Automatically insert end for if statements and for loops

Hi,

How do you get Matab to automatically insert "end" when you type "if" or "for" in a script?

[John D'Errico]

Why is it difficult? You can't type three more characters? ... end? Life is tough. Seriously, very difficult?

When you type an if (or for) statement, immediately hit a return, then type end. Now you can insert anything you want in between. WTP?

Edit: I see that Joel no longer claims that needing to type an end is a terrible thing for humanity, and the world may come to an end due to that requirement.

[Horia Ghionoiu Martínez]

I would find it useful, as in Visual Studio you have the autofill function for frequently used statements, like the if statement -> the IDE completes for you the repetitive task of writing if(true) {...your code...}, and then you can start coding away, without needing to write the same syntax one thousand times.

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

It's possible in live editor.

[Johan Sten]

In the 2022 version this is not possible. Do you have any knowledge about this?

[Steven Lord]

In the Editor/Debugger Preferences click on the "Automatic Completions" entry. On that page of preferences, check if "Control flow statements (if, for, etc.)" is checked. If it is not, check it.

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/about-editor-debugger-preferences.html#mw_32cf4c57-16be-42f8-96d3-a6710176971c automatic completion of block ending