MATLAB: Fprintf to the command line

fprintf

Hello.
having some problems getting to grips with fprintf.m.
please can you help?
If I run:
function myFunc
b=10;
for i=1:b
    fprintf('%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%2d of 10',8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,i);
    pause(0.1);
end
fprintf('\n');
end
i see a nice output on the command line. great.
what I would like to produce is a progress bar. I try:
function myFunc2()
b= 10;
vec = repmat(' ', [1, b]);
vecA = ['[' vec ']'];
var = repmat('%s', [1, b+2]);
for i=1:b
    vecA(i+1) = '#';   
    fprintf(var,vecA);
    pause(0.1);
end
fprintf('\n');
end
and you see that I do not get the nice updating output on the same line, but an output which has been overwritten.
Clearly I am using fprintf wrongly. can you help? thanks

Best Answer

In FEX you will find Text progress bar and other text based progress bars.
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