How to stop script from displaying results in the Editor window?

I'm working on script files for a course and when I run my file, all the results from disp and fprintf are being displayed in the command window, as well as the editor window as such:

*%Messages about average distance

if Avg_Distance<POOL_CENTER;

     disp('Average distance is too short');
end

if Avg_Distance>POOL_CENTER;

     disp('Average distance is too long');
end

%CODE ENDS HERE

Average distance: 13.46

Average distance is too short*

%UNWANTED DISPLAY ^^^

When I run this code, the "disp('Average distance is too short')" is displaying at the bottom of the code in my editor window. Furthermore, when I attempt to run the code a second time, the results displayed in the editor window cause an error message that doesn't allow my file to run.

How can I force the results to only display in the command window, and not in the editor window? My grade is in your hands.

Thanks,

Concerned student.

[Guillaume]

That is a very unusual behaviour.

The only way I could think of doing this by design would be to modify the default disp and fprintf to force them to write to the editor using undocumented methods of matlab.desktop.editor. It's not something that would happen by accident.

Can you post a screenshot of your matlab environment?

[Troy Beckham]

I can't at the moment. However I start with several lines of code and after its run, the results are printed at the bottom of the code. Are you familiar with what settings are causing this?

[Guillaume]

As far as I know there's no built-in way, even by toggling preferences, to do what you report in matlab.

[Stephen23]

Can you please upload a screenshot of this. Even better would be two screenshots: the freshly started MATLAB, and after you have called/run your file.

[Troy Beckham]

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Before running:

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After running:

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

You must have set the diary to output to your m file with:

diary('Lab05.m')

somewhere, although I can't see that command in your code. Furthermore, in Matlab's editor preferences, you must have set matlab to reload silently unedited files that have been modified outside the editor (maybe it's the default. I have it turned off).

Answer 2

[Brendan Hamm]

I notice a diary off at the end of your script, this implies that you have turned the diary on at the beginning. You may want to change the filename for the diary so it stores to another file:

diary('myDiary.txt')

% all your code

diary off

[Troy Beckham]

I eliminated the diary command all together and it seems to have fixed the problem, thank you for your help.