job timer

I'm doing some reading and manipulation of a very large text file and this takes alot of time. Is there a way to have a status bar of how much time is left to complete a job once you hit the run button?

Answer 1

[Alex Taylor]

Check out the MATLAB function waitbar:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/waitbar.html

[Alex Taylor]

Disclaimer: This solution will only work for you if you are able to pass the update value to waitbar to increment the bar. If you are doing your reading/manipulation in a loop, this might work fine for you. If you are doing this reading/manipulation in built-in MATLAB functions, this might not work for you.