Thread: [SOLVED] MATLAB disp() function doesn't cut it...

Hi,

I've been working on a simulation for a little while now. I'm to the point where I'm trying to run the simulation for a longer time period (I mean physical time represented in the simulation) than before, and I'd like to be able to track the progress of the calculation as it loops over the time vector.

I tried doing this with disp():

for j=1:length(t) %loop over time

if(rem(j-1,100)==0) %print progress every 100 time points
disp('time = ')
disp(t(j))
disp('out of ')
disp(tfinal)

Unfortunately, it seems like MATLAB performs all of the calculations in the for loop first and then spits out the disp() arguments after all is said and done. This doesn't accomplish my desired task. I'm finding this unexpected, as I've implemented similar progress tracking techniques in python using print statements.

Does anyone know how to track progress in a loop?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by jfortiv

Hi,

I've been working on a simulation for a little while now. I'm to the point where I'm trying to run the simulation for a longer time period (I mean physical time represented in the simulation) than before, and I'd like to be able to track the progress of the calculation as it loops over the time vector.

I tried doing this with disp():

for j=1:length(t) %loop over time

if(rem(j-1,100)==0) %print progress every 100 time points
disp('time = ')
disp(t(j))
disp('out of ')
disp(tfinal)

Unfortunately, it seems like MATLAB performs all of the calculations in the for loop first and then spits out the disp() arguments after all is said and done. This doesn't accomplish my desired task. I'm finding this unexpected, as I've implemented similar progress tracking techniques in python using print statements.

Does anyone know how to track progress in a loop?

Thanks!

does it even run without any "end"s?

(you might find it better to send the progress tracking output to a plot window if you can)

CB

CB,

I omitted the end statements when I created the post. Sorry about that. Unclear on my part. I found fprintf in one of Elbarto's recent posts. That's working for me now. I'll look into plotting the progress.

Thanks!