Is there anyway that I can have a function and what I must type into the command window in a script?

I would like to have a function, namely fsolve, and what you must put into the command window to output an answer into one .m file, so everything is inside the .m file, and I do not have to type anything into the command window. I need to have only one .m file as well. Is this possible or must I type things into the command window. I understand that to solve a system of nonlinear equations using fsolve, we must type things into the command window, but is it possible to have these things inside the same .m file as the root2d.m file and to have the program run without anything typed into the command window? I understand this may be not a smart question to ask, but I have not use MATLAB in several months and I am working on an assignment for a professor.

The fsolve and root2d.m file that I am referring to are referenced on this page on the first example

https://www.mathworks.com/help/optim/ug/fsolve.html

Here is my code

function F = root2d(x)
F(1) = 1/sqrt(x(1)) + 2*log10((2.51*0.00001655)/(x(2)*0.267*sqrt(x(1))))
F(2) = 20 - x(1)*(300/0.267)*((x(2))^2/(2*9.81))
end
fun = @root2d;
x0 = [0,0];
x = fsolve(fun,x0)

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you are using R2016b or later you can use

fun = @root2d;
x0 = [0,0];
x = fsolve(fun,x0)

function F = root2d(x)
F(1) = 1/sqrt(x(1)) + 2*log10((2.51*0.00001655)/(x(2)*0.267*sqrt(x(1))))
F(2) = 20 - x(1)*(300/0.267)*((x(2))^2/(2*9.81))
end

all in the same file (but you must use a file name that is not root2d.m )

If you did that then you could click the Run button in the editor to execute the code.

With earlier versions of MATLAB you could do something similar but you would need to use a function, such as

function drive_root
fun = @root2d;
x0 = [0,0];
x = fsolve(fun,x0)
end

function F = root2d(x)
F(1) = 1/sqrt(x(1)) + 2*log10((2.51*0.00001655)/(x(2)*0.267*sqrt(x(1))))
F(2) = 20 - x(1)*(300/0.267)*((x(2))^2/(2*9.81))
end

Both of those could go in the same file, which in this example would be named drive_root.m . You could then run the code by clicking the green Run button in the editor.

[Peter Phung]

Thanks for the detailed answer :-)