load and assignin variables in workspace

Hello!

What can I use instead of the 'load(*.mat)' command? I want to load a mat file in workspace and after that to assignin all these variables (parameters) because at a given moment I need to get the variable values by using the 'evalin' command..

Thanks! Diana

Answer 1

[Jisha]

try

doc importdata
doc matfile

[Diana Acreala]

How is this helping me? I tried to test it but no result...

[Jisha]

the above commands open the documentation for importdata and matfile.

[Walter Roberson]

Discussion in the original question of "assignin" and "evalin" imply that Diana is attempting to store the values in to a different workspace. importdata() and matfile() do not help in storing values to a different workspace.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

Using assignin() and evalin() are discouraged. "Poofing" variables into workspaces can have a number of odd side effects, and makes the code difficult to read. It would be better to load() the .mat into a structure and return the structure from the function call and access the fields of the structure.