Re: Using a variable in a command insdie a function

[Brian Blais]

Edward C. Jones wrote:
> I have a command inside a function. I want the command to depend on some 
> variable. Here is an ugly way to do it:
>
> function silly
>    filename = 'mess.asc';
>    x = 77;
>    s = ['save -ascii ' filename ' x'];
>    eval(s);
> endfunction
>
> Is there a better way? Is there a function corresponding to the "save" 
> command?

could you do the following?  is this what you want?

function silly
   filename = 'mess.asc';
   x = 77;
   save('-ascii',filename,'x');
endfunction




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