STAKK

STAKK stores workspaces in base and compares workspaces of functions in debugging phase.

Description

STAKK is a function that helps with the debugging of data and programs. During development of complex software, there are often several versions of functions used in the main program and direct comparison of the functions' workspace is not easily possible between different program versions, program runs or at different points in runtime. STAKK stores all or selected variables of the workspace that calls STAKK in a storage struct in the base workspace for later retrieval, analysis and/or comparison. It is possible to select a subset of all variables by providing one regular expression string similar to the WHOS command of MATLAB 7.0 or later. The storage structs are put into the base workspace for easy access after the program exits and are uniquely named so that no data is overwritten. STAKK also provides a simple comparison routine to compare two previously stored workspaces; a report highlighting the differences is printed onto the command window.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1)

[L. Cavin]

Very usefull. Would be even better with a recursive structure comparison!

[Albert von Strudeldorf]

I agree with comment before. Need a recursive algorithm for structure analysis. You plan doing an update?

[Fabio Wegmann]

Yes, this would indeed be useful... I'm looking into how to do that and will report here... Thanks to the two reviewers... FW

[Abdul Johnson]

Very useful for debugging purposes. Tx!

[James Ross]

This is very nice. I would like to see it re-posted with a license.