How can i keep my variables after running the function?
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I have written a function that does some data anlayising on a table and then I have another function that uses that analysed data and does further analyses on it. The two functions used to be one but I have separated them. Is it possible to keep the variables once a function has run as currently all the variables in the function are cleared after running it.
Many thanks,
Nima
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Stephen23
on 15 Jul 2019
By far the simplest, neatest, and most efficient way to pass variables from one workspace to another is to pass them as input/output variables. Have you tried doing that?
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Adam Danz
on 15 Jul 2019
Edited: Adam Danz
on 2 Dec 2019
" Is it possible to keep the variables once a function has run "
Yes.
Add outputs to your function if variables are immediately needed in other functions or scripts.
Otherwise, you can save any (or all) variables within a function by calling save(filename,variables) at the end of the function (for troubleshooting purposes).
If you are running a script, any variables within the script are already available in the caller workspace.
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Guillaume
on 17 Jul 2019
Edited: Guillaume
on 17 Jul 2019
"I hesitate to suggest save, as it encourages saving the entire workspace and then poofing them back with load."
In addition round-tripping through a file is never going to be fast. It's certainly not the way to go.
If the two functions must share the same entire workspace then there's a fundamental design issue. If it's only a few variables, then inputs and outputs are definitiively the way to go. If it's the whole workspace then i'd question if the code should have been split.
Adam Danz
on 17 Jul 2019
Edited: Adam Danz
on 17 Jul 2019
I added a caveat to the save() suggestion. Sometimes this approach is useful when troubleshooting a function that takes a long time to run and breaks only seldomly. As far as passing variables between functions, the save/load approach is clearly a bad idea.
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