The EVALIN function allows you to evaluate commands in two specified workspaces: 'base' (MATLAB's base workspace), and 'caller' (the workspace where the function was called from). In the case where the function was called from the base workspace, the two workspaces are the same. You will need to create a string that will evaluate as the proper MATLAB expression, in order to perform the assignment.
Documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/evalin.html
Example using EVALIN:
function myfcn(varname)
for i = 1:size(varname,1)
if iscellstr(varname),
evalin('base',[varname{i} ' = 'mat2str(i) ';'])
elseif ischar(varname)
evalin('base',[deblank(varname(i,:)) ' = 'mat2str(i) ';'])
end
end
The ASSIGNIN function assigns values to variables in the same specified workspaces. This allows you to avoid the string conversion which is necessary with EVALIN.
Documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/assignin.htm
Example using ASSIGNIN:
function myfcn(varname)
for i = 1:size(varname,1)
if iscellstr(varname),
assignin('base',varname{i},i)
elseif ischar(varname)
assignin('base',deblank(varname(i,:)),i)
end
end
