exist() for functions only?

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Daniel
Daniel on 19 Dec 2014
Commented: Sean de Wolski on 22 Dec 2014
As I understand, the exist() function in MATLAB will return "2" if the input is a MATLAB function.
The list of options for the second input 'kind' are builtin, class, dir, file, and var.
I want to input 'kind' so that exist() will ONLY search for functions, and return 2 if it is a match to a function and a 0 if not.
Is there any way to do this?
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Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 22 Dec 2014
So you mean ONLY functions or any MATLAB files that will run (scripts/functions/classes)? which will return something for scripts and classes as well.
Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 22 Dec 2014
For functions only, this blog post and ensuing comments explains:

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matt dash
matt dash on 19 Dec 2014
An option that is not exactly what you describe, but might work for you:
isempty(which([functionname,'.m']))
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Daniel
Daniel on 22 Dec 2014
Will this work in a deployed application? since the file isn't actually on the filepath any longer as its packaged in an EXE?
Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 22 Dec 2014
What about p-files?

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 19 Dec 2014
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 19 Dec 2014
exist()==2
%or
A = exist('name','file')
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Daniel
Daniel on 19 Dec 2014
My problem here is what if it exists as a workspace variable or another non-m file on the search path? in that case it will return 1 or 5 respectively, while I would still not be sure if it exists as a funciton.

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