MATLAB: How to use Task.Diary

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Hi, I have difficulty in outputting information to matlab command window when multi-task are running. Specifically I am using a independent multi-task parallel mode. Below is the way I created my multi-task within one job
    parallel.defaultClusterProfile('local');
    cluster = parcluster();
    job = createJob(cluster);
    createTask(job, funcHandles, numArray, args,'CaptureDiary',true);
    submit(job);
    wait(job);
    results = fetchOutputs(job);
Within each funcHandle, I want to output some text during the execution. It is said that after matlab 2012b, this functionality is enabled through parallel.Task.Diary property. However, I can neither get nor set such property during the running of the task.There is completely no examples or explanation on how to access this property at all.
I know that I can output the info into a log file. But I still prefer to display something in the command window.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.

Best Answer

The task "diary" property is updated automatically when your task function would emit text to the command window. For example:
   c = parcluster('local');
   j = createJob(c);
   t = createTask(j, @disp, 0, {magic(4)}, 'CaptureDiary', true);
   submit(j);
   wait(j);
   t.Diary
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