echo on fh_isstr = @isstr fh_isstr = function_handle with value: @isstr functions (fh_isstr) ans = struct with fields: function: 'isstr' type: 'simple' file: 'MATLAB built-in function' which ('isstr') built-in (C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2019b\toolbox\matlab\strfun\isstr) isstr (pi) ans = logical 0 fh_isstr (pi) ans = logical 0 cd subdir [Warning: Function isstr has the same name as a MATLAB builtin. We suggest you rename the function to avoid a potential name conflict.] [> In tstscript_isstr (line 11)] [Warning: Function sin has the same name as a MATLAB builtin. We suggest you rename the function to avoid a potential name conflict.] [> In tstscript_isstr (line 11)] functions (fh_isstr) ans = struct with fields: function: 'isstr' type: 'simple' file: 'MATLAB built-in function' which ('isstr') D:\SVN\Octave\builtin-fh-tst\subdir\isstr.m isstr (pi) not the builtin sin function! fh_isstr (pi) ans = logical 0 diary off