Pausing a for loop execution

I have the following section of code:

%%%%%%Loop through signals 
for idx = 1:length(missing_sigs)
    mis_sig_no_tok = strtok(missing_sigs{idx},'>');
    mis_sig_no_tok = strtok(mis_sig_no_tok,'<');
    ResolveMissingSigs(mis_sig_no_tok);
end

ResolveMissingSigs is a function that makes a gui appear with options for the user to choose how they want to deal with the missing signal. The problem is that the current code calls the gui function but the loop causes only the last signal to be seen. I want the loop to pause every time ResolveMissingSigs is called and resume execution to the next signal after the user has made their choice.

Answer 1

[Dr. Seis]

Check out "doc uiwait". Basically, you will just change the above to:

for idx = 1:length(missing_sigs)
  mis_sig_no_tok = strtok(missing_sigs{idx},'>');
  mis_sig_no_tok = strtok(mis_sig_no_tok,'<');
  gui_handle = ResolveMissingSigs(mis_sig_no_tok);
  uiwait(gui_handle);
end

The loop will continue as soon as you close/exit your GUI. You can also have the loop continue after a set amount of time. For example:

uiwait(gui_handle, 10);

will allow the loop to continue if you close/exit the GUI or after 10 seconds.