<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Function Handles Inline Functions and Anonymous Functions - Untitled</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Untitled"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Functions-and-Scripts.html#Functions-and-Scripts" title="Functions and Scripts"> <link rel="prev" href="Script-Files.html#Script-Files" title="Script Files"> <link rel="next" href="Commands.html#Commands" title="Commands"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Function-Handles-Inline-Functions-and-Anonymous-Functions"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Commands.html#Commands">Commands</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Script-Files.html#Script-Files">Script Files</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Functions-and-Scripts.html#Functions-and-Scripts">Functions and Scripts</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">11.9 Function Handles, Inline Functions, and Anonymous Functions</h3> <p><a name="index-handle_002c-function-handles-643"></a><a name="index-inline_002c-inline-functions-644"></a><a name="index-anonymous-functions-645"></a> It can be very convenient store a function in a variable so that it can be passed to a different function. For example, a function that performs numerical minimization needs access to the function that should be minimized. <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Function-Handles.html#Function-Handles">Function Handles</a> <li><a accesskey="2" href="Anonymous-Functions.html#Anonymous-Functions">Anonymous Functions</a> <li><a accesskey="3" href="Inline-Functions.html#Inline-Functions">Inline Functions</a> </ul> </body></html>