How can I take a screenshot of a certain amount of code lines?

Supposing my code was this

% hello
% it's me
% I'm batman
a = 1;
b = 2;
% hello world
% don't know what else to write

how can I take a screenshot of the lines from 3 to 5 for example? If this was possible it would be handy for writing documents where code needs to be shown.

[John D'Errico]

Why do you think you need a screenshot? Code is text based. Text copies and pastes VERY easily. It takes less space to store than an image. It is editable. You can set fonts, colors, etc.

Just stick with text.

[Riccardo Basile]

True, but I'd like to copy lines' numbers as well. It seems impossible to do using copy-paste; I'd need to write them manually which is kind of time consuming.

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Consider writing your code in the Live Editor. Documents in the Live Editor can include both the code and the outputs from running that code in one report. The publishing functionality may be of interest if you want to send a document with code and outputs to someone who doesn't have MATLAB.

If you just want to display a subset of the lines in the file, you can use the dbtype function. That will display the lines as text rather than taking a screenshot of the Editor/Debugger section containing those lines, but perhaps that's sufficient for your needs.

[Riccardo Basile]

I can't use Live Editor in this case since I need to include code pictures in an Office Word document. I've just tried the dbtype function; if it displayed the code preserving the colors (blue for "for" and "if" structures, magenta for strings and so on) it would be perfect. If these are the only options though, I think the default Windows "Snipping Tool" will do the job. Thanks a lot!