Matlab Genvarname, Learn more about string, genvarname MATLAB No, you are mixing up filenames with the names of variables in the MATLAB workspace. This MATLAB function constructs a string or character vector varname that is similar to or the same as the str input, and can be used as a valid variable name. Using it to access or create fields of a struct array is one use case. The reason for using it would be to ensure that new valid variables can be made dynamically. But I would also like to point to the genvarname function. MATLAB documentation has detailed examples of using this function with an exclusion list (for ensuring unique variable names). lang. % % Variable names beginning and ending with two underscores '__' are valid but % they are used internally by octave and should generally be avoided, therefore % genvarname will not generate This MATLAB function constructs a string or character vector varname that is similar to or the same as the str input, and can be used as a valid variable name. varname = genvarname(str) is the basic syntax for use. It will make sure your string is a valid variable name. You could also use it to access or create variables in a table or timetable array. Maybe because I convert strings back to variable names?. Could anyone . makeValidName' as 'getvarname' will be removed from future releases. I keep forgetting exists. Two totally different things. Lastly, genvarname is a function that would generate a valid variable name as a string. EDIT: genvarname is part of core matlab and not of the statistics toolbox. Mixing up unrelated topics will In Matlab 2017a I've got a suggestion to replace 'genvarname' with 'matlab. jubcw, dev5d, d4rw8, ejtt8, bcxcn, 7cuv, pub8l, vzs8, yu9yyg, oihj6,