how do i store a variable out of my function?

i have a function file im calling in a script and when i try to assign its out put to a variable it says "Too many output arguments."

i know funtion works right i just dont know how to store it into a variable.

here is my function

function create_array(N,M,row_orient)
if row_orient==1
    for i=1:N
    for j=1:M
        if N==M
        x(i,j)= N*(i-1)+j
        
        elseif M-N >=1 | N-M >= 1
        x(i,j)=M*(i-1)+j
            end 
        end 
    end 
elseif row_orient==0
    for i=1:N
    for j=1:M
        if N==M
        x(j,i)= N*(i-1)+j
        elseif M-N >=1 | N-M >= 1
        x(j,i)=M*(i-1)+j
            end 
        end 
    end 
end
end

and here is the script im calling it to

x=create_array(3,1,1)

Answer 1

[Asad (Mehrzad) Khoddam]

The first line should be

function x = create_array(N,M,row_orient)

to return the generated matrix

[tyler hollings]

but thats what it is, its in the function file,

my function works in other scripts until i try to assign it to a variable.

for example

create_array(3,1,1) works

but

x=create_array(3,1,1) does not work

[tyler hollings]

never mind youre totally right hahaha thanks for the help