load - load saved variable

Calling Sequence

load(filename [,x1,...,xn])

load(fd [,x1,...,xn])

Parameters

• filename : character string containing the path of the file
• fd : a file descriptor given by a call to mopen
• xi : arbitrary Scilab variable name(s) given as strings.

Description

The load command can be used to reload in the Scilab session variables previously saved in a file with the save command. If the file contains graphic handle variables, the corresponding graphics_entities are drawn.

load(filename) loads the variables saved in file given by its path filename .

load(fd) loads the variables saved in file given by its descriptor fd .

load(filename,'x','y') or load(fd,'x','y') loads only variables x,y .

Even if the binary file format has changed with 2.5 version, load(filename,...) is able to read old format files. Previous file format can be accessed for a while using function oldsave ans oldload.

Examples

a=eye(2,2);b=ones(a);
save('vals.dat',a,b);
clear a
clear b
load('vals.dat','a','b');
 
  

See Also

save ,   listvarinfile ,   save_format ,   getf ,   mopen ,