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Philipp F
Philipp F

Reputation: 924

MATLAB function modifying calling workspace / Or: MATLAB script with arguments

The MATLAB builtin "LOAD" can be called using an argument (the filename) and it modifies the workspace by adding the loaded variable, even if there are no output arguments to the function.

I want to do the same with a custom function.

So I want to implement a custom load function, how do I do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 116

Answers (2)

Dennis Jaheruddin
Dennis Jaheruddin

Reputation: 21563

I am guessing what you want, but I suppose this may be it:

If you want to create the functionality like load create a function called myLoad

function myload(theString)
evalin(['load ' theString],'caller')

At least this should reproduce the basic functionality

To create a load script that loads file A from myDir1 and loads file B from myDir2 there is an easier way:

load fullfile(myDir1,A)
load fullfile(myDir2,B)

Just put them in a file called myLoad and make sure to save it as a script, not as a function.

Upvotes: 1

bdecaf
bdecaf

Reputation: 4732

Check the assignin and evalin function. That's exactly what you describe.

Upvotes: 4

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