clear

Remove variable from workspace.

Syntax

• clear

• clear variable_name

• clear global

• clear all

• clear mex

• clear variables

• clear functions

• clear function_name

• clear mexfunction_name

• clear variable_name_1 ... variable_name_N

• clear global variable_name

Input argument

• variable_name - a string: variable name.

• global - clears all global variables.

• all - clears all variables in all scopes

• mex - clears all mex functions in all scopes

• variables - clears all variables in current scope.

• functions - clears cache of macros functions and associated persistent variables.

• function_name - clears persistent variables of a function.

• mexfunction_name - clears mex function (see mexAtExit).

Description

clear is used to remove variable given by its name.

clear can also delete handle object if a function handle_TYPE_clear is defined.

Example

A = 3;
who
clear A
who
A

See also

who.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET