Alternatives

As an alternative to the quit function, use the Close box in the MATLAB^® desktop.

Syntax

Description

quit displays a confirmation dialog box if the confirm that upon quitting preference is selected, and if confirmed or if the confirmation preference is not selected, terminates MATLAB after running finish.m, if finish.m exists. Call quit from the MATLAB command prompt. To interrupt a MATLAB command, see Stop Execution.

The quit function does not automatically save the workspace. To save the workspace or perform other actions when quitting, create a finish.m file to perform those actions. For example, you can display a custom dialog box to confirm quitting using a finish.m file—see the following examples for details. If an error occurs while finish.m is running, quit is canceled so that you can correct your finish.m file without losing your workspace.

quit cancel is for use in finish.m and cancels quitting. It has no effect anywhere else.

quit force bypasses finish.m and terminates MATLAB. Use this syntax to override finish.m, for example, if an errant finish.m does not let you quit.

Examples

MATLAB includes two sample finish.m files. Use them to help you create your own finish.m, or rename one of the files to finish.m to use it.

• finishsav.m—Saves the workspace to a MAT-file when MATLAB quits.

• finishdlg.m—Displays a dialog box allowing you to cancel quitting; it uses quit cancel and contains the following code:

  button = questdlg('Ready to quit?','Exit Dialog','Yes','No','No');
  switch button
      case 'Yes',
          disp('Exiting MATLAB')
          % Save variables to matlab.mat
          save
      case 'No',
          quit cancel;
  end

See Also

exit | finish | save | startup