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<h3 class="section" id="Introduction-to-Function-and-Script-Files-1"><span>11.1 Introduction to Function and Script Files<a class="copiable-link" href="#Introduction-to-Function-and-Script-Files-1"> ¶</a></span></h3>
<p>There are seven different things covered in this section.
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<li> Typing in a function at the command prompt.
</li><li> Storing a group of commands in a file — called a script file.
</li><li> Storing a function in a file—called a function file.
</li><li> Subfunctions in function files.
</li><li> Multiple functions in one script file.
</li><li> Private functions.
</li><li> Nested functions.
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<p>Both function files and script files end with an extension of .m, for
<small class="sc">MATLAB</small> compatibility. If you want more than one independent
functions in a file, it must be a script file (see <a class="pxref" href="Script-Files.html">Script Files</a>),
and to use these functions you must execute the script file before you
can use the functions that are in the script file.
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