13
Miscellaneous
This chapter collects some other miscellaneous information, such as material about working with variables and strings.
13.1 Working with variables
Various methods of listing information about variables and clearing or deleting variables are provided below.
R |
MATLAB |
ls() |
who |
2. Display a concise list of all defined variables whose names contain “xyz”.
Is(pattern='xyz') |
who *xyz* |
(R): The argument to ls is a regular expression; see help('regex') for more.
(MATLAB): In addition to using the wildcard character “*,” you can use regular expressions to search for variables via a command like who -regexp m[^p]; see doc regexp for more.
3. Display a more detailed list of all defined variables.
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