variableNames

Names of variables in workspace

Since R2025a

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    Syntax

    s = variableNames(w)
    s = variableNames(w,var1,...,varN)

    Description

    s = variableNames(w) returns the names of the variables contained in the specified workspace object.

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    s = variableNames(w,var1,...,varN) returns the names of the specified variables. If any of the specified variables do not exist in w, they are omitted from the output.

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    Examples

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    Create a set of variables in the base workspace.

    a = 1;
b = true;
c = "Hello, World";

    Create a workspace object for the base workspace. Then return the variable names using the workspace object.

    w = matlab.lang.Workspace.baseWorkspace;
s = variableNames(w)
    s = 3×1 string
    "a"
    "b"
    "c"
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    Create a set of variables in the base workspace.

    a = 1;
b = true;
c = "Hello, World";

    Create a workspace object for the base workspace. Then return the variable names a and b.

    w = matlab.lang.Workspace.baseWorkspace;
s = variableNames(w,"a","b")
    s = 2×1 string
    "a"
    "b"

    Input Arguments

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    Workspace, specified as a matlab.lang.Workspace object.

    Variables, specified as string scalars or character vectors.

    Output Arguments

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    Names of the variables, returned as a string array.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2025a

    See Also

    Objects

    Functions