pause a Programming in matlab

Hi, I am doing some what big iteration in matlab, Is there is any option available in matlab to pause the calculation and continue that after some time, before getting result without using "pause" command in my program?

Thanx in advance!

Answer 1

[Andreas Goser]

Not sure why you want to avoid PAUSE, but you can take a look at the documentation for timer objects.

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Use break point

Answer 3

[Sean de Wolski]

You could also use a modal dialog box ( doc msgbox) or if you have a regular figure waitforbuttonpress. These will require user interaction to resume execution.