Exceptions

string_operations.m

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ char_array = 'abc';
 assert(all(char_array == ['a' 'b' 'c']));
 assert(all(size(char_array) == [1 3]));
 
+% single quotes are escaped by doubling
+escaped = 'this is a ''char array'''; % this is a 'char array'
+
 char_matrix = ['abc'; 'def'];
 assert(numel(char_matrix) == 6);
 

try_catch.m

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+clear
+% matlab exceptions are represented by MException
+try
+    non_existing + 3;
+catch e
+    % identifier is the type of the exception
+    assert(isequal(e.identifier, 'MATLAB:UndefinedFunction'));
+    assert(isequal(e.message, 'Unrecognized function or variable ''non_existing''.'));
+end
+
+% throw is used to throw a MException