listvarinfile

list of variables in a saved data file

Calling Sequence

listvarinfile(filename)
[names,typs,dims,vols]=listvarinfile(filename)

Arguments

:filename a character string, the pathname of the file to be

inspected.

: :nams a matrix of strings, names of the variables saved in the file. : :dims a list, dimensions of the variables saved in the file. : :typs a numeric matrix, types of the variables saved in the file. : :vols a numeric matrix, size in bytes of the variables saved in the

file.

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Description

• This utility function lists “a la whos” the variables contained in a Scilab data file produced by save. Hypermatrices are reported as plain mlists; rationals and state-spaces are reported as plain tlists; graphic handles are not recognized.

Examples

a=`eye`_(2,2); b=`int16`_(`ones`_(a)); c=`rand`_(2,3,3);
`save`_(`fullfile`_(TMPDIR,"vals.sod"),'a','b','c')
[names,typs,dims,vols] = listvarinfile(`fullfile`_(TMPDIR,"vals.sod"))

See Also

• whos listing of variables in long form
• save Save a variable or a serie of variables in a binary file
• load Load a saved variable or a serie of variables
• save_format format of files produced by “save”
• type Returns the type of a variable