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• Getting Started

• User's Guide

• Functions

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• File Opening, Loading, and Saving

• Text Files

• Spreadsheets

• Low-Level File I/O

• Images

• Scientific Data

• Audio and Video

• XML Documents

• Memory Mapping

• File Name Construction

• Internet File Access

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming and Data Types

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Graphics

• 3-D Visualization

• GUI Development

• External Interfaces

• Examples

• Release Notes

tempname - Unique name for temporary file

Syntax

tmp_nam = tempname

Description

tmp_nam = tempname returns a unique string, tmp_nam, suitable for use as a temporary filename.

Note The filename that tempname generates is not guaranteed to be unique; however, it is likely to be so.

How To

Creating Temporary Files

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