Breaking out of input() ?

Hi,

 In my system I have Matlab 2009 version. When a run a program I will get the output immediately followed by "Please enter the input array" - this is a string I used in another program,which i wrote few days back and this string continues for a number of times sometimes around 50 or even more. Now I didn't even know where the string.

Is there any way that I can stop this command.

[Walter Roberson]

Please change the title to something more descriptive. Nearly everyone's question fits under the category of "Problem with Matlab".

[Ratna]

Thanks Walter

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Control-C will stop nearly anything (eventually.)

Entering

return

in response to an input() prompt will often get interesting reactions...

[Ratna]

This doesn't help

[Walter Roberson]

control-c did not stop the program??

I am getting confused about what is desired here: a way to break out of a repeating prompt to enter the matrix, or a way to figure out where this is coming from in your code so that you can change the code?

Answer 2

[Fangjun Jiang]

Once you opened MATLAB, Click menu Window->Command History. A window will show up showing all your previous entries in the Command Window. Hope you can find what you did a few days back.

[Ratna]

It only has the history from the time you open Matlab.

[Fangjun Jiang]

I just checked. My Command History shows entries dated two weeks back. It depends on how many entries are there.

What are you looking for? A command or string you entered a few days ago? Or a way to stop your program? Or a way to stop a particular command in your program?

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

My guess is that your "program" that gives the output (that you want) is an m-file that has in it (somewhere after the output gets displayed) a line that looks something like

userResponse = intput("Please enter the input array");

or something similar. And it's probably in a loop of some kind so it repeatedly comes up. Why don't you just look over your m-file source code for a line that has "input" (if it's a command window prompt) or "inputdlg" (if it's a popup dialog box) in it?