Specifying a callback in Matlab after any runtime error

Question

Is there a way to specify code to be run whenever an error occurs in Matlab? Googling I came across RunTimeErrorFcn and daqcallback, but I believe these are specific to the

Answer 1

If you wrap your code in TRY/CATCH blocks, you can execute code if an error occurs, which can be customized depending on the specific error using the MEXCEPTION object.

try
   % do something here
catch me
   % execute code depending on the identifier of the error
   switch me.identifier
   case 'something'
      % run code specifically for the error with identifier 'something'
   otherwise
      % display the unhandled errors; you could also report the stack in me.stack
      disp(me.message)
   end % switch
end % try/catch