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5.7: Matlab Functions with No Inputs

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    By Carey A. Smith

    Functions can have outputs, even though they have no input arguments.

    These are some built-in Matlab functions with no inputs:

    date % Try it

    datetime % Try it

    The function definition of such a file would be like this:

    function [date1] = date()

    An interesting Matlab function with no inputs is:

    pi

    This is used as a constant, but it is an actual function. You could define your own functions for constants such as Avogadro’s number, the universal gravitational constant, the speed of light, or a parsec’s distance.


    This page titled 5.7: Matlab Functions with No Inputs is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Carey Smith.