How to implement "run" command with inputs

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Hello
I've been trying to run a different script with a function header but I realized that I need to pass parameters as well. I would like the script name to be a variable so I cannot just type out the script name and put parenthesis to run that script. How would I go about doing this?
I have tried:
run(scriptVariable(parameter1, parameter2));
matlab -r scriptVariable(parameter1, parameter2);
But both don't work. I have also tried using eval but I couldn't insert object parameters.
Thank you

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 17 Jul 2018
It is never possible to pass parameters with run() .
It is never possible to pass parameters to a script.
If you have the unqualified name of a function as a string, you can get a handle to the function using str2func .
If you have a path to a function (that is, including directory information) then you would have to use techniques similar to what run() does to cd into the containing directory; you could then take a handle to the function using str2func() .
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yySBU
yySBU on 18 Jul 2018
I found a method that works.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7102828/instantiate-class-from-name-in-matlab
+mypackage/foo.m method worked for me.
Thank you for the help
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 18 Jul 2018
Using a class is a potential solution. But I did not see any particular reason in your question why you could not just use a regular function.

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