Function giving incorrect answer

Hi, new to matlab and I was following through a guide and got to the functions section but I have a problem. Its a very basic function to add two numbers together:

    function add (x,y)
    x+y
    end

In the command window I enter "add 5 3" to which it gives

    >> add 5 3
    ans =
     104

Are there any settings I need to change or something??

I think it is something to do with the variables since addition without the function works perfectly

       >> 3+5
     ans =
       8

Answer 1

[Cedric]

It was almost correct; you just forgot to assign the result to an output argument (that I named "result" below, but you are free to choose whichever valid variable name you want):

 function result = add(x, y)
    result = x + y ;
 end

Then you have to call it as follows in the command line:

 >> add(5, 3)

[joe]

Still have the exact same problem - gives the answer as 104 when it obviously isnt!

[joe]

Thank you very much :)