is there a normal delay function that just interrupt the script like pause(); does

that stops the script from running for the duration, we already tried that and it doesn't work.

I'm confused. Isn't that what you asked for?

no, im trying to setup a program to play an sos message but can be instantly stopped between beeps

I've never used matlab but just read some of its commands and stuff. The one that caught my attention was:

if get(f,'currentkey') == 'a'

maybe you could put that in your loop to tell if a key has been pressed

What does that mean? You are saying you want some sound to be playing and then if you press a key or something it will pause the program mid beep and then if you press another key it will resume where it left off??

almost, just stop completely when i hit a button tho

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/exit.html

use that along with what Azrad suggested.

i would do something like this


might be a pitfall in that I got no idea what "get last letter pressed" returns when you first start the program