The document provides information about the clc and clear commands in MATLAB. clc clears the command window display, removing all input and output, while clear removes variables from the workspace to free up memory. clear can remove specific variables or all variables using different syntax and options.
The document provides information about the clc and clear commands in MATLAB. clc clears the command window display, removing all input and output, while clear removes variables from the workspace to free up memory. clear can remove specific variables or all variables using different syntax and options.
The document provides information about the clc and clear commands in MATLAB. clc clears the command window display, removing all input and output, while clear removes variables from the workspace to free up memory. clear can remove specific variables or all variables using different syntax and options.
GUI Alternatives As an alternative to the clc function, select Edit > Clear Command Window in the MATLAB desktop. Syntax clc Description clc clears all input and output from the Command Window display, giving you a "clean screen." After using clc, you cannot use the scroll bar to see the history of functions, but you still can use the up arrow to recall statements from the command history. Examples +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ clear Remove items from workspace, freeing up system memory Graphical Interface As an alternative to the clear function, use Edit > Clear Workspace in the MATLAB desktop. Syntax clear clear name clear name1 name2 name3 ... clear global name clear -regexp expr1 expr2 ... clear global -regexp expr1 expr2 ... clear keyword clear('name1','name2','name3',...) Description clear removes all variables from the workspace. This frees up system memory. clear name removes just the M-file or MEX-file function or variable name from the workspace. You can use wildcards (*) to remove items selectively. For example, clear my* removes any variables whose names begin with the string my. It removes debugging breakpoints in M-files and reinitializes persistent variables, since the breakpoints for a function and persistent variables are cleared whenever the M-file is changed or cleared. If name is global, it is removed from the current workspace, but left accessible to any functions declaring it global. If name has been locked by mlock, it remains in memory. Use a partial path to distinguish between different overloaded versions of a function. For example, clear polynom/display clears only the display method for polynom objects, leaving any other implementations in memory. clear name1 name2 name3 ... removes name1, name2, and name3 from the workspace. clear global name removes the global variable name. If name is global, clear name removes name from the current workspace, but leaves it accessible to any functions declaring it global. Use clear global name to completely remove a global variable. clear -regexp expr1 expr2 ... clears all variables that match any of the regular expressions expr1, expr2, etc. This option only clears variables. clear global -regexp expr1 expr2 ... clears all global variables that match any of the regular expressions expr1, expr2, etc. clear keyword clears the items indicated by keyword. Examples Given a workspace containing the following variables Name Size Bytes Class
c 3x4 1200 cell array frame 1x1 java.awt.Frame gbl1 1x1 8 double array (global) gbl2 1x1 8 double array (global) xint 1x1 1 int8 array you can clear a single variable, xint, by typing clear xint To clear all global variables, type clear global whos Name Size Bytes Class
c 3x4 1200 cell array frame 1x1 java.awt.Frame Using regular expressions, clear those variables with names that begin with Mon, Tue, or Wed: clear('-regexp', '^Mon|^Tue|^Wed'); To clear all compiled M- and MEX-functions from memory, type clear functions. In the case shown below, clear functions was unable to clear one M-file function from memory, testfun, because the function is locked. clear functions % Attempt to clear all functions.
inmem
ans = 'testfun' % One M-file function remains in memory.
mislocked testfun ans = 1 % This function is locked in memory. Once you unlock the function from memory, you can clear it. munlock testfun clear functions
inmem ans = Empty cell array: 0-by-1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++