MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

Nested Functions ............................... 20-32

What Are Nested Functions? ................... 20-32

Requirements for Nested Functions .............. 20-32

Sharing Variables Between Parent and Nested Functions

....................................... 20-33

Using Handles to Store Function Parameters ....... 20-34

Visibility of Nested Functions................... 20-37

Variables in Nested and Anonymous Functions ...... 20-39

Private Functions............................... 20-41

Function Precedence Order...................... 20-43

Function Arguments

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Find Number of Function Arguments............... 21-2

Support Variable Number of Inputs................. 21-4

Support Variable Number of Outputs............... 21-6

Validate Number of Function Arguments............ 21-8

Argument Checking in Nested Functions ........... 21-11

Ignore Function Inputs .......................... 21-13

Check Function Inputs with validateattributes ...... 21-14

Parse Function Inputs........................... 21-17

Input Parser Validation Functions................. 21-21

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