Math Forum / Math Software / MATLAB / July 2008

I have been trying with no success to do this simple task:
In GRADS one just do:
While (n<5)
sdfopen('/Users/Desktop/Matlab_Rita/RITA'(3*n)'_'n'km/wrfout_d02_2005-09-23_12:00:00');

I have a peculiar problem with a new version of Matlab. I wrote a
small srcipt that goes to Google url and counts the frequency of a
certain word. I used urlread command. When I upgraded my Matlab it
siezed to work, though any other search except for google it readily

When fetching volume/size data from yahoo double entries
occur.
******************** No 1 ******************************
Try following examples for NASDAQ stocks:

I'm using an Excel COM server with actxserver
('Excel.Application')
I would like to use the Format condition in Excel. Here is
a VBA example of how to do it. Does anyone can tell me how

If you create the excel object in matlab by an activex connection to the excel application you can use excel as in VBA.
So eg. you create the Excel object exl: exl=actxGetRunningServer('Excel.Application')
Than copiing a range is as in Excel:
yourworkbook.Sheets.Item(yoursheetname) ...

I am attempting to use Matlab to output data to a
spreadsheet, and to simultaneously format that
spreadsheet.  To this end I have been using the
xlswritespec function, which I downloaded from the file

How to use distributed computing toolbox?
An example of an application that has been solved using distributed computing toolbox of MATLAB

I defined a function say
g = @(x,y)quad(@(z)messyfunction(x,y,z),z limits); I can
easily plot g(x,y) using fplot. Is there a way I can find
the analytical form of g? Or is g totally anonymous? Thanks

I want to create a matrix of string values. An example of
what I need can be seen below:
matrix=
hi     time

I have a new idea i am working on...
Lets say you have several remote modems that post data via
a url. (each modem can be accessed via the internet)
can you have several instances of matlab running... each

Is there a good way to get the class of a property of a COM object?  For
example:
myApp = actxserver('excel.application');
inspect(myApp);

I'm using uisetcolor (R2008a), whose figure always appears
in the upper left corner of the screen, and for my
particular application that's a bad location for it. I'd
like to reposition it (and no I don't mean by dragging it),

Is anyone familiar with putting a directory string into a
matlab gui without guide, but just browsing for a folder
and not their specific contents?
Thanks in advance,

I have a dialog box with a couple "done" buttons that must
be pressed in order. Optionally the user can change options
between hitting them, but in many cases it'll just be one
after the other. After each one is pressed I use

Hi. I have a simple 1-d array with several NaN's in it. Is
there an easy or vectorized solution to eliminate the
NaN's? I can do this with a for-loop, but I feel there is
a more elegant way in Matlab.