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### 13.5 Call Stack

— Loadable Function: dbstack ()
— Loadable Function: dbstack (n)
— Loadable Function: [stack, idx] = dbstack (...)

> Display or return current debugging function stack information. With optional argument n, omit the n innermost stack frames.

> The optional return argument stack is a struct array with the following fields:

> file
>   The name of the m-file where the function code is located.
> name
>   The name of the function with a breakpoint.
> line
>   The line number of an active breakpoint.
> column
>   The column number of the line where the breakpoint begins.
> scope
>   Undocumented.
> context
>   Undocumented.

> The return argument idx specifies which element of the stack struct array is currently active.

> See also: dbup, dbdown, dbwhere, dbstatus.

— Loadable Function: dbup
— Loadable Function: dbup (n)

> In debugging mode, move up the execution stack n frames. If n is omitted, move up one frame.

> See also: dbstack, dbdown.

— Loadable Function: dbdown
— Loadable Function: dbdown (n)

> In debugging mode, move down the execution stack n frames. If n is omitted, move down one frame.

> See also: dbstack, dbup.