Argument Question?

I have a homework assignment that says, "Your function will receive the name of the input file as an argument." I'm just a little confused on what that means. Does it means it will be something along the lines of:

function HW = load('data1.txt')

Answer 1

[Sarah Wait Zaranek]

I think this is what they meant -

In the function file:

function outputVar = myfunction(inputVar)
% write the rest of the program here, using inputVar as you would a string

When you call the function you give it a string:

thisoutput = myfunction('data1.txt')

[Walter Roberson]

"input" is a MATLAB function name, so it is better to avoid using that particular variable name.

[Matt Fig]

And don't name your function LOAD or you will mask the built-in LOAD function.

[Cote]

Thanks a ton!

[Sarah Wait Zaranek]

Walter, yes I was doing that for clarity. I will change it to inputvar and outputvar.