MATLAB executes shadowed function (instead of my own version)

Hey,

I want to implement a few loading features when opening a specific .MAT file my double clicking it.

Therefore I copied the uiimport() function from the matlab root and added some test output. But when calling the function with uiimport('C:\...file.mat'), MATLAB still uses the "old" shadowed function. The step-by-step debugging is also using the "old" file's line numbers but shows my edited version of the function... Pretty strange!

Is this expected behaviour? Thanks in advance.

"which -all uiimport" shows this:

C:\mypath\uiimport.m
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016b\toolbox\matlab\codetools\uiimport.m % Shadowed

[Walter Roberson]

Try

clear uiimport

in case there is a cached version.

If that does not work,

rehash toolboxcache

[Julian Tomsik]

I've just tried that. It still won't execute the correct function. Thanks anyway.

edit: nvm, restarting an then clearing the cache seems to have helped

[Sinan Islam]

What if someone which to have several functions with the same name?

Is there any way to qualify functions in MATLAB? Perhaps, qualify a function by its file path?

[Stephen23]

@Sinan Islam: you can have multiple functions of the same name:

• with private functions: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/private-functions.html
• with classes, import etc.: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/import.html
• changing the path (not recommended)

See: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/function-precedence-order.html

[Rik]

This discussion is probably relevant to this topic.