getenv

Get the value of an environment variable.

📝Syntax

s = getenv(env_name)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
env_name	string scalar, character vector, string array, cell array of character vectors: environment variable name.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
s	string scalar, character vector, string array, cell array of character vectors: the environment variable value.

📄Description

getenv returns the value of an environment variable if it exists.

If the environment variable does not exist, it will return ''.

If env_name is a nonscalar cell array of character vectors or string array, then val has the same dimensions and type as env_name.

If env_name is a string scalar, then s is a character vector.

💡Examples

getenv('OS')
getenv('myenvvar')
getenv(["PATH"; "OS"])
getenv({'PATH'; 'OS'})

🔗See Also

🕔Version History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version
1.4.0	Retrieve the values of several environment variables.