Executing independent scripts sequentially

Hello everyone,

I have a script that calls several other scripts with the 'run' command:

run('script1.m');
run('script2.m');
run('script3.m');

However, I think script2 is executed as soon as script1 has started. This can cause some problems, eg if both scripts have control variables of the same name. What I want is for MATLAB to wait until script1 finishes before running script2. I don't want to make the scripts into functions because I have to run them on their own sometimes.

What would be the best way to do this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

This should work. What if you just call the scripts by name instead of using the run command?

% other code
script1
script2
script3
% rest of this script

Look through the advice in this post to see if that helps.

[lp18692]

That does the trick. I don't know why I was bothering with 'run'...

Thanks a lot!

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

P.S - Just a try

for i =1:3
s(i)=sprintf('script%d',i)   
if s(i)==l       %add l=2 to the end of each script to make sure the script is finished and then the next script executes
    continue
end
end