'transform' text with inline into a mathematical function

I have to make a program that recieves many functions( like x^2) in the form of elements of a vector(b), and calculates the falue of each function on some points. So I have this

syms x;
for i=1:length(b);
  b(i)=inline(b(i));
end

but it doesnt work

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You would have to assign the output to a different array. And consider using matlabFunction()