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function call error

I tried to write matlab code in a modularized way, but I am not sure if it's correct, as compiler return error when I did the below:

main.m is the script which triggers multiple trial run of experiment.
algo.m contains the procedure to execute each experiment.
common.m contains utility function for file reading etc.

When I compiled at main.m, error returns
"Undefined function 'experiment' for input arguments of type 'char'."

May I know how to overcome the error, and is this the correct way to write modular matlab script?


**************
main.m which contains the below lines
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R = experiment('t1_run.txt');
R = experiment('t2_run.txt');
R = experiment('t3_run.txt');


**************
algo.m which run each experiment
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function ret = experiment(filepath)

% read data from file
D = read_data(filepath, '%.3f');

% run experiment step 1
% run experiment step 2
% run experiment step n

ret = 1;
return
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**************
common.m which read files
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function D = read_data(path, format)
    fid = fopen(path,'r');
    D = textscan(fid, format);
    fclose(fid);
return
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On 6/25/2012 2:21 AM, BP wrote:

>
> **************
> algo.m which run each experiment
> ----------------
> function ret = experiment(filepath)

try to change the file name to experiment.m

>
> **************
> common.m which read files
> ----------------
> function D = read_data(path, format)

try to change the file name to read_data.m

File name should match the first function name in the file.

--Nasser

"Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> wrote in message
> File name should match the first function name in the file.
>
> --Nasser

What if i have two functions in the same file?

Let say in plot_cdf.m, two functions were defined as below. But compiler returns run-time error "Undefined function 'plot_ecdf' for input arguments of type 'double'."

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function [ycdf,xcdf] = plot_cdf(A, LineSpec)
     [ycdf,xcdf] = cdfcalc(A);
end

function plot_ecdf(A)
        % Calculate and plot empirical cdf and confidence bounds
        [f,x,flo,fup] = ecdf(A);
end

"BP " <syseeker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:js9bcb$kho$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com...
> "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> wrote in message
>> File name should match the first function name in the file.
>>
>> --Nasser
>
> What if i have two functions in the same file?

The main (first) function in the file should have the same name as the name
of the file; if they are different, then that function will be known by the
FILE's name. Since the subfunctions in the file are not directly accessible
outside the file, you can name them whatever you want (as long as it's a
valid MATLAB identifier, of course.)

> Let say in plot_cdf.m, two functions were defined as below. But compiler
> returns run-time error "Undefined function 'plot_ecdf' for input arguments
> of type 'double'."

That's correct. Subfunctions are not "visible" outside the file in which
they are defined.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_prog/f4-70666.html

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