function [country,C,date0] = getDataUSA_CDC() Error: Function definition not supported in this context. Create functions in code file.

Hello ! I'm trying to run this code but it gives me the error as stated in the tile. Can anyone help me out with this ? Thank you.

function [country,C,date0] = getDataUSA_CDC()
%GETDATA Coronavirus data
%   https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html
country = 'USA_CDC';
date0=datenum('2020/03/01'); % start date
C = [
30	%	3/1/2020
53	%	3/2/2020
80	%	3/3/2020
98	%	3/4/2020
164	%	3/5/2020
214	%	3/6/2020
279	%	3/7/2020
423	%	3/8/2020
647	%	3/9/2020
937	%	3/10/2020
1215	%	3/11/2020
1629	%	3/12/2020
1896	%	3/13/2020
2234	%	3/14/2020
3487	%	3/15/2020
4226	%	3/16/2020
7038	%	3/17/2020
10442	%	3/18/2020
15219	%	3/19/2020
18747	%	3/20/2020
24583	%	3/21/2020
33404	%	3/22/2020
44183	%	3/23/2020
54453	%	3/24/2020
68440	%	3/25/2020
85356	%	3/26/2020
103321	%	3/27/2020
122653	%	3/28/2020
140904	%	3/29/2020
163539	%	3/30/2020
186101	%	3/31/2020
213144	%	4/1/2020
239279	%	4/2/2020
277205	%	4/3/2020
%<-------------- add new data here
]';
end

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Hemanth - I suspect that you are copying and pasting this code into the command window. Since this code is a function (as given by the function signature) then it needs to be saved to a file (with the name getDataUSA_CDC.m). You can then call this function from the command line as

>> [country,C,date0] = getDataUSA_CDC(); 

Note how this is equivalent to the function signature less the function keyword.

[Hemanth Varma Gundla]

Thank you so much. This has been resolved !