Declaring persistent variables in scripts is not supported in R2019b?

Declaring persistent variables in scripts is not supported in R2019b?

[Stephen23]

"Declaring persistent variables in scripts is not supported in R2019b?"

MATLAB does not support persistent variables in scripts:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/scripts-and-functions.html

MATLAB has supported persistent variables in functions since before R2006a:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/persistent.html#f76-920859_vh

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

I just checked back to R2015a and it has not been supported in any release back that far.

Answer 2

[Lacey Fauci]

I just figured this out. I called the function "funtion" - misspelling the word function. After I spelled it correctly, it fixed the syntax error and I was able to call in all my persistent variables with no problem. - July 2023