Improved WHOS function

Improves the readability of the WHOS function.
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Updated 18 Jul 2005

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WHOSBETTER is a function that sorts the WHOS output according a user defined input (ie name, size, bytes, type etc.). The output also includes the FULL size rather than the #-D labels that TMW prefers. The output is also human readable and incorporates the use of b (byte), kb (kilobyte), Mb (megabyte), and Gb(gigabyte) labeling.

whosbetter -n name ordered (DEFAULT)
whosbetter -s size ordered (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
whosbetter -b byte ordered
whosbetter -t type ordered (NOT IMPLEMENTED)

SYTNAX: whosbetter -b
whosbetter -n (DEFAULT)

DBE 2005/04/05

Comment: WHOSBETTER is too long of a filename to type it as often as I used to type WHOS. I like the name because I think it is funny, but in my own workspace I renamed the function to something much shorter.

Future Improvements:
1) Include handling for -s and -t options
2) Anything else?

Cite As

Daniel Ennis (2026). Improved WHOS function (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7366-improved-whos-function), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R14
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Minor update to handle proper labeling of all data types.