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MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive programming environment developed by MathWorks. It is the foundation for a number of other tools, including Simulink and various toolboxes that extend the core capabilities.

Programming questions about MATLAB are off topic and should be asked on Stack Overflow.

MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive programming environment developed by MathWorks. It is the foundation for a number of other tools, including Simulink and various toolboxes that extend the core capabilities.

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Can I run my CPU at 100% usage for a long time?

I have a Dell XPS 15 9570, 32 GB ram, 2.2 ghz and 6 cores. When i use an application (The parsim command on MATLAB) (for more details) then my fan starts running fast , during this my PC doesn't seem to be heating but it never got this noisy in the…
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How to release/reset serial port FTDI devices - Mac OSX

I am trying to work with a custom PCB that uses an FTDI FT232RL to talk to my computer (MacBookPro running OSX 10.11 El Capitan) for a hardware project. I am using Matlab to send serial commands, running into some problems there with ClearToSend…
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Why is Adobe Flash Player downloaded as a ".dmg.mdlp" file?

When I download the current Adobe flash player installer from the Adobe website using Safari 6.0.1 under OSX 10.8.2, I end up with a file named 'install_flash_player_osx.dmg.mdlp' in my downloads folder. I am curious as to why the .mdlp extension…
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MATLab crashes on launch OS X Yosemite

I've just installed the OS X Yosemite beta and can't open MATLab 2014a. It displays this error dialog: Does anyone have any ideas as to how this could be resolved?
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Simulink is to Matlab as _______ is to Mathematica?

What is the Mathematica equivalent of Matlab's Simulink? I want something that lets me build a discrete event simulation.
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Where is my software installed in Linux?

I use whereis matlab and find: /usr/local/bin/matlab , which is a very long bash file. How can I find where matlab is installed, I mean, its installed folder. EDIT: I used the following method: open matlab and use edit svds.m to open the svds.m…
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Matlab *.mat files associated with MS Office

When MATLAB creates a binary file with extension .mat on my Windows 7 (64 bit) computer, Windows declares it in a directory as a "Microsoft Office Access Table Shortcut". Windows also does not provide the option to "Open With" any other program in…
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Vim-like input for Matlab

With a .inputrc file, I can do vim-like editing in maple. Is there a way to get vim-like line input in Matlab, either for the command-line or the GUI?
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Distinction between a/b versions of Matlab?

So I am relatively new to Matlab and was wondering what the distinction is between the a and b versions of Matlab in the past few years? Are the "b" versions incremental updates? Or the same software with additional features? What about the latest…
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cat-ing a file to a unix pipe causes Matlab to freeze

I've created a named pipe on Debian using mkfifo pipe.in. I want to write to this pipe from Matlab. To do this, I use the following matlab command: unix( 'cat > pipe.in' ) Where is a text file and pipe.in is the pipe I created…
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How to increase the font size in the Matlab help browser permanently?

Maybe I'm getting old, but the text in Matlab's built-in help browser is too small for me to read comfortably. It is possible to increase the font size using Ctrl-+, but every time a new help page is loaded, this change is lost How can I permanently…
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How can I find out why MATLAB crashes?

I'm using MATLAB GUI code that handles ten files, uses the image acquisition tool extensively, and also the data acquisition tool, and GPU programming. It usually works well, but from time to time (more often lately) MATLAB completely crashes, and…
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Getting the matlab r2009b multiline comment syntax highlighting in Notepad++

I have Notepad++ version 6.1.8 How can I configure it to highlight the matlab multiline comment %{ ... %} as a comment block? ---EDIT--- I read here that this feature was added to Notepad++ in April, so I downloaded the latest Notepad++…
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Lightweight alternatives to Matlab in linux

I want to learn some basic things using Matlab. I'd prefer a lightweight one in Linux. Is there any alternative?
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How to install a old version of gcc compiler from software manager and use it with plain "gcc" command?

I am struggling with the problem of Matlab mex compile. It needs specific old version of gcc compiler 4.4.6, but in manager there is only 4.4 version. How could I specify it as 4.4.6, or is it possible? Next I need to run it as gcc command.…
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