I seem to be confused as to the proper implementation of the inputParser when it comes to input validation. Consider the following function:
function out = testInputParser(varargin)
ip = inputParser;
ip.addParameter('x', [], @double);
ip.parse(varargin{:});
out = ip.Results.x;
end
These cases work as expected:
>> testInputParser('x', 123)
ans =
123
>> testInputParser('x', '123')
Error using testInputParser (line 5)
The value of 'x' is invalid. It must satisfy the function:
double.
...But then why do these cases NOT work?
testInputParser('x', -123)
Error using testInputParser (line 5)
The value of 'x' is invalid. It must satisfy the function:
double.
>> testInputParser('x', 'a')
ans =
a
I can avoid some of this heartburn by using @isnumeric for my input validator, but I also want to ensure I've got doubles and not, say, int16 values coming in.
So, this seems like strange behavior to me. What am I missing?
