why i cannot open colea

I'm using Matlab 2015a, just install "colea", i have place into the toolbox file. also i have set the path. but when i type "colea" in the xommand window. the following error occured:

>> colea
Cannot find an exact (case-sensitive) match for 'colea.m'

The closest match is Y:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\colea\COLEA.M

To change the file extension, cd to the file's folder, type:
   movefile COLEA.M COLEA.m_bad; movefile COLEA.m_bad COLEA.m and then cd back.

i followed the above instruction which is "type movefile COLEA.M COLEA.m_bad;...." this is what i got:

>> movefile COLEA.M COLEA.m_bad; movefile COLEA.m_bad COLEA.m
Error using movefile
No matching files were found.

PLEASE help, thanks

[Walter Roberson]

When you cd to the folder, what is the result of commanding

ls

[Anton]

>> ls

.              compiler       distcomp       finance        globaloptim    instrument     mlhadoop       realtime       rtw            simulink       slreportgen    symbolic       
..             compiler_sdk   dotnetbuilder  fininst        hdlcoder       javabuilder    nnet           rf             shared         sl3d           slrt           systemtest     
bioinfo        control        dsp            fixedpoint     idelink        local          optim          rfblks         signal         slcontrol      slvnv          target         
coder          curvefit       econ           fixpoint       ident          map            pde            robust         simbio         sldo           spfirst        vision         
colea          daq            eml            fuzzy          images         matlab         physmod        rptgen         simevents      sldrt          stateflow      voicebox       
comm           database       exlink         geoweb         imaq           matlabxl       plccoder       rptgenext      simrf          sldv           stats          wavelet

[Anton]

this is the results, you can see "colea" is there. on other computers, no matter which directory you are, colea command works

[John D'Errico]

Because you put it into the MATLAB toolbox directory. DO NOT DO THIS.

Put it in your own directory, SEPARATE from this place. That directory should be on your search path.

[Anton]

even i put into other directory, still same problem.

>> ls

. .. COLEA Manual.pdf ECTE 401 Lab6.docx colea

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You cd'ed to the toolbox folder, not the colea folder. Change the current folder to colea:

cd ('Y:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\colea');
% Then call colea functions.....

I'm curious why your MATLAB is on the Y drive instead of the C drive, and why the MATLAB folder does not have the R2015a name in it. Mine looks like C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2015a\toolbox. Did you install it on a custom drive and changed the default directory name?

[Anton]

>> cd ('Y:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\colea'); >> colea Cannot find an exact (case-sensitive) match for 'colea.m'

The closest match is Y:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\colea\COLEA.M

To change the file extension, cd to the file's folder, type: movefile COLEA.M COLEA.m_bad; movefile COLEA.m_bad COLEA.m and then cd back.

Sorry, still not work

[Image Analyst]

Try typing it in with all capital letters. MATLAB is case sensitive. Open up the file in the editor. Is it all capital letters there?

[Walter Roberson]

After you cd to Y:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\colea\ is the time you do the instructions

movefile COLEA.M COLEA.m_bad; movefile COLEA.m_bad colea.m

Note: if there are additional functions in the folder then the colea.m might not be able to find them. If the code is written in terms of calling them in uppercase then you would need to follow the path for changing the .M to .m such as

movefile X.M X.m_bad; movefile X.m_bad X.m

for each file X.M in the directory. If there are just a few, do them by hand. If there are lot then it is time to write a script to handle the task.

Answer 2

[OSCAR VITERI]

This happen with codes written in past version of Matlab Use: Save as' with a new name and check that the extension is: '.m' and not '.M'. Additional the name of this file must be equal to the name of your function.