How to Add a Progress Bar for Matlab parfor Loops

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An easy way to track progress in parallel for loops in Matlab

Running parallelized Monte Carlo simulations in Matlab is easy with parfor loops. But there’s a catch: how can you know how much of the work is done and how much is left?

This post is about an efficient and easy visual way to keep track of progress in parfor loop (and some less obvious Matlab features I learned about when trying to figure it out).