Installation guide
6 Editing and Debugging M-Files
1 Endthedebuggingsession. OnewaytodothisistoselectExit Debug
Mode from the Debug menu.
2 In collatzplot.m line 12, change the string plot_seq to seq_length(N)
and save the file.
3 Clear the breakpoints in collatzplot.m.Onewaytodothisisbytyping
dbclear all in collatzplot
in the Command Window.
4 Run collatzplot for m =3bytyping
collatzplot(3)
in the Command Window.
5 Verifytheresult.ThefigureshowsthatthelengthoftheCollatzseriesis1
when
n =1,2whenn = 2, and 8 when n =3,asexpected.
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