acquirevar

Acquires variable value from a specified variables scope.

Syntax

• value = acquirevar(scope, variable_name)

Input argument

• scope - a string: 'global', 'base', 'caller', 'local'.
• variable_name - a string: the name of symbol to search.

Output argument

• value - value of the variable searched.

Description

acquirevar search a symbol in a specific scope and copy the value in current scope.

Example

Y = 'variable in base scope';
function myfun()
  disp(acquirevar('base', 'Y')
end
myfun()

See also

assignin, who.

History

Author

Allan CORNET