Undefined function or method '...' for input arguments of type 'double'.

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I'm getting the following error when I try to run some function m-files: ??? Undefined function or method '[name of function]' for input arguments of type 'double'.
I know this usually happens when the file isn't in the working directory, but that's not the case here.
When I was running these m-files in a different directory on my computer, it worked fine. I moved them to another directory on my laptop, and they're still fine, but I get this error on two of my desktops.
Thank you.
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Jithin Nambiar J
Jithin Nambiar J on 10 Apr 2021
It sometimes gives you this error if you don't have the right toolboxes installed for the certain function.
If a particular function is causing an error. Try typing
help functionName
If this results in like a certain toolbox is required for this function to work. Just click on the hyperlink or underlined link which is given in the terminal.
It will direct you to the appropriate package. Make sure you save any programs. Since installing the packages requires MATLAB to restart.
Cheers !!

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MathWorks Support Team
MathWorks Support Team on 8 Nov 2018
Please refer to the following post, which presents solutions that are possibly relevant to this error message:

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Eyasu getahun Chekole
Eyasu getahun Chekole on 19 Apr 2015
Edited: Eyasu getahun Chekole on 19 Apr 2015
I am pretty sure that the reason why this problem happened is because of the license of the toolbox (package) in which this function belongs in. Write
which functionName
and see what will be the result. If it returns path of the function and the comment
"Has no license available",
then the problem is related to the license. That means, license of the package is not set correctly. Mostly it happens if the package (toolbox) of this function is added later, i.e., after installation of the original `matlab`. Please check and solve the license issue, then it will work fine.
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Majid
Majid on 12 Aug 2013
In my case, there was a function that is used in my code but it was not in the directory, so by changing the location of the sub function and copying in the active directory , the problem is solved now.
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Paulo Silva
Paulo Silva on 10 Apr 2011
change the working directory to the folder where you have your code or add the path.
Go to the File and choose the Set Path
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D
D on 10 Apr 2011
That's not the problem. The file is in the working directory.
I've tried running it from the editor, but I'm getting the same error.

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n
n on 28 May 2012
Hi,
Please consider that you should be EXACTLY in the same directory; and not even in sub-directories within the right path.
I hope this solves the case. It worked for me.

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 11 Apr 2011
Are you function names in mixed case, and your laptop runs Windows but your desktop runs Linux ?
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Keith Kripp
Keith Kripp on 10 Jun 2013
I've encountered this error when attempting to call MEX functions that were built/compiled on machines running a different version of Windows.
e.g. I build a MEX file from source code on a 32 bit machine, transfer it somewhere down the road to a 64 bit machine, and then attempt to call the function.
Seems like this error often has little to do with the arg type being 'double.'
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Matt J
Matt J on 10 Jun 2013
Edited: Matt J on 10 Jun 2013
Seems like this error often has little to do with the arg type being 'double.'
Well, sometimes it genuinely is an issue of the arg type, as shown here
>> sin('a')
Undefined function 'sin' for input arguments of type 'char'.
Clear 'sin' does exist, but just doesn't know what to do with char input.
As for the MEX-file issue, that has nothing to do with the 64bit-ness of Windows, only the 64bitness of the MATLAB version. 64-bit MATLAB will be looking for files with extension 'mexw64' whereas a 32-bit compiled mex file will have extension 'mexw32'. So, that really is a case of MATLAB not being able to find a matching file.

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Resorcap
Resorcap on 8 Nov 2014
Before run function, add current absolute path:
add(pwd);
And this worked for me.

chao dong
chao dong on 21 Mar 2016
For me,the reason why this error occured was because I used a method that actually did not belongs to the object I used to invoke.This means that I should first transform my object to another type of data,for me,I actually have to change the object belongs to vehicle class to mini class to specify its data type. OOP's philosophy is indeed very important for you to understand why it occured and solve the error.

eranna annigeri
eranna annigeri on 24 Jul 2016
Edited: Walter Roberson on 24 Jul 2016
hi all ,
i am getting this error in the glcm code can anyone help me with this error
stats = GLCM_features1(GLCM2,0)
Undefined function 'GLCM_features1' for input arguments of type 'double'.

Nensi Tallamma
Nensi Tallamma on 10 Aug 2016
Hi i'm getting this error " ??? Undefined function or method 'wavelet' for input arguments of type 'double'." , when i'm try to run :
[wave,period,scale,coi] = wavelet (madden_julian,dt,pad,dj,s0,j1,mother);
Can anyone help me with this error?
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 10 Aug 2016
Mathworks does not define a function named "wavelet" in any toolbox.
I checked and it does not appear that any of the File Exchange contributions happen to define a function with that name either.
You appear to be using the code from G08isu.pdf. It appears to use software from colorado.edu; it looks like you can find the source code at http://paos.colorado.edu/research/wavelets/software.html

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Lang Hu
Lang Hu on 11 Oct 2016
Edited: Lang Hu on 11 Oct 2016
I met the problem ??? Undefined function or method 'cdfcalc' for input arguments of type 'double'. Besides, when I use cmd "which cdfcalc", returned that no such a function found. I wonder if I missed to install something?
Plus: When I went to the download page, I have these to download: Installer.exe MATLAB77.zip Communications_Toolbox42.zip Signal_Processing_Blockset68.zip Signal_Processing_Toolbox610.zip
I downloaded them all and installed. But when installing, it alerted me that no Simulink. How should I handle this?
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 11 Oct 2016
cdfcalc is from the Statistics and Machine Learning toolbox. It appears that you have not installed that.
The Signal Processing Blockset that are trying to install requires Simulink and is useless without Simulink. It does not affect use of the Signal Processing Toolbox by itself, so you should only install Signal Processing Blockset if you install Simulink.
If you have a Student Suite license, then you might simply have not told the installer to install those packages.

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0460051 NCTU
0460051 NCTU on 11 Oct 2016
I have the same problem.Here is my error.
An UndefinedFunction error was thrown on the workers for 'configurePin'. This might be because the file containing 'configurePin' is not accessible on the workers. Use addAttachedFiles(pool, files) to specify the required files to be attached. See the documentation for 'parallel.Pool/addAttachedFiles' for more details.
Caused by: Error using parallel_function>make_general_channel/channel_general (line 929) Undefined function 'configurePin' for input arguments of type 'double'.
I'm trying to communicate matlab and arduino.However, it's always running wrong.What's happened?
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John Abh
John Abh on 23 Oct 2016
Edited: John Abh on 23 Oct 2016
THANK YOU..... I tried to remove error with all the ideas i got,but still it is showing some error......the .m file is attached so help me to fix this error....

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indah octaviyani
indah octaviyani on 26 Oct 2016
i got this error,, could you help me?
Undefined function 'generateExplicit' for input arguments of type 'MPCController'.
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indah octaviyani
indah octaviyani on 26 Oct 2016
Edited: indah octaviyani on 26 Oct 2016
thank you, but then i got this error too, how can i fix it?
Error using subsindex Function 'subsindex' is not defined for values of class 'ss'.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 26 Oct 2016
We would probably need to see your code. Please create a new Question with your code shown and a complete traceback of the error message.

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nikhil kumar
nikhil kumar on 22 Feb 2017
I am getting this error when i run some files: Undefined function 'matplot2' for input arguments of type 'double' Error in Figure4_14 (line 42) matplot2(X,Y,abs(ISAR),20); Please help me out guys.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 22 Feb 2017
matplot2() is not part of any MATLAB toolbox or any entry in the File Exchange.
matplot2() appears to be a function in the R programming language.

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quach tien  toan
quach tien toan on 14 May 2017
i got this error,, could you help me? Undefined function 'getsnapshot' for input arguments of type 'double'.
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 14 May 2017
As the getsnapshot documentation clearly states, its input must be a video input object. Your error message tells us that you are not giving getsnapshot a video image object, but a numeric value. You need to give it the right kind of input (the one that the documentation tell you that it requires).

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Markes Jak
Markes Jak on 24 May 2017
Edited: Walter Roberson on 24 May 2017
Error:Undefined function ‘execute’ for input arguments of type ‘double’.
raspberry pi simulink
Causes
Actually this can happened by many problems, one of them could be, the Simulink Support Package files didn’t downloaded correctly and may be there are missing file, and to be sure of that write:
which functionName
for example which execute
and see what will be the result. If it returns the comment “Has no license available” or just gives error , then follow the below soution and if returns with path and a name of the file ,then restart your matlab and check ,if not solved it could be another problem.
solution
Download all the package again, but before doing it, you have to remove SupportPackages folder in the following path: C:\Users\your_pc_ userrname\Downloads\MathWorks and start downloading the package ,it will works and mathworks will download the all the rquired files in that path for size not less that 716MB
i just restarted my pc and matlab and every thing works well ,thanks to these maklab team people http://www.maklabacademy.com/error-simulink-support-package-raspberry-pi-hardware-2016-2017/

Toke Frederiksen
Toke Frederiksen on 2 Jun 2017
In my case I was simply not in the correct working directory. Changed by either CD'ing into the correct directory, or using the UI to change working directory.

lakshmi priya
lakshmi priya on 19 Aug 2017
Undefined function 'partiald' for input arguments of type 'double'. please give me answers

lakshan tharuka
lakshan tharuka on 22 Sep 2017
I get the followig error.Could you please give an answer
Undefined function 'readFunctionTrain' for input arguments of type 'char'.
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Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 22 Sep 2017
If you're trying to run the example from this blog post, you will need to download this File Exchange submission. I recommend using the Add-Ons manager to add it to your MATLAB installation (search for "deep learning 10 lines") or you can download it and manually put it in a directory on your path.
Note that the requirements state this requires Image Processing Toolbox and Neural Network Toolbox, so make sure you have those products installed.
lakshan tharuka
lakshan tharuka on 22 Sep 2017
Edited: lakshan tharuka on 22 Sep 2017
It worked.Thanks steven! But unfortunately requires 3.0 GPU

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divyasami27
divyasami27 on 12 Mar 2018
When I try:
which envelope
I get 'envelope' not found, this is in version R2014a.

babita verma
babita verma on 5 Apr 2018
Edited: babita verma on 5 Apr 2018
I get the following error when I try to use mattest for tscore calculations:
Undefined function 'bioinfochecknargin' for input arguments of type 'double'
Can anyone explain why would this error occur and suggest a solution? Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 5 Apr 2018
That is a utility / helper function in Bioinformatics Toolbox. Check the output of the ver function to determine if you have that toolbox installed.

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Marco Nesci
Marco Nesci on 28 May 2018
I got this message,
Undefined function 'kalman' for input arguments of type 'double'
I controlled all the licenses and the function is present in its controldesign folder How can I solve it?
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 15 Mar 2023
Could you confirm that
which -all kalman
comes up empty?
If so then try
restoredefaultpath; rehash toolboxcache
if it starts working then savepath and if it does not start working then reinstall the Control System Toolbox

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Metin Ozturk
Metin Ozturk on 31 Jul 2018
It may be because the function you are trying to use is not available in your current MATLAB version. For example, if you use 'normalize' function in any version other than 2018, it will produce the same error, as the 'normalize' function was introduced in MATLAB 2018.

sena pathy
sena pathy on 16 Aug 2018
Undefined function 'rescale' for input arguments of type 'double'. please help me with this error

Asry Noorsal
Asry Noorsal on 29 Sep 2018
hi there~ i have an error like this one "Undefined function 'ziegler_nic' for input arguments of type 'double'." i've added some file to the path but it still won't work. it will be a big help for me if anybody can solve this case, thanks before
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clpi
clpi on 3 Jul 2019
Hello !
I have a matlab function which at a certain point calculates sin(2*pi*freq*t_array) (t_array in an array of size (1,2000).
I tried to call this function vi matlab.engine but I got the error message: "Undefined function 'sin' for input argument of type 'int64' "
I tried what is people suggested in this topic but it didn't work. I wanted to add the file 'sin.m' to my working directory but it is not a function script, it is a simple text.
I would be very grateful of any help
Thank you !
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Guillaume
Guillaume on 3 Jul 2019
Please start your own question if you need help. sin is indeed not defined with inputs of type int64. Convert your input to double. If your number is so large that it looses precision when converted to double (i.e. it is greater than flintmax) then why are you calculating the sinus of such large numbers?

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Mosaic PCS
Mosaic PCS on 7 Feb 2020
I am getting this error .plz help
Undefined function 'series' for input arguments of type 'double'.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 7 Feb 2020
There is a series() call in the Control Systems Toolbox but it must be passed control systems not numeric values.
I speculate that you are using series() from some third party code and that it expects some kind of representation of a formula, perhaps symbolic, perhaps a function handle.
One possibility is that you are using symbolic code from r2007a or earlier that was based upon the maple software engine and you passed numeric values instead of symbolic.

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Jithin Nambiar J
Jithin Nambiar J on 10 Apr 2021
It sometimes gives you this error if you don't have the right toolboxes installed for the certain function.
If a particular function is causing an error. Try typing
help functionName
If this results in like a certain toolbox is required for this function to work. Just click on the hyperlink or underlined link which is given in the terminal.
It will direct you to the appropriate package. Make sure you save any programs. Since installing the packages requires MATLAB to restart.
Cheers !!

Bingo Bongo
Bingo Bongo on 18 Jun 2021
I am get the following error
Undefined function 'trainNetwork' for input arguments of type 'double'
Iam trying the Time series forecasting using deep learning example(Chickenpox) code.
iam using version R2012b of Matlab
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 18 Jun 2021
R2012b had absolutely no support for Deep Learning.
To do Deep Learning in R2012b, you have two choices:
  1. Write all the code yourself; or
  2. find a third-party library and use loadlibrary() to link to it
The first Deep Learning support was added in R2016a, and there has been a lot of upgrades of the Deep Learning support since that time; if you need to do Deep Learning then I highly recommend that you get a new version of MATLAB.

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Mohamed Zewail
Mohamed Zewail on 28 Oct 2021
I also got a similar problem with ONNX function,
Undefined function 'rearrangeONNXWeights' for input arguments of type 'single'.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 6 Nov 2021
It is built in to the toolbox, for new enough releases. However you did not mention which release you are using, and it was faster for me to show you where you could find the exact code than it was for us to go back and forth about releases and exactly where the master copy of the code is stored, and exactly which command you are using and so on. I cut through all those steps by giving you a link to the exact code.

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