MATLAB Programming

10 Scheduling Program Execution with Timers
Always delete timer objects when you are done using them. See “Deleting
Timer Objects from Memory” on page 10-23 for more information.
Timer Object Naming
MATLAB assigns a name to each timer object you create. This name has the
form 'timer-i', wherei is a number representing the total number of timer
objects created this session.
For example, the first time you call the timer function to create a timer object,
MATLAB names the object timer-1. If you call the timer function again to
create another timer object, MATLAB names the object timer-2.
MATLAB keeps incrementing the number associated with each timer object it
creates, even if you delete the timer objects you already created. For example,
if you delete the first two timer objects and create a new object, MATLAB
names it timer-3, even though the other two timer objects no longer exist
in memory. To reset the numeric part of timer object names to 1, execute
the clear classes command.
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