MathWorks Interview Question: What would be called if you have a variable 'x' in your workspace in MATLAB and a function 'x' stored in the MATLAB directory when you type 'x' in the command window?

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What would be called if you have a variable 'x' in your workspace in MATLAB and a function 'x' stored in the MATLAB directory when you type 'x' in the command window?

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Anonymous

Aug 9, 2011

the variable will be called as it is stored in the workspace, function names are never stored in workspace!

Anonymous

Aug 4, 2011

if x is in current working directory, MATLAB will complain about the conflict and produce an error. In this case eval function comes in handy to distinguish two x's

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