How can I programmatically open the results of a command in a new window without setting it to a variable?

As a basic example, I want to type in something like:

function(2+2)

... and the output would open a new window as if I'm opening the "ans" variable to display "4" as the answer.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

If you're using windows you can use fprintf() to write whatever you want to a text file, then use winopen() to open the file in a new window.

result = f(2,2); % Do some computation and get a result.
fid = open('answer.txt', 'wt'); % Open a file for writing.
fprintf('Result = %f.\n', result); % Write whatever you want.
fclose(fid); % Close the file.
winopen('answer.txt'); % Open the file in notepad or the default text handling program.

Is that what you mean?

[em7]

This isn't what I was looking for.

It was more of a means of skipping the step of having to double click "ans" in the workspace to view my results in a new table window.

Something similar to "openvar" except I could just type in my command and it opens it in a new window.

[Image Analyst]

It's not going to be automatic like that. When you hit return it will show up in the command window, not some additional, extra window it creates. Why would you want it to do that anyway? It's just more clutter and windows for you to close later.

[em7]

I know it's an odd question.

It was mainly for accessing data sets for analysis amongst 200k+ sets just for temporary display.

Typically, I set it to a variable and open using Ctrl + D and then go back and delete the variable to avoid workspace clutter since there exists MANY variables.

Thank you for the input.

[Image Analyst]

You know you can double click on a variable in the workspace and it opens up in the variable editor window. Maybe that will suffice.

Answer 2

[Les Beckham]

I can only think of a way to do this in two steps rather than one.

result = 2 + 2;
openvar('result');

Error using matlab.internal.lang.capability.Capability.require
Support for user input is required, which is not available on this platform.

Error in openvar (line 98)
Capability.require(Capability.InteractiveCommandLine);

This should work in desktop Matlab (you should not get the error that is showing here in the forum using Matlab online).

If you insist on not "setting it to a variable":

2 + 2
openvar ans