Display N-dimensional data tables (with color highlighting)

Legible display of N-dimensional data tables with color highlighting of entries.

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DisplayTable offers many more options than Matlab's built-in matrix display functions, when it comes to matrices/tables that are 3+ dimensional.
DisplayTable prints out a space-saving, legible N-dimensional table of numeric data including:
* dimension (row and column) labels and headings
* specified cell spacing and precision
* display dimensions in any order by specifying an output permutation!
* highlight cells with any colors you want, using the cprintf function (also on Matlab Central)! Note: cprintf relies on undocumented Matlab features.

Sample call:

displaytable(rand(5,5),{'1' '2'},{{'C1' 'C2' 'C3' 'I1' 'I2'},{'C1' 'C2' 'C3' 'I1' 'I2'}})

Will display:

1/2 C1 C2 C3 I1 I2
C1 0.76 0.71 0.82 0.44 0.49
C2 0.74 0.03 0.69 0.38 0.45
C3 0.39 0.28 0.32 0.77 0.65
I1 0.66 0.05 0.95 0.80 0.71
I2 0.17 0.10 0.03 0.19 0.75

Cite As

Matt Caywood (2026). Display N-dimensional data tables (with color highlighting) (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/27920-display-n-dimensional-data-tables-with-color-highlighting), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: simulate motion in Cartesian MRI

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.7.0.0

improved documentation
updated documentation

1.6.0.0

fix negative zero issue

1.5.0.0

fixed header spacing

1.4.0.0

added color display of tables

1.2.0.0

added option for table permutations

1.1.0.0

Fixed some problems with degenerate tables with dimension values = 1

1.0.0.0