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There are two additional support functions that allow the user to interrogate where in the execution of a script Octave entered the debug mode and to print the code in the script surrounding the point where Octave entered debug mode.
List script file with line numbers.
See also: dbclear, dbstatus, dbstop.
Debug mode equally allows single line stepping through a function using
the commands dbstep
.
In debugging mode, execute the next n lines of code. If n is omitted execute the next line of code. If the next line of code is itself defined in terms of an m-file remain in the existing function.
Using
dbstep in
will cause execution of the next line to step into any m-files defined on the next line. Usingdbstep out
with cause execution to continue until the current function returns.See also: dbcont, dbquit.