MATLAB: Is it possible to SAVE workspace variable names in ASCII format in MATLAB 7.5 (R2007b)

Question

According to the SAVE function documentation, Example 3:

 Save the variables vol and temp in ASCII format to a file named june10:
 save('d:\mymfiles\june10','vol','temp','-ASCII')

However, this only saves the variable contents, not their names.

Answer 1

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008b (R2008b). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

The documentation example for the SAVE function is a little unclear on this behavior. Using the '-ASCII' option with the SAVE function saves the values of the variables in the MAT-file, but the variable names are not saved.