MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

Open and Save Files in the Editor

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“Open Existing Files” on page 24-2

“Save Files” on page 24-3

Open Existing Files

To open an existing file or files in the Editor, choose the option that achieves your goals,

as described in this table.

Goal Steps Additional Information

Open with associated

tool

Open a file using the

appropriate MATLAB tool

for the file type.

On the Editor, Live Editor, or Home

tab, in the File section, click.

You also can double-click the file in the

Current Folder browser.

For example, this option

opens a file with a .m or .mlx

extension in the Editor and

loads a MAT-file into the

Workspace browser.

Open as text file

Open a file in the Editor as

a text file, even if the file

type is associated with

another application or tool.

On the Editor tab, in the File section,

click Open , and select Open as Text.

This is useful, for example, if

you have imported a tab-

delimited data file (.dat) into

the workspace and you find

you want to add a data point.

Open the file as text in the

Editor, make your addition,

and then save the file.

Open function from

within file

Open a local function or

function file from within a

file in the Editor.

Position the cursor on the name within

the open file, and then right-click and

select Open file-name from the

context menu.

You also can use this method

to open a variable or Simulink

model.

For details, see “Open a File

or Variable from Within a

File” on page 24-37.

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