Colored parentheses by nested level

Hello all, this is my first posting , so bear with me if I fail to provide all necessary information the first time though.

I was wondering if Matlab has the capability to detect nested parentheses and match levels by color in the Editor and the Command Window. If so, a brief tutorial in enabling such a function would be greatly appreciated. for example:

This:

    SQRT((gamma+1)/(gamma-1))*atand(SQRT(((gamma-1)/(gamma+1))*(M^2-1)))-atand(SQRT(M^2-1))

displays as this

This just makes user interaction and identification of different layers a lot more quick and efficient in my opinion. Any help would be appreciated.

[Star Strider]

Matching parentheses now have small underlines under them when you mouse over them, and not-matching parentheses trigger a red underline at the end of a statement. I like the idea of color-highlighted matching parentheses, though. Those would be easier to see in the Editor.

[José-Luis]

I second that motion. I have lost so much time getting the parentheses wrong.

[Star Strider]

There used to be a ‘Request Enhancements’ option, but I couldn’t find it when I looked earlier today. I suggest you submit this thread to: MathWorks Support Team.

[Robert]

Thanks for the recommendation, Star! How would I go about submitting a thread to them though?

[Star Strider]

I’d include the URL http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/127189-colored-parentheses-by-nested-level in the message.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

No - not yet, but I think it would be a good idea.

[Elisabeth Wagner]

Is there now a possibility to highlight brackets?

[Walter Roberson]

"Is there now a possibility to highlight brackets?"

The only differences in this respect since 2014 is that now the Live Script editor exists, and in Live Script when you click on (or position at) a bracket, then it briefly puts an underscore under both the bracket and its match, which is different from the regular editor only in that the brief underscore is slightly thicker and lasts slightly longer and so is a little more obvious than in the regular editor.