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I'm trying to write a function that is gets two arrays and the name of another function as arguments.

e.g. 

main.m:

    x=[0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0];
    y=[0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0];

    func2(x,y,'func2eq')

func 2.m :
    function t =func2(x, y, z, 'func')   //"unexpected matlab expression" error message here    
    t= func(x,y,z);

func2eq.m:  
    function z= func2eq(x,y)

    z= x + sin(pi * x)* exp(y);

Matlab tells gives me the above error message. I've never passed a function name as an argument before. Where am I going wrong?

pb2q
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You could also use function handles rather than strings, like so:

main.m:

...
func2(x, y, @func2eq); % The "@" operator creates a "function handle"

This simplifies func2.m:

function t = func2(x, y, fcnHandle)
    t = fcnHandle(x, y);
end

For more info, see the documentation on function handles

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You could try in func2.m:

function t = func2(x, y, funcName)  % no quotes around funcName
    func = str2func(funcName)
    t = func(x, y)
end
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  • At least in v. 2015, if you don't quote the funcName, MATLAB interpreter expects arguments to be supplied. were you thinking that funcName is a handle? – Carl Witthoft Aug 15 '19 at 12:17