I am loading data from a .mat file in App Designer. The user selects the .mat file and I would like to load a variable from the selected file, assigning it to an existing property in the app, like this:
app.x = load([app.path '\' app.file],'inputVariable');
I want to assign inputVariable, a timetable, to app.x, which is used as a timetable elsewhere in the app. But with the load command, app.x becomes a struct with a field named inputVariable that is a timetable. So, app.x.inputVariable is the timetable I end up with. I could create an intermediate variable internal to the function where this is happening and then apply it to the property, like this:
tempX = load([app.path '\' app.file],'inputVariable');app.x = tempX.inputVariable;clear tempX;
Or I could load the inputVariable without assigning it so the variable loaded is a timetable rather than a struct with a field that is a timetable:
load([app.path '\' app.file],'inputVariable');app.x = inputVariable;clear inputVariable;
This works but it just seemed inefficient. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks.
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