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Function File: h = errordlg (msg)
Function File: h = errordlg (msg, title)
Function File: h = errordlg (msg, title, createmode)

Display msg using an error dialog box.

The message may have multiple lines separated by newline characters ("\n"), or it may be a cellstr array with one element for each line.

The optional input title (character string) can be used to set the dialog caption. The default title is "Error Dialog".

The return value is always 1.

Compatibility Note: The optional argument createmode is accepted for MATLAB compatibility, but is not implemented.

See also: helpdlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox, questdlg, warndlg.

Demonstration 1

The following code

 disp ('- test errordlg with prompt only.');
 errordlg ('Oops, an expected error occured');

Produces the following output

- test errordlg with prompt only.

Demonstration 2

The following code

 disp ('- test errordlg with prompt and caption.');
 errordlg ('Oops another error','This is a very long and informative caption');

Produces the following output

- test errordlg with prompt and caption.

Package: octave