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<h2 class="chapter">13 Debugging</h2>
<p>Octave includes a built-in debugger to aid in the development of
scripts. This can be used to interrupt the execution of an Octave script
at a certain point, or when certain conditions are met. Once execution
has stopped, and debug mode is entered, the symbol table at the point
where execution has stopped can be examined and modified to check for
errors.
<p>The normal command-line editing and history functions are available in
debug mode.
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