The expression to the left of the equals sign is not a valid target for an assignment.

I am very new to MATLAB and am trying to workout the distance between points which have been interpolated in a previous question. The following is what I have entered into MATLAB and am getting an Error saying that 'The expression to the left of the equals sign is not a valid target for an assignment'. I can't see any brackets missing from my functions.

X1 = [0,0;100,140.1235];

d1 = pdist(X1);

X2 = [100,140.1235;200,258.7626];

d2 = pdist(X2);

X3 = [200,258.7626;300,342.3485];

d3 = pdist(X3);

X4 = [300,342.3485;400,425.9343];

d4 = pdist(X4);

X5 = [400,425.9343;500, 509.5202];

d5 = pdist(X5);

X6 = [500,509.5202;558,558]; 

d6 = pdist(X6);

Total_Length = d1+d2+d3+d4+d5+d6

[the cyclist]

Your code works fine for me.

Do you get this error when running this from a freshly opened instance of MATLAB?

[KSSV]

Why don't you specify the line number of error?

[Image Analyst]

Please copy and paste ALL THE RED TEXT that you see. this will include the line number, the actual line of code that threw the error, and the actual error message. http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/6200-tutorial-how-to-ask-a-question-on-answers-and-get-a-fast-answer

Answer 1

[Niraj Gadakari]

The given code works fine when I executed. I suggest clearing variables in your workspace and try to execute the code. Type the following command in the Command Window and then execute the code: >> clear