If some variable exists then it is most definitely in a workspace, contrary to what your question states. Perhaps not in the base workspace, but it will most definitely be in some workspace. Most likely it is in some callback's or other function's workspace, although you didn't give any information that would actually help us understand what you are doing.
In any case, you should start learning about the different workspaces, and how to pass data between them:
And once you read those then you will know how to get any variables from any workspace into another workspace. Hint: pass arguments or use nested functions. Avoid using global or assignin, which are not good ways to write code no matter how much beginners love using them.
