I have a Matlab file with multiple functions defined. When calling the file, I get the following error: "Error: File: kmeans.m Line: 20 Column: 1\n Function definition is misplaced or improperly nested."
How can I get rid of the error?
Make sure every function has a matching end.
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I am writing a script to access a function that has been written in another script.
When I run the second script the error is that the function is undefined.
I have been working backwards and am currently trying to get the function to work in the command window.
The function file has appeared in the current folder window. When it is highlighted all functions and parameters are displayed in the window below (displays the file name on top then the file contents).
I am still getting a function is undefined when I copy and paste the functions call from the script into the command window.
I tried rebuilding the functions individually in separate scripts, but I am still receiving an error message.
I have made sure the are in the same folder, and are spelled exactly the same, what am I doing wrong?
'''
%file name Lab_5_functions.m
function[vel] = velocity (g,m,co_d,t)
vel= ((g*m)/co_d)^(1/2)*tanh(((g*co_d)/m)^(1/2)*t);
end
function [dvel]= dvelocity (g,m,co_d,t)
dvel=(((.5*(g*m)/co_d)^(1/2)*tanh(((g*co_d)/m).^(1/2)*t_sec))-(((g*t)/(2*m))*(sech(((g*co_d)./m).^(1/2)*t))));
end
'''
v=velocity(1,2,3,4)
%error message below:
Undefined function or variable 'velocity'.
'''
Thanks
-MK
Matlab is searching for functions using filenames. So you define a single public function myfunc in a file myfunc.m.
You can define additional functions in that file, but they will not be accessible outside that .m file.
MATLAB looks for filenames to find the functions and expects the first line of that file to be a function definition.
For example: myfunc.m
function output = myfunc(input)
If you do want many functions in one file (like a module/library), I have used a work-around before: write all your functions in the file, then include an if-else block to call the correct function. Multiple arguments can be parsed with some simple checks (see nargin function). It is a less elegant solution; I only use it if I have many simple functions and it would be plain annoying to have heaps of .m files.
Here is a simple example:
Call the file: myfunc.m
function output = myfunc(fn, arg1, arg2, ...)
function out = func1(arg1, arg2, ...)
out = 0
if strcmp(fn, 'func1')
if nargin == 2
output = func1(arg1)
end
elseif strcmp(fn, 'func2')
...
end
I want to load train.txt in to a variable named train_org.
But, the following is generating an error?
>> train_org = load train.txt;
parse error:
syntax error
>>> train_org = load train.txt;
^
How can I fix that?
N.B. The text file loads perfectly without that variable name.
You are getting a syntax error because you are using the command syntax to call the load function and you can't assign the output to a variable this way.
Command syntax does not allow you to obtain any values that might be returned by the function. Attempting to assign output from the function to a variable using command syntax generates an error. Use function syntax instead.
You need to use the standard function syntax instead.
train_org = load('train.txt')
I have the following call to a function:
callfun(I1, I2, [X Y ones(n,1)], w, m)
But, I'm getting:
Error: File: callfun.m Line: 20 Column: 3
Unexpected MATLAB expression.
Why is that?
Thanks.
The error says, that your function callfun has a syntax error in line 20. Probably some character which is not allowed.
It can be also a problem of duplicated function definition. A function inside callfun.m may have the same name as a built-in MATLAB function, what yields an error.
From http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/214993-how-to-solve-error-unexpected-matlab-expression-workspacefunc-287:
Do you have any user-defined functions called builtin, strjoin, or strsplit? MATLAB has these defined internally, and having any outside functions that shadow these built-in ones would result in this error. If you are unsure if you have created such functions, typing the command:
>>which functionName -all
will show you the path to all items on the MATLAB path with the name "functionName"
I have written this to determine the n-th Fibonacci number:
function f=fibfun(n)
if n>2
f=fibfun(n-1)+fibfun(n-2);
else
f=1;
end
It should work but it doesn't. If I type fibfun(10) then the answer should be 55. But all I get is:
Undefined function 'fibfun' for input arguments of type
'double'.
What does this mean? What am I doing wrong?
It means that MATLAB can't find your function - the directory where you saved the file fibfun.m should either be the current directory or defined in your MATLAB path.
Make sure the file is on your current path.
Use:
addpath(genpath('/path/to/file/'));
I need to write a function whose input argument should be file name, and the function will perform certain operation on the opened file. Here is the sample function I wrote,
function readFile = loadOneColumnFile(fileName)
fid1 = fopen(fileName);
readFile = 0;
fclose(fid1);
But when I invoke this function in the command console as follows,
>> testValue = loadOneColumnCSV('/usr1/test.csv');
The Matlab returns the following error message
??? Undefined function or method 'loadOneColumnFile' for input arguments of type 'char'.
Looks like that the definition of function is not correct. How to fix it? Thanks.
MATLAB treats a string as an array of characters (like C++, except the strings are not null-terminated in MATLAB).
Despite the error message, I don't think there is any problem with the string passing. The problem is MATLAB cannot find your function. So:
The file containing the function must have same name as the function (in your case save the function in a file named loadOneColumnFile.m)
The loadOneColumnFile.m must be placed in the working (current) directory so MATLAB could find it.
The name of the function is not consistent in your question. Make sure you have used only one of the loadOneColumnFile or loadOneColumnCSV for naming the function and filename.