How to avoid evalin?
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I have a .mat file that contains a large set of vectors. Let's say var1, var2,....varN
I need to use these vectors in a for loop. Here's what I did:
load('GivenFile.mat')
% no other variables saved
Names = who;
N = length(Names);
for i = 1:N
TempVar = evalin('base',Names{i});
...
end
I know that evalin should be avoided so I tried to save the workspace in a structure in order to do:
Tempvar = SavedWorkspace.Names{i}
But I'm not able to save the workspace as a structure.
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John D'Errico
2019-4-2
编辑：John D'Errico
2019-4-2
So, now you are learning one of the many reasons not to do as you did? I.e., don't create those reams of numbered variables? Bad programming forms just make things worse down the line.
You will be far happier if you spend the time once to combine them all into one simple array. After all, what do you think an array is, but just many rows or columns, each of which might be perceived as a vector? Simply indexed, trivially used and accessed, stored, etc. Even if the individual vectors were of varying lengths, this is why you use cell arrays.
So my recommendation is to write some code that reads it into a function workspace as a struct. Now, you will need to do the work to combine them into one array. But you need only write that code once. After all, you (or somebody) created them. Then save it back out.
Or, you can continue to work with this as it is. In that case, enjoy your ride into programming hell. The descent can be bumpy, and it gets a little warm at times.
Adriano Filippo Inno
2019-4-2
Rik
2019-4-2
Adriano Filippo Inno
2019-4-2
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Rik
2019-4-2
You can solve it this time by loading into a struct:
S=load('GivenFile.mat');
fn=fieldnames(S);
for n=1:numel(fn)
tempVar=S.(fn{n});
%some useful code:
%...
end
But I second John's suggestion to put it all into a single variable.
As a final remark: always load into a struct, it makes it obvious where variables are coming from, which helps with debugging and future editing.
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Adriano Filippo Inno
2019-4-2
Stephen23
2019-4-2
" I didn’t know that load can save to a structure! "
The load documentation explains all of the different load syntaxes:
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