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.

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  getf  mopen