MATLAB: Error using fminunc function

fminunc

Hi I am getting the following erroe when using "fminunc" command.
The code seems to work fine when I run using fminsearch. Does anyone know what could be the problem?
x01=[a1,b1,c1,d1,a2,b2,c2,d2,5];
opts=optimset('display','iter','tolfun',1e-15,'maxfuneval',20000,'tolx',1e-15,'maxiter',10000);
%minimised_coeff =fminsearch(@my_func,x01, opts)
minimised_coeff=fminunc(@my_func,x01,opts)
The code seems to work fine when I run using fminsearch. Does anyone know what could be the problem?
                                                     First-order 
 Iteration  Func-count       f(x)        Step-size       optimality
     0          10          35345.4                      6.52e+04
Attempt to execute SCRIPT roots as a function:
/Users/XXn/Documents/MATLAB/roots.m
Error in lineSearch
Error in lineSearch
Error in lineSearch

Best Answer

Hi,
you have a script that is named roots.m - roots is an inbuilt function. This causes problems. Rename your script to solve this issue.
Best regards
Stephan
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