How do I import/include MATLAB functions?

Question

I have some MATLAB functions defined in .m files and I'd like to import them into MATLAB (as in I'd like to be able to call them as I do a built-in function). How can I do this?

Related: [How to use the MATLAB search path](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2129646/52738) — gnovice, May 27 '11 at 14:33

Morgan · Answer 1 · 2014-03-26T20:13:17.767

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If the folder just contains functions then adding the folders to the path at the start of the script will suffice.

addpath('../folder_x/');
addpath('../folder_y/');

If they are Packages, folders starting with a '+' then they also need to be imported.

import package_x.*
import package_y.*

You need to add the package folders parent to the search path.

edited Mar 26 '14 at 20:13

answered Sep 12 '13 at 07:59

Morgan

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '15 at 07:19

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You have to set the path. See here.

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answered May 15 '10 at 19:42

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '10 at 19:45

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You should be able to put them in your ~/matlab on unix.

I'm not sure which directory matlab looks in for windows, but you should be able to figure it out by executing userpath from the matlab command line.

answered May 15 '10 at 19:45

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 27 '17 at 23:40

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Solution for Windows

Go to File --> Set Path and add the folder containing the functions as Matlab files. (At least for Matlab 2007b on Vista)

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answered May 16 '10 at 06:55

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Vista is a bit older. Do you happen to know whether it still works this way? – Hermann Döppes Jan 27 '17 at 21:58

How do I import/include MATLAB functions?

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Solution for Windows

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