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Execute MATLAB expression in specified workspace
Syntax
Description
evalin(ws,
executes expression
)
expression
, a string containing any valid MATLAB expression, in the context of the workspace ws
. ws
can have a value of 'base'
or 'caller'
to denote the MATLAB base workspace or the workspace of the caller function. You can construct expression
by concatenating substrings and variables inside square brackets:
[a1, a2, a3, ...] = evalin(ws,
executes expression
)
expression
and returns the results in the specified output variables. Using the evalin
output argument list is recommended over including the output arguments in the expression string:
The above syntax avoids strict checking by the MATLAB parser and can produce untrapped errors and other unexpected behavior.
Remarks
The MATLAB base workspace is the workspace that is seen from the MATLAB command line (when not in the debugger). The caller workspace is the workspace of the function that called the M-file. Note, the base and caller workspaces are equivalent in the context of an M-file that is invoked from the MATLAB command line.
Examples
This example extracts the value of the variable var
in the MATLAB base workspace and captures the value in the local variable v
:
Limitation
evalin
cannot be used recursively to evaluate an expression. For example, a sequence of the form evalin('caller', 'evalin(''caller'', ''x'')')
doesn't work.
See Also
assignin
, catch
, eval
, feval
, lasterr
, try
evalc | exist |
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