Matlab Help: How to stop an infinite loop.

[DVK916]

If I run a function and encounter an infinite loop, how do I terminate the function?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

CHINfinity?

- M4H

 

[Legendary]

CTRL + C

 

[toekramp]

ALT F4?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
CHINfinity?

- M4H

nested chinfinite loops

 

[NuroMancer]

Throw it out the window?

Google is your friend.

JFGI (Google that)

If your program is doing nothing for a long time, it may just be slow (MATLAB creates a lot of overhead and if you don't use arrays wisely it will go very, very slow) but if you are testing a small module, it is more likely that you have an infinite loop. Though MATLAB can't directly tell you you have an infinite loop, it does attempt to give you some hints. The first comes when you terminate the program. Terminate it by pressing CTRL+C and MATLAB will give you a message telling you exactly what line you stopped on. If your program is running a long time, it is likely the line you stopped in is in the middle of an infinite loop (though be warned, if the loop calls a sub-function, it is likely that you will stop in the sub-function and not the parent. However, MATLAB also will tell you the lines of the parents too so you can track down the loop easily enough).

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[Born2bwire]

Just on the matter of principle, how does a computer user not know about the ubiquitous CTRL-C?