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MLDeleteMatrix

Delete MATLAB matrix

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Syntax

= MLDeleteMatrix(var_name)
MLDeleteMatrix var_name
out = MLDeleteMatrix(var_name)

Description

= MLDeleteMatrix(var_name) deletes the named matrix from the MATLAB® Workspace. Use this syntax when working directly in a worksheet.

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MLDeleteMatrix var_name deletes the named matrix from the MATLAB Workspace. Use this syntax in a VBA macro.

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out = MLDeleteMatrix(var_name) lets you find errors when executing MLDeleteMatrix in a VBA macro. If MLDeleteMatrix fails, then out is a string containing an error code. Otherwise, out is 0.

Examples

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Delete a matrix in the MATLAB Workspace using the MLDeleteMatrix function in an Excel® worksheet.

Create a 2-by-2 MATLAB matrix A.

A = [2 3; 4 6];

Open Excel and make sure cell A1 is selected in the worksheet. Delete the matrix A using the MLDeleteMatrix function. Enter this text in the cell and press Enter.

= MLDeleteMatrix("A")

The MLDeleteMatrix function deletes the matrix from the MATLAB Workspace.

Delete a matrix in the MATLAB Workspace using the MLDeleteMatrix function in a VBA macro.

Create a 2-by-2 MATLAB matrix A.

A = [2 3; 4 6];

On the Developer tab in Excel, click Visual Basic in the Code group. The Visual Basic® Editor window opens.

Select Insert > Module to insert a new module. In the Module1 window, enter this VBA code containing a macro named DeleteMatrix.

Sub DeleteMatrix()
    MLDeleteMatrix "A"
End Sub

The DeleteMatrix macro uses the MLDeleteMatrix function to delete the matrix A from the MATLAB Workspace.

For details about working with modules, see Excel Help.

Run the macro by clicking Run Sub/UserForm button on the VBA toolbar. For details about running macros, see Excel Help.

The MLDeleteMatrix function deletes the matrix from the MATLAB Workspace.

Input Arguments

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Name of the MATLAB matrix to delete, specified as a string.

var_name in quotes directly specifies the matrix name. var_name without quotes specifies a worksheet cell address (or range name) that contains the matrix name.

Example: "A"

Tips

  • To work with VBA code in Excel with Spreadsheet Link™, you must enable Spreadsheet Link as a reference in the Microsoft® Visual Basic Editor. For details, see Installation.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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