From help-request at octave dot org Tue Feb  7 10:01:55 2006
Subject: Lists of function handles
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: <andreas dot sodeur at rwe dot com>
Cc: <help at octave dot org>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:01:19 -0500

On  7-Feb-2006, andreas dot sodeur at rwe dot com wrote:

| I am trying to create a list of function handles. This seems to be
| possible in Matlab, but generates errors in Octave:
| 
| >>function r = basisFunction1(x)
| 	r  =  1;
| endfunction
| 
| >>function r = basisFunction2(x)
| 	r  =  x;
| endfunction
| 
| >>a(1)  =   at basisFunction1
| error: can't perform indexed assignment for function handle type
| error: assignment failed, or no method for `<unknown type> = function
| handle'
| error: evaluating assignment expression near line 1, column 6
| 
| Any work-around? Thx

Yes, use cell arrays as David said.

I just wanted to point out that in future versions of Matlab, you
won't be able to use the style of indexing you show above.  I think
R14 gives a warning about it now.

jwe



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