Thread Subject: deleting variables in .mat file

I was wondering if there is a way of deleting a specific
variable in a .mat file with a lot of variables in without
having to load them to a workspace first and then delete the
variable and save the rest of them again. So I need a
function that looks into a .mat file and delete the variable
I was looking for and then re-save the updated .mat file.

Thank you for your help
HS

Henrik:
<SNIP running out of luck (1987, m jagger, d hopper, et
al)...

> I was wondering if there is a way of deleting a specific
> variable in a .mat file...

no
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"Henrik " <henrikNOSPAM@lanl.gov> wrote in message
<fc9qqg$onc$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I was wondering if there is a way of deleting a specific
> variable in a .mat file with a lot of variables in without
> having to load them to a workspace first and then delete
the
> variable and save the rest of them again. So I need a
> function that looks into a .mat file and delete the
variable
> I was looking for and then re-save the updated .mat file.
>
> Thank you for your help
> HS

There is a function that can be called from a mex file
called matDeleteVariable that should work. There is a mex
function on the file exchange at http://www.mathworks.com/
matlabcentral/fileexchange/
loadFile.do?objectId=162&objectType=file you just have to
change matDeleteArray to matDeleteVariable and then compile
it. I tried this on a large mat file with lots of variables
and it seemed pretty slow to me but it does work.

Dan

Thank you for your help.

Chhers
HS