How to import matrix to app designer?
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Batia Friedman-Shaw
on 20 Feb 2018
Commented: Lui
on 15 May 2019
I have a cell array in my matlab workspace. How do I import it or use its data in code written in app designer?
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Prajith Chilummula
on 22 Feb 2018
Edited: Prajith Chilummula
on 22 Feb 2018
Before 2017b,there was a workaround to pass data from workspace to appdesigner. Please refer this link for the method:
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/284140-call-an-mlapp-with-input-argument-s
In 2017b,the problem is resolved:
1) If you want to share/load data from outside the app, try the following:
a) You can load data from a MAT file in appdesigner code as shown below (inside a
callback function):
>> mydata = load('data.mat'); % This will load all the variables in data.mat to
mydata structure
b) If you would like to load your data at the initialization phase of the app, add
the above code in "startupFcn" callback of the app.
c) You can read data from base workspace as shown below.
>> data = evalin('base','varName'); % varName is in MATLAB base workspace
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/evalin.html
2) If you want to share data among callbacks of the app, you can create additional public/private properties of the app and store data in these proprieties.
Refer to the following documentation page for additional information on this.
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/share-data-across-callbacks-in-app-designer.html
3) If you want to pass data from app to other external function or to the base workspace, you can do this as shown below:
>> app = myTestApp; % call app and assign to a variable
>> % Retrieve public properties (x,y) of the app
>> x = app.x;
>> y = app.y;
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Alastair Punler
on 3 Apr 2019
Hi I am having issues using the evalin method, it still returns an error as undefined variable.
I am trying to use a slider to plot different rows in the waterfrontstore matrix which i am trying to import from the matlab workspace after the simulation is run by pressing the button.
% Value changed function: Slider
function SliderValueChanged(app, event)
value = app.Slider.Value;
i=value+1;
y=water(:,i)
x=1:1:numlayers
plot(app.UIAxes,y,x)
end
% Button pushed function: SimulateButton
function SimulateButtonPushed(app, event)
%% runs a simluation script that one of the outputs is waterfontstore which is a 1000x20 matrix
water = evalin('base','waterfrontstore')
end
end
after the simulation is run i would like my entire workspace to be available to use when the slider is moved or other call backs are used?
Lui
on 15 May 2019
I can see you have not specified your plotting function. Would also like to assume that you have an axis where you would like to plot your data on.
% Button pushed function: SimulateButton
function SimulateButtonPushed(app, event)
%% runs a simluation script that one of the outputs is waterfontstore which is a 1000x20 matrix
water = evalin('base','waterfrontstore')
water(:,i)=y;
x=1:1:numlayers;
plot(app.UIAxes,y,x)
end
end
end
What I undertsand is that you cannot call a variable before it is defined. So you ought to call Water first as above.
Secondly you could state the different cases if they are not many using an if ; if else to pick different values
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Savannah Morrissey Martin
on 31 May 2018
How do you access different elements of the cell once it is imported?
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