Problem with fminsearch error

Hi I am trying to use fminsearch and i keep getting the following error:Attempt to execute SCRIPT fminsearch as a function, any idea?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

You have a script somewhere named ‘fminsearch’. This is called ‘overshadowing’ of built-in MATLAB functions, and should be avoided.

Run this line:

q = which('fminsearch', '-all')

It should only return these two lines (or something similar for your system):

q = 

      'C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016a\toolbox\matlab\optimfun\fminsearch.p'
      'C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016a\toolbox\matlab\optimfun\fminsearch.m'

The solution is to rename your script file.

[Nikos P]

thank you very much!

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

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