issuing a warning with details

I want matlab to issue a warning, with a lot of details. However, i don't want to flood the command propmt. i thought of issuing the warning and then adding an (ofline) link to the relevant documentation. I mean that the user can click on the command prompt and then get to the relevant section. how would I do this?

many thanks

[Rik]

You can use links in such messages, but I'm not sure if you can taget a specific section of a doc page. That might also be subject to change without warning over several releases.

[nathan blanc]

how do i use a link? can you give me a link?

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

How to add a hyperlink to warning message

% Define message that will appear when user clicks hyperlink. 
explanation = ['Here is a long explanation '...
    'that the user can access by clicking '...
    'on a hotlink in the command window.'];

% Create the hyperlink
hotlinkcode = sprintf('Click <a href="matlab: disp(''%s'') "> this link </a>', explanation);

% Throw warning that includes hyperlink
warning('Warning message.  %s', hotlinkcode)

Warning: Warning message. Click this link

Here's the result when clicked:

Other hyperlink ideas

• This answer shows how to set up a hyperlink that opens an m-file to a specific line number.
• This answer shows how to insert a hyperlink in a dialog box that opens a website.

[nathan blanc]

amazing! exactly what i was looking for. thanks a lot

[Adam Danz]

glad I could help