How do you output the values of temporary variables from a function when it runs?

I am trying to better understand this function:

http://research.spa.aalto.fi/publications/papers/spl-adf/adf.m

It gives an example of how to run the function as:

sos = adf(130.81,0.00015,4300,0.85);

If I input the full function and run this example line, it seems to work fine. If I then just type "sos" on a new line it outputs the values of "sos" as expected.

But how can I see the values of arrays/vectors/variables that were used in the process of creating this "sos" array? Eg. If you look at the code, one of the things it runs along the way is:

phik = pi*[1:2:2*nap-1];

How can I see the values of "phik"? If I just type "phik" after running the script as above it tells me the variable is undefined. But "phik" had to be defined in the process of creating "sos" since it's part of the function. Is there any way to get it to remember or store "phik" when it runs through the script or output it once it's done so I can see what it put in there along the way? How do I see "phik"?

Thanks.

[Stephen23]

"How do you output the values of temporary variables from a function when it runs?"

That is exactly what debugging tools are for.

All programming languages have debugging tools because programmers want to look at what their code does when it is run. And so they develop tools to do exactly that:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/debugging-process-and-features.html

Answer 1

[Nagaraja Shamsundar]

If you remove the semicolon at the end of the line containing "phik = ...", the value(s) of phik will be displayed to the console after that line is executed. If that line is executed many times, the resulting output may be excessive. In that case, you may wish to retain the semicolon and, after that line, add a conditional statement such as

if (condition), disp(phik), end

You can also make phik a global variable, and display its value at the end in the Matlab command window or any other script or function.

[Mike M]

Great. I found I can also just put "phik" by itself on its own line in the function code any point after it's defined and that will debug it as output at that point. Thanks.

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

You could modify the function so it also returns the "temporary" variables or you could debug your code.