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13.5 Call Stack

— Loadable Function: dbstack ()
— Loadable Function: dbstack (n)
— Loadable Function: [stack, idx] = dbstack (...)

Display or return current debugging function stack information. With optional argument n, omit the n innermost stack frames.

The optional return argument stack is a struct array with the following fields:

file
The name of the m-file where the function code is located.
name
The name of the function with a breakpoint.
line
The line number of an active breakpoint.
column
The column number of the line where the breakpoint begins.
scope
Undocumented.
context
Undocumented.

The return argument idx specifies which element of the stack struct array is currently active.

See also: dbup, dbdown, dbwhere, dbstatus.

— Loadable Function: dbup
— Loadable Function: dbup (n)

In debugging mode, move up the execution stack n frames. If n is omitted, move up one frame.

See also: dbstack, dbdown.

— Loadable Function: dbdown
— Loadable Function: dbdown (n)

In debugging mode, move down the execution stack n frames. If n is omitted, move down one frame.

See also: dbstack, dbup.