |

Matlab class property specification
Starting in 16a, you can use the new syntax as long as you don't specify the dimensions. In other words, the following 2 propery...
3 months ago | 2
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str2number - Fast replacement for str2num and str2double
Fast replacement for str2num and str2double; converts simple scalar input string(s) to number(s)
4 months ago | 6 downloads |
Any simple ideas to improve performance of reading long (10 GB scale) .csv file?
If you need to read the entire file for some reason, then try to use parallelization with multiple workers. Each worker would re...
4 months ago | 0
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propertiesGUI - display data in editable context-aware table
propertiesGUI processes and displays a list of data property values in a context-aware GUI table
4 months ago | 7 downloads |

Operand stack and Execution stack Error using append_pdfs
append_pdfs only accepts PDF input files, not PNG files or any other non-PDF files
4 months ago | 0
How to add multiple styles to my uiTree?
This looks like an internal Matlab bug. Specifically, after deleting nodes, the uitree's internal StyleConfigurationStorage prop...
5 months ago | 0
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how to find brushed data
In the new graphics system (R2014b onward), the brushed data info can be extracted from the hidden/undocumented BrushHandles pro...
7 months ago | 1
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Exporting images (png) through export_fig - painfully slow
Try to either reduce the resolution (the -r450 part), or to save as a vector-graphics image (PDF/EPS) rather than a PNG bitmap.
8 months ago | 0
How to save very large image to original resolution
Try to use export_fig's sister image-export utility, ScreenCapture: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24323-s...
9 months ago | 0
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findjobj - find java handles of Matlab graphic objects
Find java objects contained within a specified java container or Matlab GUI handle
9 months ago | 56 downloads |

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ScreenCapture - screenshot of component, figure or screen
ScreenCapture gets a screen-capture image of any Matlab GUI handle, or specified screen area rectangle
10 months ago | 57 downloads |

Can I somehow improve performance of str2double?
I use the following function to convert a cell-array of strings to a cell-array of numeric values (where applicable) - it is ~2-...
1 year ago | 3
Speed issues with Matlab code compiled using SDK compiler for Python
Perhaps your deployed environment is different from your Matlab &D one. For example, perhaps you can access a GPU on the R&D env...
1 year ago | 0
How To Clear Java Heap Space Memory????
Clearing Matlab's Java heap space has been long awaited, but I'm afraid that the suggested submission (Davide Tabarelli's JavaHe...
1 year ago | 2
Import data tool speed
The import tool GUI only shows you a preview of the data, based on the top N lines in the file, it does not read and process the...
1 year ago | 0
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MATLAB Profiler - Granularity of Information
Use the [undocumented] -detail builtin profiler option, as in: profile on -detail builtin This works on old Matlab releases as ...
1 year ago | 1
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How can I make the plot transparent in a gscattter?
Nice answer Adam, but not exactly accurate if you are willing to use some undocumented features... The underlying objects in a...
1 year ago | 3
MATLAB export_fig crops title
This is fixed in the latest version of export_fig (3.09). In the future, report such issues in export_fig's issues page: https:/...
2 years ago | 0
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How to speed up a code from the Code Profiler Results ?
Try to set the "Vectorized" property using the odeset function, before running ode45. Also, specifying the Jacobian in advance (...
2 years ago | 0
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[Soft question] Tips and tools to analyze unfamiliar OO code
For inspecting a single object or class, try the GUI-based uiinspect utility (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexch...
2 years ago | 0
Heatmap Axis Labels Printing Vertically?
The heatmap's X labels orientation is dynamically determined based on the number of labels and the axes width. In other words, i...
2 years ago | 1
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popupPanel Displays a popup panel with specified content
popupPanel Displays a popup panel with specified file contents, help topic, HTML or webpage
2 years ago | 3 downloads |

graphics performance 2019a vs 2016b
R2019a uses the integrated axes toolbar, which constantly monitors mouse movements in order to generate data tips on-the-fly. If...
2 years ago | 0
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Poor performance of mex file
You m-function uses parallelization (parfor), while your mex file does not. This in itself could cause your m-code to run much f...
2 years ago | 0