I have downloaded herrorbar to create horizontal error bars but get an error?

I have downloaded herrorbar from FEX and put it into my MATLAB folder where I am working.

The error I get is:

"Error: File: herrorbar.m Line: 1 Column: 19 Unexpected MATLAB operator."

Do I need to do something to install it properly?

Thanks in advance.

[John D'Errico]

Note that when you report an error and ask for help, show the ENTIRE error message. Not just part of it. That helps us to help you.

[Adam]

Obvious question would seem to be what is on line 1 (and esp column 19) of that file? A glance at the file on file exchange suggests the 19th character should be in the middle of the function name so clearly not a problem.

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

Unless you edited the code and inserted some garbage characters, then saved it...

What version of MATLAB do you have? What version did it say that it was written under?

Almost certainly, you have an old version of MATLAB. In order to use that code, you will need to use a more recent version.

The command ver will tell you what version you have.

help ver

[Jacob]

I actually had inserted garbage code somehow, thanks.

[John D'Errico]

Ah. That happens. This is why it is generally advised not to edit code just to look at it. Too many windows open at once, certainly true on my machine. Too easy to insert random characters. And then too easy to accidentally save a file.

So always use the type command to look at a file.