Why Enumerated data type creation is not supported in Model Workspace?

Question

MILI 2023-10-13

回答： Suman 2024-6-27

In MATLAB R2018b,

In model Workspace, there is no option available in object creation for Enumerated data type :

Also I would like to know if there is any possibility to define Enumeration in Model Workspace.

Answer 1

Suman 2024-6-27

Hi MILI,

If you need to use enumeration data types in model workspace, you may use the following workarounds:

1) Copy data from base workspace to model workspace:

Define an enumuration class to use in MATLAB. Please refer to this documentation to learn how to define enumeration classes: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_oop/enumerations.html
Create variables in MATLAB Workspace.
Copy them to model workspace in Model Explorer.

2) Change MATLAB variable's data type to enum type

Add a new MATLAB variable from Model Explorer toolstrip in model workspace
Assign the value of that variable to the enum class value. It will change the data type of the variable to enum.