problem Save function?

Hi,

I have this line in my script and the persisting error is:

save(outname,'d','ml','t','s','SD','aux');

Error using save Argument must contain a string.

Any idea why?

Many thanks!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

You didn’t tell us what ‘outname’ is, but it should be something like:

outname = 'MyFile.mat';

The filename must itself be a string, and it is best if it is specifically declared as a .mat file with the .mat extension to avoid confusion with workspace variable names.

[LuS]

Thank you very much for your fast reply. Sorry for this but here it is:

aux = zeros(length(d),8);
t = 0:1/fs:length(d)/fs - 1/fs;

outname = uiputfile('*.nirs','Save .nirs file ...');

fprintf('Saving as %s ...\n',outname);
save(outname,'d','ml','t','s','SD','aux');

[Star Strider]

I doubt that’s going to do what you want, which is to return a file name. I would use:

outnamepfx = inputdlg('File name prefix: ', 'Save .nirs file ...', [1 40]);
outname = [outnamepfx{:} '.nirs'];

[LuS]

Thank you very much :)

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

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