F1=@sin; % F1 refers to function sin() F2=@cos; % F2 refers to function cos() % varios ways to call the referred function F1(pi/4) F2(pi/4) feval(@sin,pi/4) feval(@cos,pi/4) feval(F1,pi/4) feval(F2,pi/4) % named functions, stored as strings feval('sin',pi/4) feval('cos',pi/4) F3 = 'sin'; F4 = 'cos'; feval(F3,pi/4) feval(F4,pi/4)