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Evaluate expression in workspace
evalin(ws,'expression') [X,Y,Z,...} = evalin(ws,'expression') evalin(ws,'try','catch')
evalin(ws,'expression')
evaluates expression in the context of the workspace ws. ws can be either 'caller' or 'base'.
[X,Y,Z,...} = evalin(ws,'expression')
returns output arguments from the expression.
evalin(ws,'try','catch')
tries to evaluate the try expression and if that fails it evaluates the catch expression in the specified workspace.
evalin is useful for getting values from another workspace while assignin is useful for depositing values into another workspace.
evalin may not be used recursively to evaluate an expression, i.e., a sequence of the form evalin('caller','evalin(''caller'',''expression'')') doesn't work.
assignin Assign variable in workspace.
eval Interpret strings containing MATLAB expressions