Force return from function while debugging

I am debugging a program and would like to return from a subfunction without completing the function. For example, you can write in code:

if(conditionMet)
  return;
end

If the condition is met, it will force the function to end early and continue in the caller code. While I am debugging, I would like to force the function to end early as if I had encountered a return command. When I simply type return while in debug mode, nothing appears to happens. Is there a way to force a function to end early and continue running?

[John Chilleri]

Hello,

return works for me. Are you defining the outputs of the function before the return?

[David K]

Yes, the outputs are defined before I type return. If they were not, I would get an error when I try to return.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

When you type return in the command window, where does the arrow in the edit window point to? Doesn't it point to a new location? It will probably point at the function call in your main routine, where you had entered the function. Just hit F10 or click Step over icon at that point.

[David K]

When I type return the arrow stays where it is - nothing happens. Stepping forward just continues the debugging as normal.

[Image Analyst]

It doesn't appear like you can do that. Clicking step out just finishes the function as normal, so it appears you can only do

conditionMet = true;

and then click Step out and then it will return when it hits the "if" again, if it does, or hits some other similar code that can toss you out.

[David K]

My problem is that I don't actually have an if and return statement written in the code. Or rather, the one in the code does other things within the if statement that I don't want.

[Image Analyst]

Unfortunately MATLAB does not have "edit and continue" like Microsoft Visual Studio does, where you can do exactly what you're trying to do.