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Seyma
Dec 31, 2011, 8:56:08 AM12/31/11
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Hi,
I have written a very simple function(in a file called stat.m) like
function y = stat(x)
y = x+5;
When i want to call this function from another file like
a = stat(5);
a
I get an error saying
Input argument "x" is undefined.
Error in ==> stat at 2
y = x+5;
When i call the function from the command line, it is OK. However, this is not what i want. How can i call the stat function inside the code file?
Thanks.
I have written a very simple function(in a file called stat.m) like
function y = stat(x)
y = x+5;
When i want to call this function from another file like
a = stat(5);
a
I get an error saying
Input argument "x" is undefined.
Error in ==> stat at 2
y = x+5;
When i call the function from the command line, it is OK. However, this is not what i want. How can i call the stat function inside the code file?
Thanks.
dpb
Dec 31, 2011, 9:51:22 AM12/31/11
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What does
which stat
return?
I'd guess you either have another variable stat from an earlier testing
of the function or by accident or there's a stale copy getting loaded.
Try
clear stat
and try again. If no joy report back on what the which command returned
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dpb
Dec 31, 2011, 10:01:31 AM12/31/11
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On 12/31/2011 8:51 AM, dpb wrote:
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> I'd guess you either have another variable stat from an earlier testing
> of the function or by accident or there's a stale copy getting loaded.
...
Whoops! Sent before edit...
A variable stat wouldn't be the same error so my bet is on the stale copy.
And, of course, it is that the old copy may be cached in memory, not
getting loaded that the
clear stat
will resolve
Oh, another thought...
Is there by any chance from earlier edits an internal function in the
calling routine m-file also name stat (maybe from before you decided to
move it to its own m-file to be externally callable) that doesn't have
the argument or has a typo between the argument and the used variable or
somesuch?
That would explain why the function would work from the command line but
not from the particular m-file that called it.
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> I'd guess you either have another variable stat from an earlier testing
> of the function or by accident or there's a stale copy getting loaded.
Whoops! Sent before edit...
A variable stat wouldn't be the same error so my bet is on the stale copy.
And, of course, it is that the old copy may be cached in memory, not
getting loaded that the
clear stat
will resolve
Oh, another thought...
Is there by any chance from earlier edits an internal function in the
calling routine m-file also name stat (maybe from before you decided to
move it to its own m-file to be externally callable) that doesn't have
the argument or has a typo between the argument and the used variable or
somesuch?
That would explain why the function would work from the command line but
not from the particular m-file that called it.
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Seyma
Dec 31, 2011, 10:06:08 AM12/31/11
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dpb <no...@non.net> wrote in message <jdn7ha$lvf$1...@speranza.aioe.org>...
i got the idea. I opened a new .m file with another name and paste the very same code in it and it did well!
Thank you very much for your reply.
Thank you very much for your reply.
dpb
Dec 31, 2011, 10:41:38 AM12/31/11
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On 12/31/2011 9:06 AM, Seyma wrote:
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> i got the idea. I opened a new .m file with another name and paste the
> very same code in it and it did well!
>
> Thank you very much for your reply.
No problem...see other followup for a better explanation of what may
have actually been the problem than I wrote above.
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> i got the idea. I opened a new .m file with another name and paste the
> very same code in it and it did well!
>
> Thank you very much for your reply.
have actually been the problem than I wrote above.
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