beep

Produce operating system beep sound

Syntax

beep

beep on

beep off

status = beep

Description

beep produces your computer's default beep sound, if it is enabled.

beep on enables the beep sound.

beep off disables the beep sound.

status = beep returns the current beep mode (on or off).

Examples

Produce Beep Sound

Produce your system’s default beep sound after a period of silence.

Pause for 5 seconds of silence, and then produce your system’s default beep sound.

pause(5)
beep

Tips

• If you have configured your system not to produce any sound, then beep is silent.

• beep produces the operating system’s default beep sound. To produce a sound and specify its pitch and duration in MATLAB^®, use the sound function.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a