Finding where a m file or a function is called in a folder with subfolders and many other m files?

I have a 'xyz.m' file which contains a function with the same name, and I want to find where it has been called in a folder full of other m files. Can I do that easily and fast?Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

[cr]

If you mean which function is calling xyz.m, you can try adding the following line in xyz.m

evalin('caller','mfilename')

That should display the m file which called xyz()

[AyedEng]

thanks for your response.

In such case Id have to run all the scripts which are independent of each other, and each time id have to set up the code.

I wanted to know if matlab can search into certain amount of m files located in a certain path and see if this function or this certain word 'xyz' has been used.

[Rik]

Do you mean you have several functions that are stored in multiple xyz.m files?

Or do you want to see which file contains a local function or variable with the name xyz?

For the first, which -all is an excellent start, while the second will take a lot more work. You can adapt some of the functions in this thread, although that might take some work.

[AyedEng]

the second one. Ok I will take a look into that. Thanks.

[cr]

That should be a lot easier on windows file search or macos finder search.

[Rik]

The OS tool will not be able to distinguish between comment and code. But it is a good idea to filter out files that don't contain the search string anyway, before parsing variable and function names.