Stop a calculation

How do I best stop a calculation, it says that Matlab is busy and it won't even shut down when I hit close.

is there a good way of geeting Matlab to stop whatever it is doing?

Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

[Matt Fig]

About the only thing you can do in general is hold down the control key and the c key at the same time. If MATLAB is really involved in some built-in function, it may take a few moments to see your ctrl+c, but it should see it eventually. If not, it is to the Task Manager you go...