How to make a forced exit from Matlab with returning a code?
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Hi all, I try to exit from Matlab in a script and want to return a code to the command line. I know that there is the command
exit(code);
to do that. But in my case, some unsaved Simulink files prevent me from exiting. That's why I use
exit force;
to exit from Matlab without beeing asked to save the file first. But this command does not allow to pass a code to the command line. I tried something like
exit(code, 'force')
But that didn't work. Any other ideas?
Thanks a lot, Ralf
Answers (2)
yusra Ch
on 26 Oct 2018
1 vote
in the command window do this: ctrl+c and it will force the code to stop running
madhan ravi
on 26 Oct 2018
Edited: madhan ravi
on 29 Oct 2018
exit %edited after sir Walter’s comment
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madhan ravi
on 26 Oct 2018
in command window
Ralf
on 29 Oct 2018
madhan ravi
on 29 Oct 2018
Try it in your script and experiment what happens
Walter Roberson
on 29 Oct 2018
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 29 Oct 2018
There is no leave in MATLAB. There are exit and quit.
exit supports a return code but quit does not.
madhan ravi
on 29 Oct 2018
Edited: madhan ravi
on 29 Oct 2018
Ah Thank you sir Walter till date I had been using it together but didn’t looked into it so deeper though :)
Ralf
on 29 Oct 2018
Walter Roberson
on 29 Oct 2018
It turns out that although the two are documented differently, they take the same options. However, only one option is permitted; it must be 'force' or 'cancel' or a scalar integer (negative values are permitted.) It is possible that there are additional undocumented options.
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