MATLAB ? Error: Missing MATLAB operator

[pvivas1]

? Error: Missing MATLAB operator

Hi I am trying to run a program (My version of MATLAB is 7.01(R14))
called FindPeaks.m

function [peaks]=FindPeaks(fname)

eval(['load fname.dat -ascii'])
eval(['timedata=',fname,'(:,1);']); % log10 scale !
eval(['amplitude=',fname,'(:,2);']);

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then I enter my file which doesn't have any extension:

my file name is: sam_2mem_e1.FLT.a.171
then

FindPeaks('sam_2mem_e1.FLT.a.171')
? Error: Missing MATLAB operator.

Error in ==> FindPeaks at 5
eval(['timedata=',fname,'(:,1);']); % log10 scale !


Thank for any suggestions
Paula

 

[astrosona]

try writing its type as extension...

 

[chroot]

You're trying to apply the (:,1) slice operator to a fname, which is a string, not a matrix. Throw a 'whos' in there and look at the types.

- Warren