how to write variables in a functions workspace by assignin
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Hello,
I would like to create annotation objects in a functions local workspace, where object names are created in a loop.
here is how I would like to code to look:
x_ini = 0.27;
for k=1:6
dummy = annotation(f,'textbox','EdgeColor', 'white', ...
'String',mycell(:,k),'Position',[x_ini 0.34 0.11 0.15],...
'BackgroundColor','white','Visible','on');
x_ini = x_ini+ 0.08;
assignin('??ws??',['h_ann_' num2str(k)], dummy)
end
When I use eval, this error pops: attempt to write a variable to a static workspace.
With evalin or assingin, I cannot find how to name the functions local workspace. opening up the loop works, however it is ugly: h_ann1 = ... h_ann2 = ...
Thanks in advance, Muge
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Muthu Annamalai
on 23 Feb 2013
Alternatively, you may want to create a static object like 'containers.Map' and store the string-value associations.
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Alec
on 11 Jan 2014
To use `assignin` inside a function try:
feval(@()assignin('caller',['h_ann_' num2str(k)], dummy));
This temporarily creates an anonymous function around `assignin` and then calls it. Effectively making your function the "caller".
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Alexandre Laurin
on 23 Feb 2013
Edited: Alexandre Laurin
on 23 Feb 2013
assignin('caller',['h_ann_' num2str(k)], dummy)
will work unless you are calling this function from another function (or script), in which case the problem is a little deeper.
Also, you might want to have a look at structures with dynamic field names, I'm pretty sure they'll do what you want to do with more elegance.
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Jan
on 11 Jan 2014
Hiding an index in the name of a variable is a bad idea. It is complicated, as you see already, and requires equivalently complicated method to access these variables later on.
Better use an index as index:
h_ann = cell(1, 6);
for k=1:6
...
h_ann{k} = dummy;
end
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Azzi Abdelmalek
on 4 Feb 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek
on 4 Feb 2013
dummy=20
k=3;
assignin('base',sprintf('h_ann%d',k),dummy)
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