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clear except...

from clear except... by Arnaud Laurent
clear workspace except prescribed variables

clearex(varargin)
function clearex(varargin)
%% This function clear all workspace
% except for one or more selected variable
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% File created on Feb 15th 2008
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% Last modified: Feb 15th 2008
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% Author: Arnaud Laurent
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%   Inputs: name of variables to keep (e.g. 'a','b','c')
%   Note: It is possible to use wildcard (e.g. 'a*')

a = evalin('base','who');

var = cell(size(varargin));

for i=1:nargin
    var{i}=varargin{i};
end

assignin('base','ClEaRGsJioU',var);
var = evalin('base','who(ClEaRGsJioU{:})');

clearvar = a(~ismember(a,var));
assignin('base','ClEaRGsJioU',clearvar);

evalin('base','clear(ClEaRGsJioU{:},''ClEaRGsJioU'')')

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