How to use functions in matlab

when i use to run the code shown below function y = average(x) if ~isvector(x) error('Input must be a vector') end y = sum(x)/length(x); end it is showing an error msg function y = average(x) | Error: Function definitions are not permitted in this context. how ca i overcome this??

Answer 1

[Mischa Kim]

Shinjin, your function is probably residing whithin a script, correct? If so, copy-paste the function into a new function window and save the file as average.m.

Alternatively, you could turn the script into a function and then call function average as shown here.