Parse error when using importfile?

I'm trying to import data from a .csv file (either one) into a matrix. I'm getting a "parse error" at line 1:

function waxsexposures = waxsimport('waxs_exposures_2015', 1, inf)

This is of the form

waxsexposures = importfile('waxs_exposures.par', startRow, endRow)

I've tried the following:

waxsexposures = waximport('waxs_exposures_2015')

---return--->Not enough input arguments.

waxsexposures = waximport('waxs_exposures_2015.par')

---return--->Unexpected MATLAB operator.

function waxsexposures = waxsimport(waxs_exposures_2015, startRow, endRow)
%%Initialize variables.
delimiter = ' ';
if nargin<=2
    startRow = 1;
    endRow = inf;
end

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Leave off the "function" when you invoke. You should use the code like you have at the bottom but to test it you should be using

waxsexposures = waxsimport('waxs_exposures_2015', 1, inf)

at the command line, without the word "function".

[Brooke Sarley]

Thank you. Now it's returning Attempt to execute SCRIPT waxsimport as a function: C:\Users\...\waxsimport.m

Error in waxsimport (line 1) waxsexposures = waxsimport('waxs_exposures_2015.par', 1, inf)

[Walter Roberson]

No, the file needs to start with

function waxsexposures = waxsimport(waxs_exposures_2015, startRow, endRow)

but you need to invoke it from outside the function, and the invocation in that other routine would look like

waxsexposures = waxsimport('waxs_exposures_2015', 1, inf)

Or is your intent to provide "default" values if the user did not specify any inputs? If that was what you were trying to do then you would use a different form: you would use

function waxsexposures = waxsimport(waxs_exposures_2015, startRow, endRow)
  if nargin < 1
    waxs_exposures_2015 = 'waxs_exposures_2015';
  end
  if nargin < 2
    startRow = 1;
  end
  if nargin < 3
    endRow = inf;
  end

    delimiter = ' ';

    ...