Development Environment

Opening the Workspace Browser

To open the Workspace browser, select Workspace from the View menu in the MATLAB desktop, or type workspace at the Command Window prompt.

The Workspace browser opens.

Viewing the Current Workspace

The Workspace browser shows the name of each variable, its array size, its size in bytes, and the class. The icon for each variable denotes its class.

To resize the columns of information, drag the column header borders. To show or hide any of the columns, or to specify the sort order, select Workspace View Options from the View menu.

You can select the column on which to sort as well as reverse the sort order of any column. Click a column heading to sort on that column. Click the column heading again to reverse the sort order in that column. For example, to sort on Size, click the column heading once. To change from ascending to descending, click the heading again.

Function Alternative

Use who to list the current workspace variables. Use whos to list the variables and information about their size and class. For example:

• who
      Your variables are:
      A         M         S         v 
  
  whos
      Name      Size         Bytes  Class
      A         4x4            128  double array
      M         8x1           2368  cell array
      S         1x1            398  struct array
      v         5x9             90  char array
      Grand total is 286 elements using 2984 bytes
  

Use exist to see if the specified variable is in the workspace.

MATLAB Workspace

Saving the Current Workspace