Installation guide

5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations
Function Alternative. Use whos with the -file option.
Changing and Copying Variable Names
To rename a variable in the workspace, right-click the variable in the
Workspace browser and select Rename from the context menu. Type the new
variable name over the existing name and press Enter or Return.
To copy va riab le names to th e clipboard, select the workspace variables and
select Edit > Copy. You can then paste the names, for example, into the
Command Window. Multiple variables are comma separated.
Deleting Workspace Variables
Yo u can delete a variable, which removes it from the workspace. To delete a
variable using the Workspace browser,
1 In the Workspace browser, select the variable, or Shift+click or Ctrl+click
to select m ultiple varia bles. To sele ct all variables, choose Select All from
the Edit or context menus.
2 Press the Delete key on your keyboard or click the Delete button on the
Workspace brow ser toolbar.
3 A confirma tion dialog box might appear. If it do es, click OK to clear t he
variables.
The confirma t ion dialog box appears if you selected that preference. For
more information, see “Confirmation Dialogs Preferences” on page 2-81.
To delete all variables, s elect Edit > Clear Workspace from any desktop tool.
Function Alternative
Use the clear function to clear variables from the workspace. For example,
clear A M
clears the variables A and M from the w ork spa ce.
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