classdef and global variables

Suppose I have a file in Matlab where I have my program script. It begins with the declaration and definition of all of the global variables. In some of the other function files, these variables are made known by the line global variable_name;

Suppose that, in addition to function files, I have classdef files. Each classdef is in a separate file.

Suppose a method in one my classes wants to use one of the global variables. How do I use a global statement here? Does it go before the classdef, inside the classdef, and where inside the classdef?

Thanks. Linda Seltzer

[per isakson]

I guess you can include a line

    global variable_name

in a method, i.e. after the line

    function ...

but I recon it is a really bad idea. It's against everything OOP stands for.

[Linda]

What I am working with was not designed or meant to be object oriented in the real sense of objects and encapsulation.

[Malcolm Lidierth]

@Linda

@Per's comment is nevertheless correct and answers the question. You might also consider redefining some of those globals as

properties (Constant)
...

where possible which could save save typing but I am not sure in what version TMW introduced that syntax (its post-2008 I think but I'm not sure).

[Star Strider]

Would 'Passing Extra Parameters' http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/optim/ug/brhkghv-7.html be of any use to you?