Base workspace variable name

Is there any command to get the base workspace variable name ?

[Guillaume]

In which contest? within a function? Which variable? All of them? An input to a function?

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

I have a function like below

function data()

run('D:\......\comp.m')

end

so now comp.m will run and store the repective variable in base workspace.

Problem is now i need to get the name of the base workspace variables

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

S = whos;
varname = {S.name};

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

When I use this command i am getting only the local workspace variable name

[Thorsten]

True. To access the base workspace, use evalin

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

or

S = evalin('base','whos');
varname = {S.name};

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

Great . Thanks a lot. Now works fine.

[Guillaume]

"use evalin": Here be dragons. Do not go down that path unless you know what you're doing and know all the pitfalls of using eval and its friends.

For what reasons do you want to have the list of variables in the base workspace?

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

I have a function like below

function data()

run('D:\......\comp.m')

end

so now comp.m will run and store the repective variable in base workspace only right. I need the variable name so oly. Like wise this will run in loops