MATLAB: Using a pushbutton in MATLAB GUI as a button to continue

Question

Hi, I have 2 pushbuttons. With one of them I call a specific function. eg: Main_function(…,…,…).

Now within this Main_function at some points I need the user to press continue. (The user has to change some equipment then continue the work) Previously I used input('') and the user should have just push enter or whatever to continue the function.

Right now I want the second pushbutton to do this, but I don't know how.

my idea was to put a loop like this:

push=0

while push==0

puase(0.1);

end and pushing the button change the push=1, but I can't do that.

Note that I have access to the handles in the called function.

Answer 1

Add a while loop with nothing inside:

while (~push)
% do nothing until push == 1. Push has to be global, it changes when the pushbutton is pushed
end