MATLAB Function Reference

getenv

Get environment variable

Syntax

• getenv 'name'
  N = getenv('name')
  

Description

getenv 'name' searches the underlying operating system's environment list for a string of the form name=value, where name is the input string. If found, MATLAB returns the string value. If the specified name cannot be found, an empty matrix is returned.

N = getenv('name') returns value to the variable N.

Examples

• os = getenv('OS')
  
  os =
  Windows_NT
  

See Also

computer, pwd, ver, path

getappdata

getfield

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