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Why does numpy std() give a different result to matlab std()?
I try to convert matlab code to numpy and figured out that numpy has a different result with the std function.
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Hash tables in MATLAB
Does MATLAB have any support for hash tables? Some background I am working on a problem in Matlab that requi
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Octave / Matlab: Extend a vector making it repeat itself?
Is there a way to extend a vector by making it repeat itself? >v = [1 2]; >v10 = v x 5; %x represents s
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Map function in MATLAB?
I'm a little surprised that MATLAB doesn't have a Map function, so I hacked one together myself sinc
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What's the difference between & and && in MATLAB?
What is the difference between the & and && logical operators in MATLAB?
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How to get all files under a specific directory in MATLAB?
I need to get all those files under D:\dic and loop over them to further process individually. Does MATLAB su
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arrayfun can be significantly slower than an explicit loop in matlab. Why?
Consider the following simple speed test for arrayfun: T = 4000; N = 500; x = randn(T, N); Func1 = @(a) (3*a^
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What is the equivalent of MATLAB's repmat in NumPy
I would like to execute the equivalent of the following MATLAB code using NumPy: repmat([1; 1], [1 1 1]). How
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How to search for a string in cell array in MATLAB?
Let's say I have the cell array strs = {'HA' 'KU' 'LA' 'MA' &ap
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How can I apply a function to every row/column of a matrix in MATLAB?
You can apply a function to every item in a vector by saying, for example, v + 1, or you can use the function
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Automatically plot different colored lines
I'm trying to plot several kernel density estimations on the same graph, and I want them to all be differ
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Matlab: Running an m-file from command-line
Suppose that; I have an m-file at location:C:\M1\M2\M3\mfile.m And exe file of the matlab is at this locatio
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How to elegantly ignore some return values of a MATLAB function
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What is the Python equivalent of Matlab's tic and toc functions?
What is the Python equivalent of Matlab's tic and toc functions?
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How do I set default values for functions parameters in MATLAB?
Is it possible to have default arguments in MATLAB? For instance, here: function wave(a, b, n, k, T, f, flag,
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In MATLAB, when is it optimal to use bsxfun?
I've noticed that a lot of good answers to MATLAB questions on Stack Overflow frequently use the functio
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Using i and j as variables in MATLAB
i and j are very popular variable names (see e.g., this question and this one). For example, in loops: for i=1
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Is MATLAB OOP slow or am I doing something wrong?
I'm experimenting with MATLAB OOP, as a start I mimicked my C++'s Logger classes and I'm puttin
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Is there a foreach in MATLAB? If so, how does it behave if the underlying data changes?
Is there a foreach structure in MATLAB? If so, what happens if the underlying data changes (i.e. if objects a
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How to get the type of a variable in MATLAB
Does MATLAB have a function/operator that indicates the type of a variable (similar to the typeof operator in
