Why do I see errors in my pdf when using the "publish" function?

I am using the "publish" function to generate a PDF file. I have an '.m' file that contains text that I would like to publish.

This is the error I am seeing in the PDF after executing "publish":

Error using dbstatus

Error: File: <path>\test.m Line: 2 Column: 35

Unexpected MATLAB expression.

where <path> is the path to the script.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The "publish" function only accepts MATLAB code, and it will run that code. Therefore, if there are errors in the ".m" file, they will also show up in your PDF. For these reasons, the publish function will also generate the above error if the text in your script is not MATLAB code.

To publish a MATLAB script without any errors, try changing the script so that it will run without error, and then publish the PDF again.