How is the octave debugger used?

Question

So I\'m trying to use the octave debugger to detect where division by zero happens. For that it seems logical to use \"debug_on_warning ()\". However I\'m just not understan

Answer 1

Solution for setting a breakpoint in octave

Set breakpoint in file myOctaveCode.m in line 18

dbstop myOctaveCode 18

Call function

myOctaveCode

Debugger stops

stopped in /.../myOctaveCode.m at line 18
...

Now I can use the debugger

debug> who

Variables in the current scope:
... 

When calling dbstep I will jump to the next line

debug> dbstep

Documentation: https://octave.org/doc/v4.4.1/Debug-Mode.html#Debug-Mode

Remark

My answer just fits to the question's title. It's not an exact answer for the question. But I hope it might help others who stumble upon that question while searching for general octave debugging hints. So please do not vote me down.