Why am I getting a 'parse error' at t and how do I fix it?

I am trying to write a program that returns the gaussian distribution given input arguments of a vector times t and a value of RMS deviation tau.

This is my code, but it keeps saying there is a parse error at line 14: "Parse error at t: usage might be invalid MATLAB syntax"

% Write a program that returns the Gaussian distribution given input
% arguments of a vector of times t and a value of a root mean squared (RMS)
% deviation tau

function gaussian_distribution = generate_gaussian(t, tau)
    % t: Vector of times
    % tau: RMS deviation
    
    % Calculate the Gaussian distribution
    gaussian_distribution = exp(-t.^2 / (2 * tau^2)) / (tau * sqrt(2 * pi));
end

% Example usage and plot
t = linspace(-5, 5, 1000);  % Example time vector

This statement is not inside any function.
(It follows the END that terminates the definition of the function "generate_gaussian".)

tau = 1.5;  % Example RMS deviation

% Generate Gaussian distribution
gaussian_dist = generate_gaussian(t, tau);

% Plot the Gaussian distribution
figure;
plot(t, gaussian_dist, 'LineWidth', 2);
title('Gaussian Distribution');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;

Answer 1

[Voss]

Function definitions in a script must be at the end of the script, like this:

% Example usage and plot
t = linspace(-5, 5, 1000);  % Example time vector
tau = 1.5;  % Example RMS deviation

% Generate Gaussian distribution
gaussian_dist = generate_gaussian(t, tau);

% Plot the Gaussian distribution
figure;
plot(t, gaussian_dist, 'LineWidth', 2);
title('Gaussian Distribution');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');
grid on;


% Write a program that returns the Gaussian distribution given input
% arguments of a vector of times t and a value of a root mean squared (RMS)
% deviation tau

function gaussian_distribution = generate_gaussian(t, tau)
    % t: Vector of times
    % tau: RMS deviation
    
    % Calculate the Gaussian distribution
    gaussian_distribution = exp(-t.^2 / (2 * tau^2)) / (tau * sqrt(2 * pi));
end

[Kenzie]

Thank you!

[Voss]

You're welcome!