MATLAB: Using Evalin and a Cell

Question

Hello,

I have a cur_hdr which contains my new variable name I want to write to my workspace. I have a 3×1 cell called 'Temp'. I want my new variable name to equal temp in my workspace.

I've tried a bunch of variations such as

evalin('base',[cur_hdr '(:,1)=' temp ';']);

This gives me

??? Error using ==> horzcat CAT arguments dimensions are not consistent.

When I try something such as x = temp

I don't have a problem. I'm simply trying to reassign variables.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Your expression [cur_hdr '(:,1)=' temp ';'] needs to construct a string, but your variable "temp" is not a string.

For your purposes you should use assignin() instead:

assignin('base', cur_hdr, temp);