MATLAB-Versions.md

-This page lists changes introduced in MATLAB versions that are the most
-relevant to Dynare development. This information mostly comes from the [MATLAB
-Release Notes](https://fr.mathworks.com/help/matlab/release-notes.html).
-
-# MATLAB 24.2 (R2024b)
-
-- New [package manager](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/use-the-matlab-package-manager-to-organize-and-distribute-code.html)
-- New `isapprox` function for determining approximate equality of elements in two arrays
-- New `RegularizationFactor` name-value argument to the `lsqminnorm` function,
-  for Tikhonov regularization to the least-squares solution
-- Many I/O functions can now directly read data online using an HTTP/HTTPS URL,
-  notably:
-  + `isfile`, `dir`, `copyfile`, and `exist`
-  + `fopen`, `fread`, `fgets`, `fgetl`, `feof`, `fclose`, `ferror`, `fseek`, `ftell`, `fscanf`,
-    `frewind`, and `fileread`
-  + `h5disp`, `h5info`, `h5read`, `h5readatt`, `H5F.open`, and `H5F.is_hdf5`
-- Dictionaries in JSON files can now be read and written using the
-  `readdictionary` and `writedictionary` functions
-- Symbolic links support
-  + new `createSymbolicLink` and `isSymbolicLink` functions
-  + new `ResolveSymbolicLinks` name-value argument with the `delete` and
-    `rmdir` functions
-  + new `CopyLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `copyfile` function
-  + new `MoveLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `movefile` function
-- When reading spreadsheet files, the behavior for merged cells can now be
-  controlled using new `MergedCellColumnRule` and `MergedCellRowRule`
-  name-value arguments of `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `readmatrix`,
-  `readcell`, `readvars` and `detectImportOptions`
-- The `zip` and `unzip` functions now support password-encrypted files
-- The `sftp` function now accepts a timeout value and supports passphrases and
-  certificates
-- The `summary` function now works on array data, including `numeric`, `logical`,
-  `datetime`, `duration`, and `calendarDuration` types
-- The `isbetween` function now works on numeric, nonnumeric, or tabular input data
-- The `rmmissing` and `rmoutliers` functions now accept an argument for
-  defining the location of missing entries or outliers using array or table
-- The `table` and `timetable` data types now have a `VariableTypes` property
-  for specifying the data types of their variables
-- New `violinplot` function for creating violin plots for grouped numeric data
-- New `compassplot` function to plot one or more sets of arrows originating
-  from the origin in polar coordinates
-- New `constantplane` function to create infinite planes for highlighting
-  regions of interest in 3-D plots
-- New `IconColumnWidth` property of a `Legend` object for controlling the width
-  of the legend icons and the width of the legend box
-- New `Labels` and `LabelLocation` properties of a `Bar` object for adding
-  labels to ends of bars in bar charts
-- The `tiledlayout` can now be called without dimensions or tile arrangement
-  argument
-- The MAT-file version can now be specified with the `savefig` function
-
-# MATLAB 24.1 (R2024a)
-
-- Local functions can now be defined anywhere in scripts
-- Packages (“+” folders) are now called “namespaces” (this is only a change in
-  terminology, not in functionality)
-- New `createArray` function for generating arrays of specified class and size
-- New `islocalmin2` and `islocalmax2` for finding local extrema in 2 dimensions
-- New `clip` function for clipping values to a specific range
-- New `Weights` parameter to the `mean` and `median` functions
-- The `iqr` function can now return the first and third quartiles of the input
-  data by using a 2nd output argument
-- New `openedFiles` function that returns the file identifiers of all open
-  files as a row vector
-- New `pagelsqminnorm` that calculate minimum-norm least-squares solutions to
-  systems of linear equations in N-D arrays
-- New `pagepinv` function that calculates Moore-Penrose pseudoinverses of pages
-  of N-D array
-- The `spdiags` function now supports implicit expansion for the diagonal
-  elements argument Bin. You can specify the diagonal elements as a matrix,
-  vector, or scalar, and the function expands the values if the argument is
-  specified as a vector or scalar.
-- New `fpolarplot` function for plotting mathematical expressions in polar
-  coordinates
-- The Python Interface now converts between MATLAB and Python dictionaries, and
-  between MATLAB tables and Python Pandas DataFrames
-
-# MATLAB 23.2 (R2023b)
-
-- New dictionary functions: `configureDictionary`, `lookup`, `insert`, `remove`
-- New `mustBeSparse` validation function
-- New `resize`, `paddata` and `trimdata` functions for changing the size of
-  data by adding or removing elements
-- New `smoothdata2` function for smoothing noisy data in two dimensions
-- New `kde` function for estimating a probability function by using kernel density estimation for univariate data
-- New syntax for the `rng` and `tallrng` functions where only the algorithm is
-  specified (but not the seed, which then defaults to zero)
-- The `readstruct` and `writestruct` functions can now manipulate JSON files
-- New `cmdsep` function which returns the (shell) command separator for the
-  current platform
-- New `expmv` function for computing a matrix exponential multiplied by a
-  vector
-- New `piechart` and `donutchart` functions for creating configurable,
-  interactive pie and donut charts
-- New `Direction` property of the `legend` function for controlling the order
-  of legend entries
-- New `xscale`, `yscale` and `zscale` functions for quickly change between
-  logarithmic and linear axes scales after plotting
-- New `xsecondarylabel`, `ysecondarylabel`, and `zsecondarylabel` functions for
-  creating, deleting, or modifying secondary axis labels
-- New `xregion` and `yregion` functions for creating unbounded regions and
-  specifying multiple regions as matrix
-- New `gitrepo` object for manipulating git repositories
-
-# MATLAB 9.14 (R2023a)
-
-- Warning about indexing with no subscripts (`MATLAB:subscripting:noSubscriptsSpecified`) has been removed
-- New `combinations` function for generating all element combinations of arrays
-- `head` and `tail` functions now work on arrays
-- New `pageeig` function for calculating eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the
-  pages of N-D arrays. In this context, the N-D array is treated as a container
-  for several 2-D matrices.
-- The `randi` function can now create random logical arrays
-- Many functions for descriptive statistics and arithmetic (e.g. `max`, `min`, `mean`, `std`, `var`, `median`, `sum`, `prod`, `cummax`, `cummin`, `cumsum`, `cumprod`) now accept the `omitmissing` and `includemissing` options (the former being the default) (the older `omitnan` and `includenan` options are still supported)
-
-# MATLAB 9.13 (R2022b)
-
-- New `dictionary` object (hash table)
-- Validation of output arguments in functions and class methods
-- New `mape` and `rmse` functions for calculating forecast errors (mean absolute percentage and root mean-squared)
-- New `isuniform` function for determining if vector is uniformly spaced
-- The `stackedplot` function can now plot variables from multiple input tables or timetables
-- The `detrend` function can now detrend data in a table or timetable.
-- New `pagenorm` function for calculating norms using pages of N-D arrays
-- The `errorbar` function can now plot multiple lines with error bars at once
-- New `tightPosition` function for getting the location and size of axes plotting area
-- New `tilenum` and `tilerowcol` functions for convert between rows and columns and tile numbers in tiled chart layouts
-- New Code Analyzer app (and programmatic interface through `codeAnalyzer`)
-
-# MATLAB 9.12 (R2022a)
-
-- New `allfinite`, `anynan` and `anymissing` functions to examine the elements of an input array
-- The `quantile`, `prctile` and `iqr` functions are now part of core MATLAB (they were previously in the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox
-- The `rms` (root mean square) function is now part of core MATLAB (it was previously in the Signal Processing toolbox)
-- The `std` and `var` functions now optionally return the mean as second output argument
-- New `writelines` function for writing plain text to a file
-- New `pagemldivide`, `pagemrdivide`, and `pageinv` functions: Solve linear equations and calculate matrix inverses using pages of N-D arrays
-- New `tensorprod` function: Calculate tensor products between two arrays
-- The `round` function has a new `TieBreaker` name-value argument to specify how to break ties. 
-- `null` and `orth` functions have a new option to specify tolerance to treat singular values below a threshold as zero
-- The `norm` function can now calculate Frobenius norm on N-D arrays
-- The `equilibrate` function now has an option with values of `"vector"` or `"matrix"` to specify whether the output arguments are returned as vectors or matrices
-- The `rand`, `randi`, and `randn` functions now support complex input and a `RandStream` object for the `"like"` syntax
-- The `eps`, `flintmax`, `intmax`, `intmin`, `realmax` and `realmin` functions now accept the `"like"` syntax to return scalars based on a prototype object
-- `qr` and `gsvd` have a new `"econ"` option for economy-size decompositions
-- The syntax `R = qr(A)` now always returns `R` as an upper-triangular matrix, regardless of whether `A` is full or sparse (behaviour change)
-- New Code Compatibility Analyzer app
-
-# MATLAB 9.11 (R2021b)
-
-- New `parfeval` syntax for parallelizing calls to a function
-- New `trenddecomp` function for trend/cycle decomposition
-- New `ComparisonMethod` option to `min` and `max` functions
-- New `sftp` function for transferring files from/to SSH servers
-- New `outputFormat` option of the `svd` function
-- New `exportgraphics` function to append graphics to an existing PDF file
-- New `pyrun` and `pyrunfile` functions to run Python code
-
-# MATLAB 9.10 (R2021a)
-
-- New `name=value` syntax for passing name-value arguments
-- `format` function can now get and set display format
-- `fillmissing` function now accepts a custom method
-- `normalize` is now able to normalize multiple data sets with same parameters
-- XML support in `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `writetable`, `writetimetable`,
-  `detectImportOptions`
-- Read over HTTP or HTTPS support for `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `readvars`,
-  `readstruct`, `readmatrix`, `readcell`, `readlines`, `detectImportOptions`
-  and others
-- New `PrettyPrint` option to `jsonencode` for adding indentation
-
-# MATLAB 9.9 (R2020b)
-
-- New `pattern` and `extract` functions for string manipulation
-- New `mustBe*` functions for input validation
-- New `height` and `width` functions
-- New `readstruct` and `writestruct` functions for reading/writing structured
-  data in XML files
-- New `readlines` function to read a whole text file as a string array
-- New `pagemtimes` function for batch matrix multiplication
-- New `svdsketch` function for computing SVD factors of low-rank matrix sketch
-- New `matlabRelease` and `isMATLABReleaseOlderThan` functions, meant as
-  replacements for `ver` and `verLessThan` respectively
-- C Matrix API `mxCreateString` function now accepts UTF-8 encoded data
-- C MEX API `mexPrintf`, `mexEvalString`, `mexEvalStringWithTrap`,
-  `mexErrMsgIdAndTxt` and `mexWarnMsgIdAndTxt` functions now accept UTF-8
-  encoded data
-
-# MATLAB 9.8 (R2020a)
-
-- The `sparse` function now accepts vectors of integer data type for its `i` and `j` arguments
-- Support for sparse complex arrays
-
-# MATLAB 9.7 (R2019b)
-
-- It’s now possible to use the dot-indexing operator on a function call, e.g.
-  `createStruct(3).aField`
-- The `size` function now accepts a vector dimension argument to query multiple
-  array dimension lengths at a time
-- It’s now possible to restrict the possible values of input arguments to a
-  function, using function argument validation
-- Numbers can be specified using hexadecimal or binary literals
-- New `matches` function to determine if two input strings are equal
-- New `namedargs2cell` function to convert structure containing name-value
-  pairs to cell array
-- The `error` function now accepts a suggested fix for an uncaught exception
-  (should be the first argument, as a `Correction` instance)
-- New `groupfilter` function for filtering data in a table, timetable, or
-  matrix by group
-- New `sheetnames` function to get names of worksheets from spreadsheet file
-- New `makima` function for performing modified Akima cubic Hermite
-  interpolation
-- New `tiledlayout` function for creating tiled chart layout (now recommended
-  over `subplot`)
-
-# MATLAB 9.6 (R2019a)
-
-- New `append` function for combining strings
-- The `min` and `max` functions:
-  + now return index information corresponding to the minimum and maximum
-    values When simultaneously operating on more than one dimension
-  + now return the linear indices corresponding to the minimum and maximum values of
-    the input array using the `'linear'` option
-- New `readmatrix`, `readvars`, and `readcell` functions for reading tabular
-  data as a matrix, variables, or a cell array
-- New `writematrix` and `writecell` functions for writing tabular data from a
-  matrix or cell array to a text or spreadsheet file
-- New functions `matchpairs` and `equilibrate` for solving assignment problems
-- New `xcorr` and `xcov` functions for compute cross-correlation and
-  cross-covariance (they were previously in the Signal Processing toolbox, now
-  they are in MATLAB core)
-- The `detrend` function can now remove piecewise polynomial trends, set
-  continuity requirements, and specify sample points
-- It is now possible to provide a suggested fix for an uncaught exception in
-  the `MException` class, using the `addCorrection` method and the `Correction` class
-- New `parallelplot` function for visualizing tabular or matrix data with
-  multiple columns by using a parallel coordinates plot
-- The `grouptransform` function now operates on arrays
-
-# MATLAB 9.5 (R2018b)
-
-- It is now possible to use string arrays where character vectors or cell
-  arrays of character vectors were previously accepted; using double quotes
-  everywhere is now encouraged
-- New `convertContainedStringsToChars` function to convert string arrays at any
-  level of cell array or structure
-- The following functions now accept a vector dimension argument to specify
-  multiple operating dimensions at a time, as well as the option `'all'` to
-  specify all dimensions of an array: `all`, `any`, `bounds`, `max`, `mean`,
-  `median`, `min`, `mode`, `prod`, `std`, `sum`, `var`
-- New `sinpi` and `cospi` functions for computing the sine and cosine of multiples of π
-- `readwrite` and `writetable` are now able to manipulate Excel files on Windows without launching Microsoft Excel
-- New `grouptransform` function for transforming by groups on tables and timetables
-- New `groupsummary` function to perform group summary computations on matrices
-- New `rmoutliers` function for removing outliers in an array, table, or timetable
-
-# MATLAB 9.4 (R2018a)
-
-- New interleaved complex ABI for MEX files
-- New C++ MEX interface
-- New `normalize` function for normalizing array, table, and timetable data
-- Possibility of creating complex empty arrays using functions such as `zeros`
-  and `ones` with the `'like'` option, or with the `complex([])` syntax
-
-# MATLAB 9.3 (R2017b)
-
-- New `isfile` and `isfolder` functions
-- New `decomposition` object to solve linear systems repeatedly with improved
-  performance
-- New `lsqminnorm` function to find minimum-norm solution of underdetermined
-  linear system
-- New `dissect` function to reorder sparse matrix columns using nested
-  dissection ordering
-- New `vecnorm` function to compute vector-wise norms of arrays
-- New values for the `sigma` option of `eigs`
-- The `eigs` and `svds` functions now accept name-value pairs for options
-- The `griddedInterpolant`, `interp1`, `interp2`, `interp3`, and `interpn`
-  functions now support the interpolation method `'makima'`, which is the
-  modified Akima cubic Hermite interpolation method.
-- New `tallrng` function for controlling random number generation for tall arrays
-- New `isStringScalar` function for determining whether input is a string array
-  with one element
-- New `convertStringsToChars` and `convertCharsToStrings` functions to enable
-  one’s code to accept all text types as inputs without otherwise altering the
-  code
-- The `arrayfun`, `cellfun`, and `structfun` functions can return object arrays
-  of any data type, so long as the objects can be concatenated
-- New `geobubble`, `wordcloud` and `binscatter` graphics functions
-- The `bar` function makes it possible to control individual bar colors
-- The `jsonencode` function encodes MATLAB `NaN` and `Inf` values in JSON as
-  null, unless asked otherwise with the `'ConvertInfAndNaN'` option set to false. 
-- New `ischange` function to detect abrupt changes in data
-- New `islocalmin` and `islocalmax` functions to detect local minima and maxima in data
-- New `mink` and `maxk` functions for finding the k smallest or largest elements in an array
-
-# MATLAB 9.2 (R2017a)
-
-- String arrays can now be constructed using double quotes
-- New `bounds` function for simultaneously determine the smallest and largest
-  elements of an array
-- New `'omitnan'` option for the `prod` and `cumprod` functions
-- New `movmad` and `movprod` functions for computing moving median absolute
-  deviation and moving product of an array
-- New `missing` function to represent missing data in various types of
-  containers and objects
-- New `issortedrows` to determine if matrix or table rows are sorted
-- New `'ComparisonMethod'` and `'MissingPlacement'` options for the `sort` and
-  `sortrows` functions
-- New `'monotonic'`, `'strictmonotonic'`, `'strictascend'`, and
-  `'strictdescend'` options to the `issorted` function
-- The data type of the output argument for the `compose`, `extractAfter`,
-  `extractBefore`, `extractBetween`, `join`, `split`, and `splitlines`
-  functions is now the same as the type of input arguments (they would always
-  return string arrays in R2016b)
-- New `head` and `tail` functions for returning the top or bottom rows of table
-  or timetable
-- New `heatmap` function
-- New `-nocompression` option to the `save` command
-- `jsondecode` now converts JSON null values in numeric arrays to `NaN`
-- New `isoutlier` and `filloutliers` functions for detecting and replacing
-  outliers in an array or table
-- New `smoothdata` function for smoothing noisy data in an array or table with
-  filtering or local regression
-- New `summary` function for calculating summary statistics and variable
-  information in tables and timetables
-
-# MATLAB 9.1 (R2016b)
-
-- Adds “automatic broadcasting”, also known as “implicit expansion” (`bsxfun`
-  becomes therefore essentially useless)
-- It is now possible to define local functions in scripts
-- New `contains` function
-- New `join`, `split`, `splitlines`, `compose`, `extractAfter`,
-  `extractBefore`, `extractBetween` functions
-- New `jsondecode` and `jsonencode` functions
-- Introduces string arrays (with function `string`)
-- New `ismissing`, `standardizeMissing`, `fillmissing`, and `rmmissing`
-  functions for finding, filling, and removing missing data from arrays or
-  tables
-- The `dir` function now accepts wildcards
-- New `timetable` data container and `timerange` function
-
-# MATLAB 9.0 (R2016a)
-
-- No more 32-bit support
-- `writetable` is now able to write Excel files on GNU/Linux and macOS
-
-# MATLAB 8.6 (R2015b)
-
-# MATLAB 8.5 (R2015a)
-
-- New `mxIsScalar` function in MEX interface (but the function was apparently already present in R2014a, though not officially supported nor defined in headers)
-- New `webwrite` function
-- First version to officially support Windows 10, see https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/223444-is-matlab-compatible-with-windows-10
-- Many functions for descriptive statistics and arithmetic (e.g. `max`, `min`, `mean`, `std`, `var`, `median`, `sum`) now accept the `omitnan` and `includenan` options (the former being the default)
-
-# MATLAB 8.4 (R2014b)
-
-- New `webread` function
-
-# MATLAB 8.3 (R2014a)
-
-- Support for new Ethernet interface naming under GNU/Linux (older versions are
-  difficult to install on modern GNU/Linux systems), see https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/73938-activating-on-linux-without-eth0
-- New `isdiag`, `isbanded`, `issymmetric`, `ishermitian`, `istril`, `istriu`,
-  and `bandwidth` functions for testing matrix structure
-- New `sylvester` function for solving the Sylvester equation
-
-# MATLAB 8.2 (R2013b)
-
-- New `readtable` and `writetable` function (the latter not yet capable of writing Excel files on GNU/Linux and macOS, and needing Microsoft Excel installed on Windows)
-
-# MATLAB 8.1 (R2013a)
-
-- New option `stable` to `intersect` and other set manipulation functions
-- New `strsplit` and `strjoin` functions
-
-# MATLAB 8.0 (R2012b)
-
-- Syntax for abstract classes
-
-# MATLAB 7.14 (R2012a)
-
-- `xlsread` now natively supports `.xlsx` files on all platforms (no need to
-  have Microsoft Office installed)
-
-# MATLAB 7.13 (R2011b)
-
-- New `narginchk` function
-
-# MATLAB 7.12 (R2011a)
-
-- New random number generators interface (`rng`, `getGlobalStream` and `setGlobalStream` functions)
-- New `ichol` function
-
-# MATLAB 7.11 (R2010b)
-
-- New `isrow`, `iscolumn` and `ismatrix` functions
-
-# MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a)
-
-- Ships with MKL 10.2, which fixes a nasty bug in `dgges` (for which a
-  workaround has been implemented in the `mjdgges` MEX)
+This page lists changes introduced in MATLAB versions that are the most
+relevant to Dynare development. This information mostly comes from the [MATLAB
+Release Notes](https://fr.mathworks.com/help/matlab/release-notes.html).
+
+# MATLAB 24.2 (R2024b)
+
+- New [package manager](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/use-the-matlab-package-manager-to-organize-and-distribute-code.html)
+- New `isapprox` function for determining approximate equality of elements in two arrays
+- New `RegularizationFactor` name-value argument to the `lsqminnorm` function,
+  for Tikhonov regularization to the least-squares solution
+- Many I/O functions can now directly read data online using an HTTP/HTTPS URL,
+  notably:
+  + `isfile`, `dir`, `copyfile`, and `exist`
+  + `fopen`, `fread`, `fgets`, `fgetl`, `feof`, `fclose`, `ferror`, `fseek`, `ftell`, `fscanf`,
+    `frewind`, and `fileread`
+  + `h5disp`, `h5info`, `h5read`, `h5readatt`, `H5F.open`, and `H5F.is_hdf5`
+- Dictionaries in JSON files can now be read and written using the
+  `readdictionary` and `writedictionary` functions
+- Symbolic links support
+  + new `createSymbolicLink` and `isSymbolicLink` functions
+  + new `ResolveSymbolicLinks` name-value argument with the `delete` and
+    `rmdir` functions
+  + new `CopyLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `copyfile` function
+  + new `MoveLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `movefile` function
+- When reading spreadsheet files, the behavior for merged cells can now be
+  controlled using new `MergedCellColumnRule` and `MergedCellRowRule`
+  name-value arguments of `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `readmatrix`,
+  `readcell`, `readvars` and `detectImportOptions`
+- The `zip` and `unzip` functions now support password-encrypted files
+- The `sftp` function now accepts a timeout value and supports passphrases and
+  certificates
+- The `summary` function now works on array data, including `numeric`, `logical`,
+  `datetime`, `duration`, and `calendarDuration` types
+- The `isbetween` function now works on numeric, nonnumeric, or tabular input data
+- The `rmmissing` and `rmoutliers` functions now accept an argument for
+  defining the location of missing entries or outliers using array or table
+- The `table` and `timetable` data types now have a `VariableTypes` property
+  for specifying the data types of their variables
+- New `violinplot` function for creating violin plots for grouped numeric data
+- New `compassplot` function to plot one or more sets of arrows originating
+  from the origin in polar coordinates
+- New `constantplane` function to create infinite planes for highlighting
+  regions of interest in 3-D plots
+- New `IconColumnWidth` property of a `Legend` object for controlling the width
+  of the legend icons and the width of the legend box
+- New `Labels` and `LabelLocation` properties of a `Bar` object for adding
+  labels to ends of bars in bar charts
+- The `tiledlayout` can now be called without dimensions or tile arrangement
+  argument
+- The MAT-file version can now be specified with the `savefig` function
+
+# MATLAB 24.1 (R2024a)
+
+- Local functions can now be defined anywhere in scripts
+- Packages (“+” folders) are now called “namespaces” (this is only a change in
+  terminology, not in functionality)
+- New `createArray` function for generating arrays of specified class and size
+- New `islocalmin2` and `islocalmax2` for finding local extrema in 2 dimensions
+- New `clip` function for clipping values to a specific range
+- New `Weights` parameter to the `mean` and `median` functions
+- The `iqr` function can now return the first and third quartiles of the input
+  data by using a 2nd output argument
+- New `openedFiles` function that returns the file identifiers of all open
+  files as a row vector
+- New `pagelsqminnorm` that calculate minimum-norm least-squares solutions to
+  systems of linear equations in N-D arrays
+- New `pagepinv` function that calculates Moore-Penrose pseudoinverses of pages
+  of N-D array
+- The `spdiags` function now supports implicit expansion for the diagonal
+  elements argument Bin. You can specify the diagonal elements as a matrix,
+  vector, or scalar, and the function expands the values if the argument is
+  specified as a vector or scalar.
+- New `fpolarplot` function for plotting mathematical expressions in polar
+  coordinates
+- The Python Interface now converts between MATLAB and Python dictionaries, and
+  between MATLAB tables and Python Pandas DataFrames
+
+# MATLAB 23.2 (R2023b)
+
+- New dictionary functions: `configureDictionary`, `lookup`, `insert`, `remove`
+- New `mustBeSparse` validation function
+- New `resize`, `paddata` and `trimdata` functions for changing the size of
+  data by adding or removing elements
+- New `smoothdata2` function for smoothing noisy data in two dimensions
+- New `kde` function for estimating a probability function by using kernel density estimation for univariate data
+- New syntax for the `rng` and `tallrng` functions where only the algorithm is
+  specified (but not the seed, which then defaults to zero)
+- The `readstruct` and `writestruct` functions can now manipulate JSON files
+- New `cmdsep` function which returns the (shell) command separator for the
+  current platform
+- New `expmv` function for computing a matrix exponential multiplied by a
+  vector
+- New `piechart` and `donutchart` functions for creating configurable,
+  interactive pie and donut charts
+- New `Direction` property of the `legend` function for controlling the order
+  of legend entries
+- New `xscale`, `yscale` and `zscale` functions for quickly change between
+  logarithmic and linear axes scales after plotting
+- New `xsecondarylabel`, `ysecondarylabel`, and `zsecondarylabel` functions for
+  creating, deleting, or modifying secondary axis labels
+- New `xregion` and `yregion` functions for creating unbounded regions and
+  specifying multiple regions as matrix
+- New `gitrepo` object for manipulating git repositories
+
+# MATLAB 9.14 (R2023a)
+
+- Warning about indexing with no subscripts (`MATLAB:subscripting:noSubscriptsSpecified`) has been removed
+- New `combinations` function for generating all element combinations of arrays
+- `head` and `tail` functions now work on arrays
+- New `pageeig` function for calculating eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the
+  pages of N-D arrays. In this context, the N-D array is treated as a container
+  for several 2-D matrices.
+- The `randi` function can now create random logical arrays
+- Many functions for descriptive statistics and arithmetic (e.g. `max`, `min`, `mean`, `std`, `var`, `median`, `sum`, `prod`, `cummax`, `cummin`, `cumsum`, `cumprod`) now accept the `omitmissing` and `includemissing` options (the former being the default) (the older `omitnan` and `includenan` options are still supported)
+
+# MATLAB 9.13 (R2022b)
+
+- New `dictionary` object (hash table)
+- Validation of output arguments in functions and class methods
+- New `mape` and `rmse` functions for calculating forecast errors (mean absolute percentage and root mean-squared)
+- New `isuniform` function for determining if vector is uniformly spaced
+- The `stackedplot` function can now plot variables from multiple input tables or timetables
+- The `detrend` function can now detrend data in a table or timetable.
+- New `pagenorm` function for calculating norms using pages of N-D arrays
+- The `errorbar` function can now plot multiple lines with error bars at once
+- New `tightPosition` function for getting the location and size of axes plotting area
+- New `tilenum` and `tilerowcol` functions for convert between rows and columns and tile numbers in tiled chart layouts
+- New Code Analyzer app (and programmatic interface through `codeAnalyzer`)
+
+# MATLAB 9.12 (R2022a)
+
+- New `allfinite`, `anynan` and `anymissing` functions to examine the elements of an input array
+- The `quantile`, `prctile` and `iqr` functions are now part of core MATLAB (they were previously in the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox
+- The `rms` (root mean square) function is now part of core MATLAB (it was previously in the Signal Processing toolbox)
+- The `std` and `var` functions now optionally return the mean as second output argument
+- New `writelines` function for writing plain text to a file
+- New `pagemldivide`, `pagemrdivide`, and `pageinv` functions: Solve linear equations and calculate matrix inverses using pages of N-D arrays
+- New `tensorprod` function: Calculate tensor products between two arrays
+- The `round` function has a new `TieBreaker` name-value argument to specify how to break ties. 
+- `null` and `orth` functions have a new option to specify tolerance to treat singular values below a threshold as zero
+- The `norm` function can now calculate Frobenius norm on N-D arrays
+- The `equilibrate` function now has an option with values of `"vector"` or `"matrix"` to specify whether the output arguments are returned as vectors or matrices
+- The `rand`, `randi`, and `randn` functions now support complex input and a `RandStream` object for the `"like"` syntax
+- The `eps`, `flintmax`, `intmax`, `intmin`, `realmax` and `realmin` functions now accept the `"like"` syntax to return scalars based on a prototype object
+- `qr` and `gsvd` have a new `"econ"` option for economy-size decompositions
+- The syntax `R = qr(A)` now always returns `R` as an upper-triangular matrix, regardless of whether `A` is full or sparse (behaviour change)
+- New Code Compatibility Analyzer app
+
+# MATLAB 9.11 (R2021b)
+
+- New `parfeval` syntax for parallelizing calls to a function
+- New `trenddecomp` function for trend/cycle decomposition
+- New `ComparisonMethod` option to `min` and `max` functions
+- New `sftp` function for transferring files from/to SSH servers
+- New `outputFormat` option of the `svd` function
+- New `exportgraphics` function to append graphics to an existing PDF file
+- New `pyrun` and `pyrunfile` functions to run Python code
+
+# MATLAB 9.10 (R2021a)
+
+- New `name=value` syntax for passing name-value arguments
+- `format` function can now get and set display format
+- `fillmissing` function now accepts a custom method
+- `normalize` is now able to normalize multiple data sets with same parameters
+- XML support in `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `writetable`, `writetimetable`,
+  `detectImportOptions`
+- Read over HTTP or HTTPS support for `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `readvars`,
+  `readstruct`, `readmatrix`, `readcell`, `readlines`, `detectImportOptions`
+  and others
+- New `PrettyPrint` option to `jsonencode` for adding indentation
+
+# MATLAB 9.9 (R2020b)
+
+- New `height` and `width` functions (can be used as a replacement for `rows` and `columns` that are present in Octave and that we reimplemented as missing functions; NB: the MATLAB documentation erroneously says that these functions were introduced in R2013b)
+- New `pattern` and `extract` functions for string manipulation
+- New `mustBe*` functions for input validation
+- New `readstruct` and `writestruct` functions for reading/writing structured
+  data in XML files
+- New `readlines` function to read a whole text file as a string array
+- New `pagemtimes` function for batch matrix multiplication
+- New `svdsketch` function for computing SVD factors of low-rank matrix sketch
+- New `matlabRelease` and `isMATLABReleaseOlderThan` functions, meant as
+  replacements for `ver` and `verLessThan` respectively
+- C Matrix API `mxCreateString` function now accepts UTF-8 encoded data
+- C MEX API `mexPrintf`, `mexEvalString`, `mexEvalStringWithTrap`,
+  `mexErrMsgIdAndTxt` and `mexWarnMsgIdAndTxt` functions now accept UTF-8
+  encoded data
+
+# MATLAB 9.8 (R2020a)
+
+- The `sparse` function now accepts vectors of integer data type for its `i` and `j` arguments
+- Support for sparse complex arrays
+
+# MATLAB 9.7 (R2019b)
+
+- It’s now possible to use the dot-indexing operator on a function call, e.g.
+  `createStruct(3).aField`
+- The `size` function now accepts a vector dimension argument to query multiple
+  array dimension lengths at a time
+- It’s now possible to restrict the possible values of input arguments to a
+  function, using function argument validation
+- Numbers can be specified using hexadecimal or binary literals
+- New `matches` function to determine if two input strings are equal
+- New `namedargs2cell` function to convert structure containing name-value
+  pairs to cell array
+- The `error` function now accepts a suggested fix for an uncaught exception
+  (should be the first argument, as a `Correction` instance)
+- New `groupfilter` function for filtering data in a table, timetable, or
+  matrix by group
+- New `sheetnames` function to get names of worksheets from spreadsheet file
+- New `makima` function for performing modified Akima cubic Hermite
+  interpolation
+- New `tiledlayout` function for creating tiled chart layout (now recommended
+  over `subplot`)
+
+# MATLAB 9.6 (R2019a)
+
+- New `append` function for combining strings
+- The `min` and `max` functions:
+  + now return index information corresponding to the minimum and maximum
+    values When simultaneously operating on more than one dimension
+  + now return the linear indices corresponding to the minimum and maximum values of
+    the input array using the `'linear'` option
+- New `readmatrix`, `readvars`, and `readcell` functions for reading tabular
+  data as a matrix, variables, or a cell array
+- New `writematrix` and `writecell` functions for writing tabular data from a
+  matrix or cell array to a text or spreadsheet file
+- New functions `matchpairs` and `equilibrate` for solving assignment problems
+- New `xcorr` and `xcov` functions for compute cross-correlation and
+  cross-covariance (they were previously in the Signal Processing toolbox, now
+  they are in MATLAB core)
+- The `detrend` function can now remove piecewise polynomial trends, set
+  continuity requirements, and specify sample points
+- It is now possible to provide a suggested fix for an uncaught exception in
+  the `MException` class, using the `addCorrection` method and the `Correction` class
+- New `parallelplot` function for visualizing tabular or matrix data with
+  multiple columns by using a parallel coordinates plot
+- The `grouptransform` function now operates on arrays
+
+# MATLAB 9.5 (R2018b)
+
+- It is now possible to use string arrays where character vectors or cell
+  arrays of character vectors were previously accepted; using double quotes
+  everywhere is now encouraged
+- New `convertContainedStringsToChars` function to convert string arrays at any
+  level of cell array or structure
+- The following functions now accept a vector dimension argument to specify
+  multiple operating dimensions at a time, as well as the option `'all'` to
+  specify all dimensions of an array: `all`, `any`, `bounds`, `max`, `mean`,
+  `median`, `min`, `mode`, `prod`, `std`, `sum`, `var`
+- New `sinpi` and `cospi` functions for computing the sine and cosine of multiples of π
+- `readwrite` and `writetable` are now able to manipulate Excel files on Windows without launching Microsoft Excel
+- New `grouptransform` function for transforming by groups on tables and timetables
+- New `groupsummary` function to perform group summary computations on matrices
+- New `rmoutliers` function for removing outliers in an array, table, or timetable
+
+# MATLAB 9.4 (R2018a)
+
+- New interleaved complex ABI for MEX files
+- New C++ MEX interface
+- New `normalize` function for normalizing array, table, and timetable data
+- Possibility of creating complex empty arrays using functions such as `zeros`
+  and `ones` with the `'like'` option, or with the `complex([])` syntax
+
+# MATLAB 9.3 (R2017b)
+
+- New `isfile` and `isfolder` functions
+- New `decomposition` object to solve linear systems repeatedly with improved
+  performance
+- New `lsqminnorm` function to find minimum-norm solution of underdetermined
+  linear system
+- New `dissect` function to reorder sparse matrix columns using nested
+  dissection ordering
+- New `vecnorm` function to compute vector-wise norms of arrays
+- New values for the `sigma` option of `eigs`
+- The `eigs` and `svds` functions now accept name-value pairs for options
+- The `griddedInterpolant`, `interp1`, `interp2`, `interp3`, and `interpn`
+  functions now support the interpolation method `'makima'`, which is the
+  modified Akima cubic Hermite interpolation method.
+- New `tallrng` function for controlling random number generation for tall arrays
+- New `isStringScalar` function for determining whether input is a string array
+  with one element
+- New `convertStringsToChars` and `convertCharsToStrings` functions to enable
+  one’s code to accept all text types as inputs without otherwise altering the
+  code
+- The `arrayfun`, `cellfun`, and `structfun` functions can return object arrays
+  of any data type, so long as the objects can be concatenated
+- New `geobubble`, `wordcloud` and `binscatter` graphics functions
+- The `bar` function makes it possible to control individual bar colors
+- The `jsonencode` function encodes MATLAB `NaN` and `Inf` values in JSON as
+  null, unless asked otherwise with the `'ConvertInfAndNaN'` option set to false. 
+- New `ischange` function to detect abrupt changes in data
+- New `islocalmin` and `islocalmax` functions to detect local minima and maxima in data
+- New `mink` and `maxk` functions for finding the k smallest or largest elements in an array
+
+# MATLAB 9.2 (R2017a)
+
+- String arrays can now be constructed using double quotes
+- New `bounds` function for simultaneously determine the smallest and largest
+  elements of an array
+- New `'omitnan'` option for the `prod` and `cumprod` functions
+- New `movmad` and `movprod` functions for computing moving median absolute
+  deviation and moving product of an array
+- New `missing` function to represent missing data in various types of
+  containers and objects
+- New `issortedrows` to determine if matrix or table rows are sorted
+- New `'ComparisonMethod'` and `'MissingPlacement'` options for the `sort` and
+  `sortrows` functions
+- New `'monotonic'`, `'strictmonotonic'`, `'strictascend'`, and
+  `'strictdescend'` options to the `issorted` function
+- The data type of the output argument for the `compose`, `extractAfter`,
+  `extractBefore`, `extractBetween`, `join`, `split`, and `splitlines`
+  functions is now the same as the type of input arguments (they would always
+  return string arrays in R2016b)
+- New `head` and `tail` functions for returning the top or bottom rows of table
+  or timetable
+- New `heatmap` function
+- New `-nocompression` option to the `save` command
+- `jsondecode` now converts JSON null values in numeric arrays to `NaN`
+- New `isoutlier` and `filloutliers` functions for detecting and replacing
+  outliers in an array or table
+- New `smoothdata` function for smoothing noisy data in an array or table with
+  filtering or local regression
+- New `summary` function for calculating summary statistics and variable
+  information in tables and timetables
+
+# MATLAB 9.1 (R2016b)
+
+- Adds “automatic broadcasting”, also known as “implicit expansion” (`bsxfun`
+  becomes therefore essentially useless)
+- It is now possible to define local functions in scripts
+- New `contains` function
+- New `join`, `split`, `splitlines`, `compose`, `extractAfter`,
+  `extractBefore`, `extractBetween` functions
+- New `jsondecode` and `jsonencode` functions
+- Introduces string arrays (with function `string`)
+- New `ismissing`, `standardizeMissing`, `fillmissing`, and `rmmissing`
+  functions for finding, filling, and removing missing data from arrays or
+  tables
+- The `dir` function now accepts wildcards
+- New `timetable` data container and `timerange` function
+
+# MATLAB 9.0 (R2016a)
+
+- No more 32-bit support
+- `writetable` is now able to write Excel files on GNU/Linux and macOS
+
+# MATLAB 8.6 (R2015b)
+
+# MATLAB 8.5 (R2015a)
+
+- New `mxIsScalar` function in MEX interface (but the function was apparently already present in R2014a, though not officially supported nor defined in headers)
+- New `webwrite` function
+- First version to officially support Windows 10, see https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/223444-is-matlab-compatible-with-windows-10
+- Many functions for descriptive statistics and arithmetic (e.g. `max`, `min`, `mean`, `std`, `var`, `median`, `sum`) now accept the `omitnan` and `includenan` options (the former being the default)
+
+# MATLAB 8.4 (R2014b)
+
+- New `webread` function
+
+# MATLAB 8.3 (R2014a)
+
+- Support for new Ethernet interface naming under GNU/Linux (older versions are
+  difficult to install on modern GNU/Linux systems), see https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/73938-activating-on-linux-without-eth0
+- New `isdiag`, `isbanded`, `issymmetric`, `ishermitian`, `istril`, `istriu`,
+  and `bandwidth` functions for testing matrix structure
+- New `sylvester` function for solving the Sylvester equation
+
+# MATLAB 8.2 (R2013b)
+
+- New `readtable` and `writetable` function (the latter not yet capable of writing Excel files on GNU/Linux and macOS, and needing Microsoft Excel installed on Windows)
+
+# MATLAB 8.1 (R2013a)
+
+- New option `stable` to `intersect` and other set manipulation functions
+- New `strsplit` and `strjoin` functions
+
+# MATLAB 8.0 (R2012b)
+
+- Syntax for abstract classes
+
+# MATLAB 7.14 (R2012a)
+
+- `xlsread` now natively supports `.xlsx` files on all platforms (no need to
+  have Microsoft Office installed)
+
+# MATLAB 7.13 (R2011b)
+
+- New `narginchk` function
+
+# MATLAB 7.12 (R2011a)
+
+- New random number generators interface (`rng`, `getGlobalStream` and `setGlobalStream` functions)
+- New `ichol` function
+
+# MATLAB 7.11 (R2010b)
+
+- New `isrow`, `iscolumn` and `ismatrix` functions
+
+# MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a)
+
+- Ships with MKL 10.2, which fixes a nasty bug in `dgges` (for which a
+  workaround has been implemented in the `mjdgges` MEX)