MATLAB: How to have a To Workspace block inside a masked library block write to a user specified variable in Simulink 7.6 (R2010b)

Question

I have a masked library block that contains a To Workspace block. I specify a desired workspace output variable the mask called ThisSimulation.

Inside the mask editor, I set the mask parameter to write ThisSimulation to DesiredName. When I set the To Workspace block to use DesiredName, it writes the variable to DesiredName instead of ThisSimulation.

Answer 1

The Variable Name field in the To Workspace block does not evaluate its contents. It takes the literal string that is present and writes to the workspace a variable with a name of that literal string.

It is possible to use a set_param command inside the mask initialization commands to set the value used in the Variable Name field in the To Workspace block. The attached model demonstrates this.