MATLAB: How to use a function to save main workspace variables

functionsaveworkspace

I have a function that saves my figures as .fig with customized parameters in a subfolder with the same name of the figure: save_fig_cust('name_of_file'). I want this function also save all variables in the workspace to a file in the same folder. However, when I run the function, it sees only its own workspace and not the main workspace.

How can a function save the main workspace? Thanks guys, Gerrard

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evalin('base', 'save(''name_of_file.mat'')')

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It is saving the entire workspace. You are inside a function, and each function has its own workspace. The only thing in that workspace is what has been passed in, which here you name self.

There may be items in an enclosing workspace, but save() without named variables is defined as working with the current workspace.

MATLAB: How to save matlab workplace variables by including original file names

Not sure what you're asking, but I'll take a guess.

You can save both to a single file called "yourMfilename.mat", where yourMfilename is whatever your filename is. For example, if your m-file is called test.m, then you can get test.mat in your code like this using mfilename():

fullMatFileName = sprintf('%s.mat', mfilename('fullpath')); % Get base name from m-file name.


save(fullMatFileName , 'flow', 'pressure');

Or you can save each variable to its own .mat file if you want:

fullMatFileName = sprintf('%s_flow.mat', mfilename('fullpath')); % Get base name from m-file name.
save(fullMatFileName , 'flow');
fullMatFileName = sprintf('%s_pressure.mat', mfilename('fullpath')); % Get base name from m-file name.
save(fullMatFileName, 'pressure');

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