MATLAB: Can anybody explain such a function handle in Matlab

Question

@(z)func_example(x,y,z)

Can anybody kindly explain the above function handle in Matlab? I am only familiar with

@func_example

which does not have the variables in the brackets. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This explains anonymous functions:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/anonymous-functions.html

and this explains nested functions:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/nested-functions.html

Together these two documents explain what you have given in your question:

@(z)                    % creates an anonymous function,
    func_example        % which calls this function
                (x,y,z) % with these arguments

Note that x and y must be defined in the workspace outside this function, while the z is passed as a variable to the anonymous function.