Save Workspace to Struct

This function allows to save all the variables from the current workspace into a struct array

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Sometimes you need to save the variables from your base workspace, but using "save" function will have them all stored individually so if you reload them into a new workspace it could be a mess, and some variables could be overwritten.
With this function, you can save all of them into a struct array, and so they'll be nicely packaged and ready to be saved to a .mat file that, when reloaded, will be easy to identify.

Example:
a='LALALA'
b=[1:12:258]
c={'cell1', 'cell2', 'cell3'}
d=768
e=true(3)
theworkspace=ws2struct();

theworkspace =

a: 'LALALA'
b: [1x22 double]
c: {'cell1' 'cell2' 'cell3'}
d: 768
e: [3x3 logical]

Cite As

Andres (2026). Save Workspace to Struct (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36257-save-workspace-to-struct), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.2.0.0

Two little corrections, thanks to Jan Simon, this way the variables saved are not necessarily from the base workspace but from the current (caller) workspace:
WSVARS = evalin('caller', 'who');
THEWORKSPACE.(WSVARS{wscon}) = thisvar;

1.0.0.0