Get names of variables in symbol table

[Andy Adler]

Is there a way to get the names of all the current variables,
or, alternatively, all the variables in a *.mat file.

I want to load a *.mat file and process each variable.
The best idea that I've currently though of is

x=system(['echo "load datafile.mat; whos" | octave -qfH | ' ...
          'sed -e"s/.*[0-9]\\+ \\+[0-9]\\+ \\+//"']);

now x is a list of the variables in datafile.mat

I hope theres an easier way?

Andy




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