Why do I see the error "readonly Error: Unexpected MATLAB expression. workspacefunc 287" when clicking "Edit" and trying to copy a figure?

When I click the "Edit" in the Tools bar of a figure dialog, the following Error pops out and I can not copy the figure. What's the problem? How to solve it? Thank you very much!

Answer 1

[Dan Nguyen]

Hi Nan,

Are you using CERR by chance? I had this exact problem when I switched to 2015a and it turned out that MATLAB and CERR both have a function named 'strsplit.m'. MATLAB is unknowingly calling on CERR's version instead.

I fixed this by renaming CERR's strsplit to something else.

If you're not using CERR, check if you have any outside functions using these names:

builtin

strjoin

strsplit

MATLAB has its own internal functions using these. Any outside functions with the same name would cause the error you see.

Hope that helps.

Dan

[Nan Wu]

It works! Thank you very much!

Answer 2

[C D]

oh,you are right! Thank you so much