Can this way of defining and using a global variable work?

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alpedhuez 2022-6-20

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回答： Siraj 2023-8-31

I have main.mlx, plot1.m, and plot2.m. plot1.m and plot2.m is called from main.mlx, get data from 'main.mlx, create plots, and save plots. I want to define a folder that these plots will be saved.

I think of using a global variable to define the folder.

I say, at main.mlx

global folder 
folder = 'C:';

Then I say, at plot1.m,

filename=fullfile(folder, 'plot1.jpg')
exportgraphics(t,filename)

Will this work?

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alpedhuez 2022-6-20

Thank you.

Stephen23 2022-6-21

Passing input arguments is more efficient and more robust than using global variables:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/share-data-between-workspaces.html

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Hii! It is my understanding that you want to share the destination folder for the plots from your “main.mlx” script to function files “plot1.m” and “plot2.m”.

One of the possible ways to do this is to use a global variable, but it has some risks associated with it because any function can access and update a global variable. Other functions that use the variable might return unexpected results.

Therefore, the best practice is to pass this information as an argument to the “plot1” and “plot2” functions.

Refer to the code below for further understanding.

Sample code for “plot1.m”.

function plot1(xdata, ydata, folder) 
filename=fullfile(folder, 'plot1.jpg'); 
figure, plot(xdata,ydata); 
f = gcf; 
exportgraphics(f,filename); 
end 

Sample code for “plot2.m”

function plot2(xdata, ydata, folder) 
filename=fullfile(folder, 'plot2.jpg'); 
figure, plot(xdata,ydata); 
f = gcf; 
exportgraphics(f,filename); 
end 

Sample code for “main.mlx”

folder = 'testplots'; %relative path of the folder with respect to the current working directory. 
if ~exist("testplots", "dir") % if the folder does not exist create it. 
    mkdir("testplots"); 
end 
x = [1,2,3]; 
y = [1,2,3]; 
plot1(x,y,folder) 
plot2(x,y,folder) 

For a better understanding of different ways to share data between workspaces refer to the following documentation. https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/share-data-between-workspaces.html

Hope this helps.

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