Why am I getting an error trying to sort this array?

I'm trying to learn Matlab and have been using code directly from the documentation to test things out. When I type the following code I get the error "Index exceeds the number of array elements (1)."

Code:

A = [9 0 -7 5 3 8 -10 4 2];
B = sort(A)

Can someone explain why this is happening?

[william Eisner]

Same here. cut and past on an empty page. I cleared sort and problem went away.

Answer 1

[Jess Lovering]

Are you using the variable name "sort" in another part of your code? This has happened to me in the past if I define a variable using the name of a function.

[tcg22]

Nope. The entirety of the code is what I posted.

[Jess Lovering]

Strange. I copied the lines into my matlab and it worked fine. Good luck!

[tcg22]

Thanks. I might try unistalling and reinstalling and see if that does anything.

[Walter Roberson]

What shows up if you use

which -all sort

Your code might not assign to sort but at some point in the past you assigned to sort and the variable is still in your workspace.