verbatim: Get the text of a block comment.

Verbatim returns the text contained in the next block comment.

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Have you ever wanted to include a block of text in your m-file without having to worry about quotes ('), end-of-line characters (\n) and other formatting issues? Verbatim will return exactly the text contained in the block comment following the call to verbatim. Example:

str = verbatim;
%{
This is the text
that will be returned by verbatim.
%}

Cite As

Douglas Schwarz (2026). verbatim: Get the text of a block comment. (https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23194-verbatim-get-the-text-of-a-block-comment), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

Updated for R2009a and added automatic removal of indentation.

1.0.0.0