where

Display current location within simulation loop during simulation debugging session

Syntax

where

Description

where displays the current location within the simulation loop for the debugging session, including information about the call stack.

The display consists of a hierarchical list of simulation nodes, where the last node in the list indicates the next node the simulation will enter or the node the simulation is about to leave. Each entry in the list includes:

• The method ID

• A symbol that indicates the method status:

  • >> — Active method

  • >| — Next method simulation enters

  • <| — Method simulation is about to leave

• The name of the method invoked

• The block ID for the block on which the method is invoked, if the method is invoked on a block

• The name of the block or system on which the method is invoked

You can use this function in a simulation debugging session started:

• Interactively, using the Simulink^® Toolstrip

• Programmatically, using the sldebug function

• Programmatically, using the sim function with the 'debug' name-value argument

Note

This function is available only for simulation debugging sessions started programmatically and for interactive simulation debugging sessions while paused within a time step.

Tips

To start a simulation debugging session interactively, add one or more breakpoints to your model, and in the Breakpoints List, check that Pause within time step is selected. When the simulation pauses on a breakpoint, some of the programmatic debugging commands, such as the stop command, are available for use in the MATLAB^® Command Window.

Version History

Introduced in R2006a

R2024a: sldebug prompt in MATLAB Command Window indicates when simulation debugging session is paused within time step

When you start a simulation debugging session using the Simulink Editor, you can issue some programmatic simulation debugging commands, such as probe or stop, while the simulation is paused within a time step. The sldebug command prompt (sldebug>>) now replaces the MATLAB command prompt (>>) to indicate in the MATLAB Command Window when the simulation is paused within a time step. As in prior releases, you can issue both MATLAB commands and the supported simulation debugging commands at the sldebug command prompt.

For more information, see Simulink Debugging Programmatic Interface.