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COM: Get "type" of Excel workbook object 1 2 (5/9/2013 6:01:14 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab The expression get(sh1,'type') returns xlWorksheet for a worksheet object. However, there is no such type attribute for a workbook object. What is the most reliable way to test for a workbook object, ideal... Paul

streamline dereferencing of cell array into argument list 0 8 (3/20/2013 10:23:43 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab If I have column vectors x & y of the same length, I know that I can plot a series of points via plot(x,y). Alternatively, I can plot each vector as a series of points against their indexes via plot([x y]). ... Paul

How to tell matlab to ignore a chunk of code 2 6 (3/11/2013 12:59:01 AM) comp.soft-sys.matlab In C, one can pragmas designate entire sections of code to be ignored. I can use the Matlab "if" statement to accomplish the same thing in Matlab, but it doesn't work if the code to be ignored contains a ne... Paul

Wouldn't it be nice if Matlab supported C-style comments? 9 19 (3/10/2013 5:04:16 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab C-style comments are great! You don't have to comment everything to the right of the comment character. You can comment out a snippet of code in the middle of a line, and keep the rest of the code to the r... Paul

Seeking code for boolean minimization to sum-of-products 0 16 (2/22/2013 11:12:50 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab Is there matlab code for minimizing boolean expressions into a simple sum-of-products? The problem is somewhat symbolic in nature, and googling hasn't turned up anything for Matlab...thus I wonder. ... Paul

Odd layout of latex formulas 4 17 (2/7/2013 6:26:35 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab I have the following ylabel for my graph: yLab = [ '$$ \mathsf{' ... '\frac{ \tilde{Q}_T }{ Q_T } = ' ... '\frac{ \sqrt{Q_S} }{ Q_T } ' ... '} $$' ]; ylabel( yLab, 'Interpreter', 'la... Paul

Definition of major/minor grid lines 5 19 (2/7/2013 2:26:36 AM) comp.soft-sys.matlab The help for "grid" makes liberal use of the terms "major/minor grid lines". I haven't been able to find a clear definition of what defines those grid lines. Should this not be one of those things that can... Paul

bash syntax for list of items in stdin 9 21 (1/29/2013 7:24:09 PM) comp.unix.shell http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-7.html shows how to form a list from the stdout of a sub-shell: #!/bin/bash for i in $( ls ); do echo item: $i done Does Bash provide a synt... Paul

Mirror TeXworks consol output to log file 3 20 (1/16/2013 4:40:18 PM) comp.text.tex I installed MiKTeX 2.9. When I open a .tex file and click on the TeXworks Typeset button, the the "Console output" contains extra lines that the .log file does not, and vice-versa. For example: Log fi... Paul

MLE of std dev for normal PDF skewed wrt confidence intervals 0 19 (11/12/2012 10:36:36 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab I am using the code below to get familiar with Maximum Likelihood Estimation. I am fitting to a normal distribution. Following the MLE estimate, comparison is made with (i) mean() & std(); (ii) normfit(); ... Paul

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Excel Sheet.Copy method accessed via COM interface 2 33 (6/12/2012 11:09:37 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab I wanted to document a problem in hopes of saving someone some time. I cop= ied an Excel worksheet using the COM interface: newSh =3D xlApp.ActiveSheet.Copy(sheetHandle) According to VBA documentatio... paul.domaskis (115)

"debstop if error" not working 4 35 (6/27/2012 8:26:50 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab From the base workspace, I am invoking a function in an m-file. Before doing so, I issue the command "dbstop if error". When I invoke the function I ge the error: The expression to the left of the equals ... paul.domaskis (115)

Don't open m-file in editor when dbstop 2 45 (6/29/2012 4:28:00 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab Is there a way to avoid having the m-file being opened up in the editor upon a dbstop condition? I can't seem to find one in my googlings. ... paul.domaskis (115)

pca() vs. princopmp() 3 38 (10/23/2012 7:45:50 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab Matlab has a pca() and princomp() function: http://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/pca.html http://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/princomp.html The 1st 3 invocations of princomp() seem to match 2nd, 3rd, and 4t... paul.domaskis (115)

Mirror TeXworks consol output to log file 3 20 (1/16/2013 4:40:18 PM) comp.text.tex I installed MiKTeX 2.9. When I open a .tex file and click on the TeXworks Typeset button, the the "Console output" contains extra lines that the .log file does not, and vice-versa. For example: Log fi... paul.domaskis (115)

bash syntax for list of items in stdin 9 21 (1/29/2013 7:24:09 PM) comp.unix.shell http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-7.html shows how to form a list from the stdout of a sub-shell: #!/bin/bash for i in $( ls ); do echo item: $i done Does Bash provide a synt... paul.domaskis (115)

Definition of major/minor grid lines 5 19 (2/7/2013 2:26:36 AM) comp.soft-sys.matlab The help for "grid" makes liberal use of the terms "major/minor grid lines". I haven't been able to find a clear definition of what defines those grid lines. Should this not be one of those things that can... paul.domaskis (115)

Odd layout of latex formulas 4 17 (2/7/2013 6:26:35 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab I have the following ylabel for my graph: yLab = [ '$$ \mathsf{' ... '\frac{ \tilde{Q}_T }{ Q_T } = ' ... '\frac{ \sqrt{Q_S} }{ Q_T } ' ... '} $$' ]; ylabel( yLab, 'Interpreter', 'la... paul.domaskis (115)

Wouldn't it be nice if Matlab supported C-style comments? 9 19 (3/10/2013 5:04:16 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab C-style comments are great! You don't have to comment everything to the right of the comment character. You can comment out a snippet of code in the middle of a line, and keep the rest of the code to the r... paul.domaskis (115)

Outputting Plots in Linux 2 6 (3/10/2013 10:36:15 PM) comp.soft-sys.matlab Dear All, I have an application which currently runs on Windows and which outputs a load of Matlab plots to a PowerPoint slideshow, which is quite handy, because it means users can flip through the presentat... jamesbejon (119)