Calling a Function from the Command Line :: Working with mcc (MATLAB Compiler)

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Calling a Function from the Command Line

You can make a MATLAB function into a stand-alone executable that is directly callable from the system command line. All the arguments passed to the MATLAB function from the system command line are strings. Two techniques to work with these functions are

Modify the original MATLAB function to test each argument and convert the strings to numbers.
Write a wrapper MATLAB function that does this test and then calls the original MATLAB function.

For example:
- ```
function x=foo(a, b)
    if (isstr(a)), a = str2num(a), end;
    if (isstr(b)), b = str2num(b), end;

% The rest of your M-code here... 
```
You only do this if your function expects numeric input. If your function expects strings, there is nothing to do because that's the default from the command line.

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