MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

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Reopen file

Reopen a recently used file.

At the bottom of the Open drop-down

list, select a file under Recent Files.

To change the number of files

on the list, click

Preferences, and then select

MATLAB and Editor/

Debugger. Under Most

recently used file list,

change the value for Number

of entries.

Reopen files at startup

At startup, automatically
open the files that were
open when the previous
MATLAB session ended.

On the Home tab, in the Environment

section, click Preferences and

select MATLAB and Editor/Debugger.

Then, select On restart reopen files

from previous MATLAB session.

Open file displaying in
another tool

Open a file name displaying
in another MATLAB desktop
tool or Microsoft tool.

Drag the file from the other tool into the

Editor.

For example, drag files from

the Current Folder browser or

from Windows Explorer.

Open file using a
function

Use the edit or open function. For example, type the

following to open

collatz.m:

edit collatz.m

If collatz.m is not on the

search path or in the current

folder, use the relative or

absolute path for the file.

For special considerations on the Macintosh platform, see “Navigating Within the

MATLAB Root Folder on Macintosh Platforms”.

Some options for opening files are not available in MATLAB Online.

Save Files

Open and Save Files in the Editor