beep

Produce operating system beep sound

Syntax

beep

beep on

beep off

status = beep

beep produces your computer's default beep sound, if it is enabled.

beep on enables the beep sound.

beep off disables the beep sound.

status = beep returns the current beep mode (on or off).

Produce your system’s default beep sound after a period of silence.

Pause for 5 seconds of silence, and then produce your system’s default beep sound.

pause(5)
beep

If you have configured your system not to produce any sound, then beep is silent.
beep produces the operating system’s default beep sound. To produce a sound and specify its pitch and duration in MATLAB^®, use the sound function.

Introduced before R2006a