Constructing a try-catch loop

Hi,

I am trying to write a try-catch loop that will only fail on more than five attempts. how can i go about that?

So far, I have: try

%command to execute

catch

command to execute if error

end

how can i make this a loop that will only fail after five attempt at maximum?

any help would be appreciated,

sushma

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fail_count = 0;
for fail_count = 1 : 5
  try 
    THIS
    break;   %stop on first success
  catch
    if fail_count == 5
      THAT
    end
  end
end