
Private functions reside in subfolders with the special name private. If you do not want to expose the implementation of a function(s), you can create them as private functions.
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Let us rewrite the function quadratic, from previous example, however, this time the disc function will be a nested function.Ĭreate a function file quadratic2.m and type the following code in it −Ī private function is a primary function that is visible only to a limited group of other functions. Nested functions are defined within the scope of another function and they share access to the containing function's workspace.Ī nested function follows the following syntax − A nested function contains any or all of the components of any other function. You can define functions within the body of another function. You can call the above function from command prompt as − % which are the co-efficients of x2, x and the The function file quadratic.m will contain the primary function quadratic and the sub-function disc, which calculates the discriminant.Ĭreate a function file quadratic.m and type the following code in it − The function would take three inputs, the quadratic co-efficient, the linear co-efficient and the constant term. Let us write a function named quadratic that would calculate the roots of a quadratic equation. Sub-functions are visible only to the primary function and other sub-functions within the function file that defines them. Primary functions can be called from outside of the file that defines them, either from command line or from other functions, but sub-functions cannot be called from command line or other functions, outside the function file. Each function file contains a required primary function that appears first and any number of optional sub-functions that comes after the primary function and used by it. The syntax for creating an anonymous function from an expression isį = this example, we will write an anonymous function named power, which will take two numbers as input and return first number raised to the power of the second number.Ĭreate a script file and type the following code in it −Īny function other than an anonymous function must be defined within a file. This way you can create simple functions without having to create a file for them. You can define an anonymous function right at the MATLAB command line or within a function or script. It consists of a single MATLAB expression and any number of input and output arguments. This function calculates the maximum of theĪn anonymous function is like an inline function in traditional programming languages, defined within a single MATLAB statement. MATLAB will execute the above statement and return the following result − The comment lines that come right after the function statement provide the help text. In our example, the mymax function has five input arguments and one output argument. It gives the name of the function and order of arguments. The first line of a function starts with the keyword function. %This function calculates the maximum of the It takes five numbers as argument and returns the maximum of the numbers.Ĭreate a function file, named mymax.m and type the following code in it − The following function named mymax should be written in a file named mymax.m. The name of the file and of the function should be the same.įunctions operate on variables within their own workspace, which is also called the local workspace, separate from the workspace you access at the MATLAB command prompt which is called the base workspace.įunctions can accept more than one input arguments and may return more than one output arguments.įunction = myfun(in1,in2,in3. In MATLAB, functions are defined in separate files. A function is a group of statements that together perform a task.
