How to run loop until user enters text in the command window? (without using the input function)
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I want a script to run in a loop until the user enters something in the command window, at which point the loop will break and continue with the rest of the script. Perhaps there is a line in the loop where it "looks" at the command window's "buffer?" I don't want to use the input function because I don't want the user to be prompted every time the loop runs.
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Rik
on 17 Oct 2023
It might be possible to read the command history in your loop. Have you tried that?
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Mario Malic
on 17 Oct 2023
Edited: Mario Malic
on 17 Oct 2023
Undocumented and subject to change but it works, at least when it was tested back then https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/545957-copy-matlab-command-window-without-diary#answer_568048
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