What is the difference between "step out (shift+F11)" and "continue (F)" in MATLAB debugger? When I debug a MATLAB function, both are triggering the cursor to come out of the loop. What is the exact difference between these two?
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Continue (dbcont) will cause the program to resume execution and will only stop once it encounters another breakpoint.
Step-Out (dbstep out) will cause the currently executing function to continue and will automatically pause in the calling function regardless of whether you have a breakpoint there or not. Notice that this is referring to stepping out of a function and not a loop.
In your case, I'm assuming you only have a single function (or script) and therefore if you have no manual breakpoints after calling dbcont or dbstep out, they are going to have the same result since they will both just run the rest of the script to completion.
