Re: Debugger

[John Swensen]

On Nov 19, 2007, at 6:35 AM, John Jones wrote:

> I'm trying (and failing) to get the Octave debugger to work. I would  
> like to
> step through an m - file.
>
> The m - files file name is
>
> test(inputs)
>
> how do you set break points and step though. I've tried the manual  
> without
> success!
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You can use the command line breakpoint functions: dbstop, dbclear,  
dbstatus, and dbcont.
You can use the help command to see how they work, but here is a quick  
synopsis.

dbstop('test',string_of_line_number)
dbclear('test', string_of_line_number)
dbstatus
   this will return a list of breakpoints

First, are you using the latest version from CVS, or a version from  
some sort of repository or installer?  The latest version from CVS has  
a syntax *more* similar to Matlab.  For example, the line numbers can  
be passed in as an integer or integer array, rather than as a string.   
Also, if you assign dbstatus to a variable, then it will be a  
structure array with a list of functions, file names, and lines  
numbers of breakpoints.

John Swensen