Re: Function-pointer - function as argument for functions

[Christian Zobel]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Etienne Grossmann wrote:

>   you can do it with :
> 
> function retval = fun10( funname )
>   
>   retval = feval( funname , 10 ) ;
>   ## or,
>   ## retval = eval(sprintf("%s(10);",funname)) ;
>   ## or
>   ## eval(["retval = ",funname,"(10);"]) ;
> 
> end


Thanks a lot! (I think I have to read the manual a little more intense! :)

...but can you also use this with mathematic expressions like "x**2"?! Or
do I first have to write something like

  function retval = quad ( arg )
    retval = arg**2
  endfunction

and then use quad instead of "x**2"?

Christian

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