Why Enumerated data type creation is not supported in Model Workspace?

In MATLAB R2018b,

In model Workspace, there is no option available in object creation for Enumerated data type :

Also I would like to know if there is any possibility to define Enumeration in Model Workspace.

Answer 1

[Suman]

Hi MILI,

If you need to use enumeration data types in model workspace, you may use the following workarounds:

1) Copy data from base workspace to model workspace:

• Define an enumuration class to use in MATLAB. Please refer to this documentation to learn how to define enumeration classes: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_oop/enumerations.html
• Create variables in MATLAB Workspace.
• Copy them to model workspace in Model Explorer.

2) Change MATLAB variable's data type to enum type

• Add a new MATLAB variable from Model Explorer toolstrip in model workspace
• Assign the value of that variable to the enum class value. It will change the data type of the variable to enum.