How do you output a line break in the command view in Matlab when running a m-file?

Question

I have a m-file that outputs some calculations basically this:

disp(['Value ', num2str(i)]);
disp(x)
disp(['Number of iterations ', num2str(iter)])
disp('----------')

However this ouputs stuff rather messy in the command view which is really irritating when debugging the code. I would like to add a couple of line breaks to the output in the command window. However I can't seem to find any information about this, as the Matlab documentation is pretty awful. I've tried stuff like disp('\n') and disp(' ') to no avail.

How do you do it? Can it be done?

Answer 1

fprintf('\n') should do the trick, likewise disp(' '). In general, fprintf is more flexible than disp. The main advantage of disp is that it has some intelligence and knows how to print out complete objects.

Answer 2

You can also disp a the line break character '\n' with its decimal value: 10.

disp(char(10))

or

disp(['line 1' char(10) 'line 2'])